Simply he was, and for many people still is, the greatest footballplayer of the world. Not a single thing was impossible for him: he wonthree World Cups with his National Team of Brazil (Sweden 1958, Chile1962, Mexico 1970). He scored more than 1.200 goals during his longcareer (more than 1.300 official matches). He also won many nationalLeagues and Continental Cups ("Copa Libertadores"), with his team, theSantos Futebol Clube (of Brazilian 'São Paulo' State). In the '60s,he was nick-named "O Rei" (The King), and in the '70s, ninety-five peopleout of 100 knew his name. ("Wow, man, you're popular!" saidRobert Redford,some years ago, after seeing Pelé give dozens of autographs inNew York while he was not asked for one). In the late 1960s, when heand his team, Santos, went to Nigeria to play a few friendly matches,the ongoing civil war stopped for the duration of his visit. Hefinished his career in the New York Cosmos, in 1977. He later became a UnitedNations Ambassador and has been also Minister for Sports in hiscountry, but, for the people who saw him make magics with his rightfoot, he is, now and forever, the biggest footballer in the world, andthe one and only "King".