Neurolight pele biography

Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, in the small city of Tres Coracoes in the interior of Minas Gerais state on Oct. 23, 1940, Pelé grew up.
Named for the inventor who gave the world light, Pele was the sport's brightest star for three decades.
Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from poverty to one of the greatest athletes in modern history, died on Thursday.

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SAO PAULO — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.

The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.

“All that we are is thanks to you,” his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram. “We love you endlessly. Rest in peace.”

His agent, Joe Fraga, confirmed his death: “The king has passed.”

Widely regarded as one of soccer’s greatest players, Pelé spent nearly two decades enchanting fans and dazzling opponents as the game’s most prolific scorer with Brazilian club Santos and the Brazil national team.

His grace, athleticism and mesmerizing moves transfixed players and fans. He orchestrated a fast, fluid style that revolutionized the sport — a samba-like flair that personified his countr

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By Ben Morse, CNN

Born into poverty — he used to kick a grapefruit around Brazil’s Minas Gerais state — Pelé finished his career as arguably soccer’s greatest ever player.

He was that rarity; like Muhammad Ali, Pelé was a sports star, who transcended his sport.

The Brazilian brought joy and creativity to a sport often stuck in rigidity and personified o jogo bonito — “the beautiful game.”

“Pele changed everything,” wrote current Brazil international Neymar Jr. after Pelé’s death was announced.

“He turned football into art, into entertainment. He gave a voice to the poor, to Black people and especially. He gave visibility to Brazil.”

From dazzling as a 17-year-old in 1958 on his way to his first World Cup success to claiming the Golden Ball award as player of the 1970 World Cup as he won a third global title, “O Rei” (“The King”) achieved almost everything possible in the famous yellow and blue of Brazil.

And there were goals — lots of them.

Pelé scored 757 goals in 812

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As part of its coverage of the 1970 World Cup, ITV, the British television network, broadcasted a post-match studio show featuring pundits and former players and current stars from countries that hadn’t qualified for the then 16-team tournament in Mexico.

The panel analyzed the day’s action, traded jabs and answered questions sent in by viewers.

At one point during a World Cup dominated by Brazil, Malcolm Allison, a coach at Manchester City, had a question of his own.

“How do you spell Pelé?” Allison asked.

“Easy,” Pat Crerand, the Manchester United and Scotland star, said without missing a beat. “G-O-D.”

To watch Pelé in his prime was to undergo an almost spiritual experience, to bear witness to 90 minutes of proof that there is something beyond our imaginations, beyond our comprehension in the stars.

Pelé’s football wasn’t so much a game as it was a divine act. Fittingly, Pele in Hebrew means “miracle.”

“Pelé,” Johan Cruyff, the Dutch master, once said, “w