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Pele has passed away at the age of 82. Check out meaning behind \u2018Pele\u2019 as his real name is revealed <\/p>\n
A football legend, one of the best players in the history of the sport and undoubtedly the best of his time.<\/p>\n
Edson Arantes do Nascimento passed away after spending a month in the Albert Einstein Hospital.<\/p>\n
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The best footballer in history had one of the most famous nicknames in the world, and here we explain why Edson Arantes do Nascimento was called\u00a0Pele.<\/p>\n
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as\u00a0Pele<\/strong>, was born on October 23, 1940 and was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. He was the only player to win three World Cups, in 1958, 1962 and 1970.<\/p>\n At the time, he was the youngest player to win a World Cup, at the age of 17.<\/p>\n For that you have to go back to his childhood. According to his uncle Jorge, when Edson Arantes was a little boy, they put him in as a goalkeeper in order to give his opponents an advantage.<\/p>\n Pele\u00a0<\/strong>was so good as a striker that his opponents didn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n When he made saves, some compared him to Bile, a goalkeeper his father had played with. They began to call him Bile until his nickname evolved into Pele for good.<\/p>\n Pele himself admitted that he had never liked this pseudonym, since his real name \u2018Edson\u2019 came from the inventor Thomas Edison and he was proud of it. <\/p>\n ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n Pel\u00e9 congratulates Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 after World Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n Prayers up for Brazil legend Pele as hospital releases fresh update on his health<\/strong><\/p>\n He even came to blows with the schoolmate who invented it, which resulted in a two-day suspension from school.<\/p>\n He also said that since it means nothing in his language, he thought it was an insult but that changed once he discovered that, in Hebrew, it means \u201cmiracle\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the years I have learned to live with two people in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele,\u201d he once said in an interview.<\/p>\n His name took second place, as he was called\u00a0Pele\u00a0<\/strong>from an early age. After his three World Cups he also earned the nickname \u2018King\u2019. <\/p>\n The 1958 World Cup that brought\u00a0Pele<\/strong>\u2018s Brazil to prominence was the first time the nickname \u2018O Rei\u2019 arrived.<\/p>\n Paris Match, a French magazine, was the catalyst for this (\u2018Le Roy\u2019 in French) after this title.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWhy is Edson Arantes better known as Pele?<\/h2>\n
Why do they call him \u2018O Rei\u2019?<\/h2>\n