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  • Pelé started his football career in Santos in 1956, at the age of 15, and played in his first international match only ten months later. In 1958, Pelé became the youngest ever World Cup winner in Sweden at 17. He played in two more Brazilian World Cup-winning teams, in 1962 and 1970. He missed most of the 1962 and 1966 World Cups due to injuries sustained in the early stages of the tournament. Pelé retired in 1974, but came out of retirement the following year to play in the North American Soccer League and joined the New York Cosmos, where he played his last game on Oct. 1, 1977, in front of a capacity crowd at Giants Stadium. So, his carreer lasted 21 years. In 1363 matches, he scored 1281 goals...

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