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- Before Pele's arrival, Santos was a minnow, unlikely to compete with the biggest clubs in Brazil, never mind beat European giants like Real Madrid, Benfica and AC Milan. Hailing from a provincial coastal city, they were overshadowed in Sao Paulo state by teams like Corinthians, Palmeiras, Portuguesa and Sao Paulo.
www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/how-pele-transformed-soccer-minnows-santos-into-world-great-2022-12-29/How Pele transformed soccer minnows Santos into a world great
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Pelé won his first major title with Santos in 1958 as the team won the Campeonato Paulista; he would finish the tournament as the top scorer, with 58 goals, [31] a record that still stands today.
Santos has employed several famous players, with eleven FIFA World Cup, six Copa América and one FIFA Confederations Cup winners among the previous and current Santos players. Arnaldo da Silveira was the first Santista player to participate with the national team during the 1916 Copa América.
NameNationalityPosition [nb]Santos Career2007–20101997–20001915–19232007–2008Sep 7, 2016 · When Santos won back-to-back Intercontinental Cups against Benfica and Milan in 1962 and 1963 respectively, Pele scored seven goals across two two-legged ties. Pele didn’t make Santos, Pele was...
- Louis Massarella
Sep 9, 2024 · In addition to having been named a national treasure by the Brazilian government in 1958, Pelé was such a huge international star that when his club team, Santos FC, traveled to Nigeria in 1967, a 48-hour cease-fire in that country’s civil war was called to allow all to watch him play.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Brazilian football (soccer) player Pelé is regarded as perhaps the greatest player in the history the game. During his career he was probably the m...
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, debuted for the Brazilian national football (soccer) team in 1957 at age 16. He scored a hat tri...
- Pelé’s electrifying play and penchant for scoring spectacular goals made him a star around the world. He led Brazil to three World Cup football (so...
Dec 29, 2022 · Dec 29 (Reuters) - Santos had won trophies before Pele signed, but his arrival prompted a long and sensational run of victories that over little more than a decade turned the medium-sized...
Feb 18, 2021 · Pele signed for Santos in 1956 as a 15-year-old and played there until 1974 However, the film paints him as taking a neutral stance throughout, never criticising the regime. Former...
Dec 30, 2022 · But it was his first professional club, Santos, that propelled Pelé toward stardom. Having moved there in 1956, he played 636 matches and scored 618 goals before leaving in 1974.
