Chronicle of PELE

Pel é, whose full name is Edson arantes do Nascimento, was born in Brazil on October 23, 1940. He was a famous former Brazilian football player and a striker. He was once known as the "king of the ball" in Brazil.

In July 1971, Bailey announced his withdrawal from Brazil. In October 1974, Bailey retired. In 1975, the New York Cosmos football club came back, won the championship in 1977, and retired in October of the same year.

In 1980, Bailey was named as "the best player of the 20th century" by France's team newspaper and several newspapers. In 1999, Bailey was named as "one of thebest athletes of the 20th century" by the International Olympic Committee. In 2000, Bailey won the first Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2001, he was named as "one of the best players of the 20th century" by FIFA In the same year, France Football organized 30 golden ball winners to jointly select them as the best player, which was also listed by time magazine as the most influential 100 people in the 20th century.

Bailey and Beckenbauer, the "emperor of football", were jointly elected by 204 member countries of the official Congress to win the FIFA century best player and football celebrity award.

In 2012, Bailey was officially awarded "the best player in history" by the Golden Foot award In 2013, he won the first golden globe of honor.

Bailey is one of the best players in the history of football, with the title of "the kingof football". He has played 1366 games in his career and scored 1283 goals in the Guinness Book of world records (757 goals in official matches).