（贝利 前排右二 拍与1970年世界杯与秘鲁比赛前 取自维基百科）
埃得森·阿兰德斯·多·纳西门托,生于1940年10月23日，他以贝利的名字被大家熟知。他是一个退休的巴西职业前锋足球运动员，大众广泛认为是有史以来最伟大的球员。1999年，他被国际足球历史和统计联合会评选为世纪最佳球员。同年，法国足球请他们的前金球奖获得者选择世纪足球运动员;他们选择了贝利。在1999年，贝利被国际奥委会选为世纪运动员,同时也上了《时代》杂志的20世纪最有影响力100人名单。2013年,作为全球的足球偶像，他获得了国际足联金球奖大奖赛，以表彰他的职业生涯中的成就。
按照IFFHS的数据，贝利是世界上最成功的联赛射手，拥有541个联赛进球。贝利总共在1363场比赛中打入了1281个进球,其中包括非官方的友谊赛和巡回比赛，被列入《吉尼斯世界纪录》。曾经有一段时间，贝利是世界上收入最高的运动员。在他的祖国巴西，他还改善穷人的社会条件做出极大努力，被巴西人民誉为民族英雄。1961年，巴西总统雅尼德罗斯声称贝利是国家的珍宝。在他的职业生涯中，他被称为“黑珍珠”、“足球之王”、“球王贝利”，或简称“球王”。
15岁时，贝利就在巴西桑托斯足球俱乐部。16岁时，进了巴西国家足球队。他赢得了1958年，1962年和1970年三年的国际足联世界杯，在91场比赛中有77个进球，成为巴西历史最佳射手，打破了当时的记录。在桑托斯俱乐部里，他也是最高得分记录的缔造者，并带领他们到1962年和1963年南美解放者杯比赛中。世界为之喝彩的进球使他成为了一个足球明星，而他的俱乐部队桑托斯也因为他的声望在国际上出名。
自1977年退休，贝利一直担任全球足球大师。此外，他还尝试了一些演员角色和商业投资。 2010年，他被任命为纽约宇宙队名誉主席
摘自维基百科
原文
Pelé
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edson Arantes do Nascimento（born 23 October 1940),[1]known asPelé, is a retired Brazilian professionalfootballerwho played as aforward. He is widely regarded to be the greatest player of all time.[13]In 1999, he was votedWorld Player of the Centuryby theInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics(IFFHS).[14]The same year,France Footballasked their formerBallon d'Orwinners to choose the Football Player of the Century; they selected Pelé.[15]In 1999, Pelé was elected Athlete of the Century by theIOC, andTimenamed him in their list of100 most influential people of the 20th century.[16]In 2013 he received theFIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneurin recognition of his career and achievements as a global icon of football.[17]i
According to the IFFHS, Pelé is the most successful league goal scorer in the world, with 541 league goals.[18][19]In total Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games, including unofficial friendlies and tour games, for which he was listed in theGuinness World Recordsfor most career goals scored in football.[20]During his playing days, Pelé was for a period the best-paid athlete in the world.[21]In his native Brazil, he is hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in football and for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of the poor.[22]In 1961, Brazil PresidentJânio Quadroshad Pelé declared a national treasure.[23]During his career, he became known as "The Black Pearl" (A Pérola Negra), "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei).[24]
Pelé began playing forSantosat 15 and theBrazil national football teamat 16. He won threeFIFA World Cups:1958,1962and1970, the only player ever to do so; and is theall-time leading goalscorerfor Brazil with 77 goals in 91 games.[25][26]At club level he is also the record goalscorer for Santos, and led them to the1962and1963 Copa Libertadores.[19][27]Pelés electrifying play and penchant for spectacular goals made him a star around the world, and his club team Santos toured internationally in order to take full advantage of his popularity.[28]
Since retiring in 1977, Pelé has been a worldwide ambassador for football and has undertaken various acting roles andcommercialventures. In 2010, he was named the Honorary President of theNew York Cosmos.[29]
