Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born on October 23, 1940 in Tres Corações, a small town in Minas Gerais.
Son of professional soccer player João Ramos, Dondinho, and housewife Celeste, they named him Edson in honor of the father of the light bulb.
Thanks to his gift for soccer, by the age of ten he was already a local celebrity.
At the age of 15, he fulfilled his dream of seeing the sea and signed for the club to which he had always been faithful, Santos, a team that accumulated trophies.
He started a brilliant career that led him to be consecrated not only as the best footballer of all time, but also as the best athlete of the 20th century.
In this video you can review the main achievements of the Brazilian soccer player, who died this Thursday as a result of colon cancer in São Paulo, where he had been hospitalized for a month.
He is the only soccer player worldwide who can boast of having three World Cups to his credit: those of 1958, 1926 and 1970, with Brazil.
He also became the all-time top scorer in a club world cup.
Founder of the 'jogo bonito', characterized by great individual skill based on the rhythm of the samba, he far exceeded the barrier of 1,000 goals in his career, with a total of 1,281.
He was awarded by FIFA in the year 2000 as the best player of the 20th century.
All these soccer triumphs for 'O Rei' served to put his native Brazil on the map.
Pelé and Brazil were synonymous.