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      • Pelé was born in 1940 as Edson Arantes do Nascimento in Três Corações, a city in Minas Gerais approximately 250 miles northeast of Santos that translates to "Three Hearts." Electricity was just introduced to his hometown which prompted his family to name him after American inventor Thomas Edison.
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    He was nicknamed O Rei (The King) following the 1958 tournament. With 77 goals in 92 games [ note 2 ] for Brazil, Pelé held the record as the national team's top goalscorer for over fifty years. At club level, he is Santos's all-time top goalscorer with 643 goals in 659 games.

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