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    1. have. It’s difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.

    Tactically, technically,
    physically, mentally he was the best. A lot of things that I learnt was from Pele’s sticker
    albums: how to head, how to shoot the ball. It was like a step-by-step guide. I learnt from Pele
    as a kid.” Goal.com 
    -Sir Bobby Charlton: "I sometimes feel as though football was invented for this magical
    player." FIFA.com 
    -Daniel Passarella: "Pelé was more intelligent as a player than Maradona, he understood
    football better" YouTube 
    -Tostao: "Pele was the greatest – he was simply flawless. And off the pitch he is always
    smiling and upbeat. You never see him bad-tempered. He loves being Pele." FIFA.com 
    -Zico: "This debate about the player of the century is absurd. There's only one possible
    answer: Pele. He's the greatest player of all time, and by some distance I might
    add." FIFA.com 
    -Franz Beckenbauer: "Pele is the greatest player of all time. He reigned supreme for 20
    years. All the others - Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini - rank beneath him.
    There's no one to compare with Pele." FIFA.com 
    -Tarcisio Burgnich: "Before the match, I told myself that Pele was just flesh and bones like the
    rest of us. Later I realised I'd been wrong." FIFA.com 
    -Cesar Luis Menotti: "It's ugly to compare but the greatest was Pele. If we believe that God
    made man, the "black" Pelé he made him perfect. He gave him everything. He lacked
    nothing, header, physical power, dribbling, finishing, inspiration, genius, temper, vision, goal.
    Everything." 
    -Gianni Rivera: "However, I do think there's someone who was even better(than Messi) and
    that's Pele. He used both feet on the pitch. He was as dangerous with his right as he was
    with his left. He was strong in the air as well, and created a lot of chances." Soccerway.com 
    -Hugo Gatti: "Pelé had the skin of a player, head, pace, everything. He was a panther
    dressed in white, I played with him. He entered to play in the last minute and he could turn
    the match. And the big difference is that Pelé on the field created fear, Maradona not...For
    me, it is Pelé, Alfredo Di Stefano and Maradona, in that order. I appreciate Diego, he is a
    great player. But from another planet was Pelé, not him." Diariomundonuevo.com 
    -Teófilo Cubillas: "I confronted him several times on the pitch and I think there will be no one
    like him." 
    „The Best of The Best”. Rsssf.com. 19 iunie 2009. Accesat în  12 iunie 2010. 
    The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time. RSSF.com 
    Pele tops World Cup legends poll BBC News 
    THE LIST: The greatest players in the history of football Daily Mail. 
    title=Pelé "The King" to be crowned in Monte Carlo at 10th edition of the "Golden Foot"
    Awards GoldenFoot 
    IFFHS' Century Elections. RSSF.com
    2. ^ Ingo Faulhaber. „IFFHS”. Iffhs.de. Accesat în 19 noiembrie 2012.
    3. ^ France Football's Football Player of the Century Retrieved 1 May 2011
    4. ^ Kissinger, Henry (14 iunie 1999). „The Time 100, Heroes and icons  — Pelé”.  TIME.
    Accesat în 1 octombrie 2006.
    5. ^ "Pele receives FIFA Ballon d’Or Prix d’Honneur". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014
    6. ^ Ingo Faulhaber. „IFFHS”. Iffhs.de. Accesat în 19 noiembrie 2012.
    7. ^ PELÉ: The King of Football FIFA.com. 
    title=Pelé, Olé! - Statistics of Pelé's Career 
    Pelé honoured with two Guinness World Records achievements in London. Guinness World
    Records. 
    Most Career Goals (football). Guinness World Records
    8. ^ Ebony - Google Books. Books.google.se. Accesat în  19 noiembrie 2012.
    9. ^ Harris, Harry (2002), Pelé: his life and times. p.190. Welcome Rain Publishers. Retrieved
    27 June 2011 
    "Pelé, King of Futbol" ESPN| accessdate =1 October 2006
    10. ^ "The King of football". FIFA.com.
    11. ^ „Pele (Brazilian athlete) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia”. Britannica.com. Accesat în  19
    noiembrie 2012. 
    Various from many of his biographies, See for example [2] 3rd section, last line: " 'The King'
    was given to Pelé by the French press in 1961 after he played a few matches with SFC in
    Europe" Or the already quote [3] Or the book "Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El rey del futbol –
    Monica Brown (Author) & Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Rayo Publishing Dec.2008 ISBN 978-0-
    06-122779-0 " 
    „Pele (soccer player) Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Pele
    (soccer player)”. Encyclopedia.com. Accesat în  19 noiembrie 2012.
    12. ^ 10 World Cup Gods! Our look at the best of the best in World Cup historyMail Online.
    Retrieved 10 May 2011

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