Short answers, pulled from the story.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento arrived in the world on the 23rd of October 1940, born in the small town of Três Corações within Minas Gerais. His family lived in poverty and moved to Bauru in São Paulo state when he was young.
School friends gave him the nickname Pelé after mispronouncing the name of Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé. The word Pelé has no meaning in Portuguese though it means miracle in Hebrew according to later research.
Santos claimed the Campeonato Paulista in 1958 with fifty-eight goals from Pelé alone and won the Taça Brasil in 1960. They became the first Brazilian team to lift the Copa Libertadores trophy in 1962 after defeating Peñarol in the final and also won the Intercontinental Cup against Benfica in Lisbon that same year.
Pelé participated in the 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970 FIFA World Cups. He became the youngest ever World Cup goalscorer at seventeen years and two hundred thirty-nine days old during the 1958 tournament and scored a hat-trick against France making him the youngest player in history to do so.
After nineteen seasons with Santos FC Pelé retired from Brazilian club football though he continued playing occasionally until 1975. A year later he came out of semi-retirement to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League on the 1st of October 1977 closing out his career in an exhibition match between Cosmos and Santos at Giants Stadium.
Tumour advanced requiring greater care related renal cardiac dysfunctions so not allowed spend Christmas home family wanted. Died the 29th of December 2022 at 3:27 pm age eighty-two multiple organ failure complication colon cancer.