Pele.
This name which reigns on the planet football, and even beyond, since a poll of
L'Équipe
had elected him champion of the century - of the 20th century, it is not so far.
A name that is a nickname, given in the heart of early childhood, where all dreams begin, which are often football dreams.
A 3-year-old boy accompanied his father to training at the Vasco de Gama club, and caught the attention of goalkeeper Bilé by distorting his name: “
Pile, Pile, look at me!
Because he wanted to shoot, and beat the keeper, already.
The real name of Pelé, it was a pride to know it by heart, and to throw it proudly in the courtyard of my school: Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
By its breadth and musicality, it lived up to the concept.
Read also“King” Pelé, sun of Brazil and “legend of football”
A bit of mystery and almost legend.
Apart from President René Coty, the French who had been able to see on television in 1958 the semi-final of the World Cup where a 17-year-old kid had crucified the hopes of Raymond Kopa by scoring three goals…
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