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Pelé

Brazilian professional footballer and global sports icon.

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Pelé is best known for Widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in history, holding a Guinness World Record for most career goals. On Dead or Alive, Pelé is listed in the Sports Legends and World Cup Soccer Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Pelé is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in history, holding a Guinness World Record for most career goals.
Listed under: Sports Legends and World Cup Soccer Legends

About Pelé

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. In 2000, Pelé was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century, alongside Diego Maradona. Pelé began playing for the Brazilian club Santos at age 15, and for the Brazil national team at 16. During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cup titles – in 1958, 1962, and 1970 – becoming the only player to do so and the youngest to win a World Cup, at just 17 years old. He was nicknamed "O Rei" ("the King") following the 1958 World Cup. With 77 goals in 92 games for Brazil, Pelé held the record as the national team's top goalscorer for over fifty years. In a golden era for Santos, Pelé led the club to victory at the 1962 and 1963 Copa Libertadores and at the 1962 and 1963 Intercontinental Cup.

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What is Pelé known for?

Pelé is known for Widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in history, holding a Guinness World Record for most career goals.

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