Surprise, surprise. It was on the radio. By ... After shredding his knee last season, nearly every sports analyst said he would never be the same again. After his retirement in 1977 he played eight exhibition games and scored three goals.Pelé has married three times, and has had several affairs, producing several children. '.But it was not until the player himself asked around at Santos that Modesto Roma, the chairman at the time, told him: "Hey kiddo, you've made the Selecao. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed A 17-year-old Pele stunned the sporting world with his heroics in the 1958 World Cup The man considered by many to be the greatest footballer ever initially thought his call up to the Brazil squad was a mistake Pele scored twice in the 5-2 World Cup final win over Sweden in 1958 The Brazil icon opens up on his shock at selection in a new documentary Pele's dad thought he may have heard the name of Tele, who played for Fluminense The Brazil legend with his eyes on the prize after the 1958 World Cup final win Pele tells the story of his selection in a new documentary on the History channel Pele admits he thought it had to be a mistake when his name was read out A bothersome knee kept Pele out of Brazil's first two games Pele looks back on his incredible first World Cup in a new History channel documentary Pele is congratulated by Gunnar Lange, the then-president of Sweden's FA, in 1958Brazil legend Pele says manager Tite “has no time with national team” ahead of World Cup in Russia this summer "Boys Who Rocked the World: Heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee".
"Pele" redirects here. The injury almost caused him to be left out of the squad but his place was assured when his team-mates insisted he be included. But you don't need to introduce yourself, because everyone knows who Pelé is.

Averaging almost a goal per game throughout his career, Pelé was adept at striking the ball with either foot in addition to anticipating his opponents' movements on the field. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Pelé's statistics of goals and appearances differ between sources mostly due to friendly games.

"Though the 1958 finals are often seen as Pele’s tournament, he actually missed the first two games of Brazil’s campaign with a knee injury.The injury almost caused him to be left out of the squad but his place was assured when his team-mates insisted he be included.Aged just 17 years and 249 days, Pele became not just the youngest player in the 1958 tournament but also the youngest player to ever appear in the World Cup finals when he was selected to face Russia in Brazil’s final group game.It was a record he kept until Northern Ireland’s Norman Whiteside played in the 1982 finals in Spain, aged 17 years and 41 days.And he was impressive too, laying on Vava’s and Brazil’s second goal in a comprehensive 2-0 victory.Once he had a taste of the World Cup finals there was no stopping Pele.In the quarter-final match against Wales in Gothenburg he capped a man of the match performance with the only goal of the game and celebrated by throwing himself in the back of the Welsh net.It would be the first of a record 77 goals he would score for Brazil.Spurs legend Cliff Jones was a member of that Wales side that day. His warm embrace of Among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century,Pelé is the greatest player of all time.