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We boast one of the largest football photograph catalogues online - take a browse of all your favourite Pelé moments, whether it be his trademark goal celebrations or your favourite on-pitch moment. Customise your photo Aged 11 Pelé joined a youth squad coached by an ex-Brazil player. When he was 15 his coach took him to try out for Santos, a professional Brazilian football club, telling the club "This boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world". He was signed up immediately, and scored his first professional goal before he even turned 16 years old! He was soon recruited into the Brazilian national team, too. Pele was one of the few who contradicted my theory: instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries," Warhol predicted.

Did you forget I was born in the town of Tres Coracoes (Three Hearts in Portuguese)? It's difficult to put someone who has 'three hearts' in the ground," he answered, with a laugh. At Sport Photo Gallery, we're always updating our photo library every week, and with thousands of photos to choose from, we're sure you won't have trouble finding what you're looking for. Pele was a go-to source for quotes for national and international media - he never really measured his words much, even if it meant upsetting famous colleagues. It is said that, during the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s, the two sides agreed a 48-hour ceasefire so that they could watch Pelé play an exhibition match in the capital, Lagos!Twelve years later, he was part of a Brazil side that won the title in Mexico with such flair that it still wins polls for the best team ever assembled. Pele left an impression that transcended the game and led Andy Warhol, the late US artist, to amend his famous quote about the transient nature of fame. In the Netflix documentary, Pele admitted having "so many affairs that he didn't know how many kids I had". Customise your Pelé photos. Choose from a range of sizes, frames and finishes to make your Pele photos look as professional or customised as you like. Our experienced printing team ensures that your products are printed to the highest quality, so you can enjoy them for years to come.

A year earlier, he had looked so frail during his appearance at football governing body Fifa's awards ceremony in Zurich that, like many other Brazilian journalists, I was genuinely worried he wasn't going to be around for much longer. Pelé's final game was an exhibition match between his two teams, the New York cosmos and Santos, in 1977. He played for both sides!Every time that our paths crossed, I would spend the following days wondering what had just happened. It was like being in the presence of one of the Avengers - one who always seemed happy to see you.

In 1999 Pelé was named FIFA's "Co-Player of the Century", a title he shared with the Argentinian Diego Maradona. He was also named "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee. It was a fitting recognition for this outstanding football player and inspirational man. In his 82 years, Brazilian footballer Pelé (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) secured his status as one of the best footballers in the game. Not only was he the only player to have won three FIFA World Cups, he also holds the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup tournament, and was named FIFA Player of the Century to honour these accomplishments. With a career spanning two decades, Pelé revolutionised the sport we know and love. Pele the player had already retired from international duty before I was born in 1973, but growing up in Brazil made it impossible to escape hearing over and over again tales of his feats. As it turned out, Pele was already battling kidney problems, which were aggravated by the fact he had actually lost a kidney in the 1970s, damaged by the battering dispensed by opponents throughout his 21-year professional career. Pelé became hot property! Eventually the President of Brazil declared him a " national treasure" so that it would be harder for European clubs to entice him away!I think my history in the game gives me a right to speak my mind," he told me in Berlin in 2006, in another surreal moment in which I found myself in a luxury hotel suite with him and his staff watching England's World Cup round of 16 match against Ecuador. If you're thinking about adding custom features or finishes to your Pelé photos, here are just some of the options you can choose from: He would also appear in soap operas and movies like Escape to Victory and even served as Brazil's Minister for Sport between 1995-98.