Book Review - Pele

By Martin Wicki

The whole story from this book is about Pele. Rod Smith has written this book.

Pele’s real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but all people call him Pele.
Pele is the number one player in the story of soccer. In 1,363 games, he scored 1,264 goals. Pele won the World Cup with Brasil three times.

He has visited eighty-eight countries, and his picture was in every newspaper of the world.

Pele is not only a famous soccer player, he knows Spanish, Italian, English, and French.

Pele came into the world on the night of 23 October 1940. He and his family live in a small house in Tres Coracoes, Brazil.

Little Pele played soccer the whole day long. In 1954, Pele was 14 years old. He came to a big soccer club in Brazil.

In 1958 was his first World Cup game. He won the Games with Brazil in this year. Brazil and Pele won the World Cup also in 1962 and 1966.

After his old team, Pele went to New York for a job with an American team named the New York Cosmos. The job was for $4.7 million USD. He played 3 years for this team.
Pele’s final game ever was on October 1, 1977. It was with his old club, Santos. Pele played for his new team, and then for Santos. He scored a good goal and said goodbye to soccer.

After his life as a soccer player, Pele didn’t stop working. He wasn’t only a good soccer player and teacher. He loved young people, too. He worked for UNICEF and talked with governments about the problems of the world’s children. Workers for UNICEF do good things for children with problems.

I like this book because it is short and simple to read and the story of Pele is great. I can only say Pele was and is the best soccer champion of the world.