Pelé, pseudonym of Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Três Corações, 23 October 1940 – São Paulo, 29 December 2022), was a Brazilian footballer, who played as a midfielder or attacker, considered the greatest footballer in history.

As a footballer, he tied his career mainly to Santos, with whom he won the Paulista Championship ten times, the Rio-São Paulo Tournament four times, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A six times (five, consecutively, the Taça Brasil and one Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament), as well as two editions of the Copa Libertadores, two of the Intercontinental Cup and the first edition (out of two played) of the Intercontinental Champions Super Cup. Having moved to the United States of America in the final part of his career, he won a NASL Championship with the New York Cosmos. With 37 trophies won, he is one of the ten most successful players in the history of football. He is the only footballer in the world to have won three editions of the World Cup, an event that occurred with the Brazilian national team in 1958, 1962 and 1970. FIFA recognizes him as the record for career goals, 1,281 in 1,363 matches, while in official matches he has scored 757 goals in 816 matches with an average of 0.93 goals per match.