Soccer Superstars - Pele - Nova MD

Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on 23 October 1940, but better known worldwide as simply Pele, this legendary Brazilian football player is considered by most soccer pundits and fans to be the finest soccer player of all time.
During his length career Pele scored well over a thousand goals and also won three World Cups. Pele grew up in a poverty stricken area of Sao Paulo - he couldn't afford a football so he kicked around socks stuffed full of newspaper. On his sixth birthday he was given his first leather ball... and never looked back. Aged 11, Pele was "discovered" by brazilian legend Waldemar de Brito. Just six years later Pele became the youngest ever World Cup winner, scored two goals in the Swedish final, which saw Brazil defeat Sweden 5-2. He played in three more Brazilian World Cup teams in 1962, 1966 and 1970, two of which Brazil won. This is the true story of one of soccer history's genuine all-time greats...