Pelé, 80, Born In 1940 – Brazilian Soccer Icon

Pele is widely regarded as the greatest soccer player in the game’s history of the game. It’s difficult to argue against that when he has helped Brazil to three World Cup wins and also amassed a huge 1279 goals in 1363 games, which is the world record.

At the turn of the century, the IOC named him athlete of the century while FIFA named him a joint player of the century with Diego Maradona. He was also responsible for creating the initial soccer buzz in America when he played there during his final years. A bicycle kick he scored became the signature image of him in the country.