Laliyini igama leqembu lokugcina uPele adlala kulo njengomdlali oqeqeshiwe?
Context:U-Edson Arantes do Nascimento (isiPutukezi saseBrazil: [ˈɛdsõ aˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nasiˈmẽtu]; 23 Okthoba 1940 <unk> 29 Disemba 2022), owaziwa kakhulu ngegama lakhe lesidlaliso uPelé (isiPutukezi: [peˈlɛ]), wayengumdlali webhola lezinyawo waseBrazil owayedlala njengomdlali ohlaselayo. Njengoba ayebhekwa njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu kunabo bonke, wayephakathi kwabadlali abaphumelela kakhulu nabathandwa kakhulu ekhulwini lama-20. Ngo-1999, waqanjwa ngokuthi uMsubathi Wekhulu leminyaka yi-International Olympic Committee futhi wafakwa ohlwini lwe-Time lwabantu abangu-100 ababaluleke kakhulu bekhulu lama-20. Ngo-2000, uPelé wakhethwa njengomdlali wezwe wekhulu leminyaka yi-International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) futhi wayengomunye wabanqobi ababili abahlangene be-FIFA Player of the Century. Amagoli akhe ayizi-1 279 emidlalweni eyizi-1 363, okuhlanganisa nemidlalo yobungani, athathwa njengerekhodi lomhlaba leGuinness.  UPelé waqala ukudlala iSantos eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala neqembu lesizwe laseBrazil eneminyaka engu-16. Ngesikhathi somsebenzi wakhe wamazwe omhlaba, wanqoba ama-FIFA World Cup amathathu: 1958, 1962 no-1970, okuwukuphela komdlali owenza kanjalo futhi waba ngumdlali omncane kunabo bonke ukunqoba iNdebe yoMhlaba (17). Wathola isidlaliso esithi O Rei (Inkosi) ngemuva komqhudelwano wango-1958. UPelé ungumgadli wezinhloso ezinhle kakhulu eBrazil ngamagoli angu-77 emidlalweni engu-92. Ezingeni lekilabhu, wayengumshayi wamagoli omkhulu kunabo bonke eSantos ngamagoli angama-643 emidlalweni engama-659. Ngenkathi yegolide yeSantos, wahola iklabhu eya ku-1962 no-1963 Copa Libertadores, naku-1962 no-1963 Intercontinental Cup. Njengoba kuthiwa nguye owaxhumanisa inkulumo ethi "Umdlalo Omuhle" nebhola, "umdlalo kaPelé onamandla nokuthambekela kwakhe emigomweni emangalisayo" kwamenza waba inkanyezi emhlabeni wonke, futhi amaqembu akhe ahamba amazwe ngamazwe ukuze asizakale ngokugcwele ekuthandeni kwakhe. Phakathi nezinsuku zakhe njengomdlali, uPelé wayengumdlali okhokhelwa kakhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni. Ngemva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngo-1977, uPelé waba yinxusa lomhlaba wonke lebhola futhi wenza imisebenzi eminingi yokulingisa neyezentengiselwano. Ngo-2010, waqanjwa njengoMongameli ohloniphekile weNew York Cosmos.  Ngokwesilinganiso cishe umgomo ngomdlalo owodwa kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, uPelé wayenekhono lokushaya ibhola nganoma yiluphi unyawo ngaphezu kokulindela ukunyakaza kwabaphikisi bakhe enkundleni. Ngenkathi ngokuyinhloko engumgadli, wayengehla ngokujulile futhi athathe indima yokudlala, enikeza usizo ngombono wakhe kanye nekhono lokudlula, futhi wayezosebenzisa namakhono akhe okudonsa ukuze adlule abaphikisi. EBrazil, wahlonishwa njengeqhawe likazwelonke ngenxa yalokho akufeza ebholeni nangenxa yokusekela kwakhe ngokuqondile izinqubomgomo ezithuthukisa izimo zomphakathi zabampofu. Ukuvela kwakhe eNdebe yoMhlaba yowe-1958, lapho aba khona inkanyezi yezemidlalo yomhlaba wonke yabamnyama, kwaba umthombo wokukhuthazwa. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe nasemhlalaphansi, uPelé wathola imiklomelo eminingi yomuntu ngamunye neqembu ngokusebenza kwakhe enkundleni, impumelelo yakhe yokushaya amarekhodi, kanye nefa lakhe kwezemidlalo.  Iminyaka yokuqala  Wazalelwa eTrês Corações esifundazweni saseMinas Gerais eBrazil ngo-1940, uPelé unomgwaqo ogama lakhe edolobheni <unk> Rua Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Isithombe sikaPelé naso sibekwe endaweni evelele esigcawini esiseduze nedolobha. UPelé wazalwa u-Edson Arantes do Nascimento ngomhlaka 23 Okthoba 1940 eTrês Corações, eMinas Gerais, indodana yomdlali webhola lezinyawo waseFluminense uDondinho (owazalwa uJoão Ramos do Nascimento) noCeleste Arantes. Wayengumdala wabafowabo ababili, nomfowabo uZoca naye wadlalela iSantos, yize engaphumelelanga kangako. Waqanjwa ngegama lomqambi waseMelika uThomas Edison. Abazali bakhe banquma ukususa u - "i" bamqamba ngokuthi "Edson", kodwa kwaba nephutha lokubhala esitifiketini sakhe sokuzalwa, okwaholela ekutheni izincwadi eziningi zibhale igama lakhe ngokuthi "Edison", hhayi "Edson", njengoba ayebizwa kanjalo. Ekuqaleni wayebizwa ngegama elithi "Dico" ngumndeni wakhe. Wathola isidlaliso esithi "Pelé" ngesikhathi esesikoleni, lapho, kuthiwa, wanikezwa khona ngenxa yokubiza kwakhe igama lomdlali wakhe amthandayo, umgcini wegoli wendawo waseVasco da Gama uBilé, awukhulumile kahle, kodwa lapho ekhononda kakhulu kunamathele. Encwadini yakhe ethi autobiography eyakhululwa ngo-2006, uPelé wathi wayengazi ukuthi leli gama lisho ukuthini, nabangane bakhe bakudala babengazi. Ngaphandle kokuthi leli gama lisuselwa kwelithi "Bilé", leli gama alisho lutho ngesiPutukezi.[note 2]  UPelé wakhulela endaweni empofu eBauru esifundazweni saseSão Paulo. Wathola imali eyengeziwe ngokusebenza ezitolo zetiye njengenceku. Njengoba ayefundiswe uyise ukudlala, wayengakwazi ukuthenga ibhola elifanelekayo futhi ngokuvamile wayedlala noma ngesokisi eligcwele iphephandaba futhi eliboshwe ngentambo noma ngesithelo samagilebhisi. Wadlalela amaqembu amaningana amateur ebusheni bakhe, kufaka phakathi iSete de Setembro, iCanto do Rio, iSão Paulinho, ne-Ameriquinha. UPelé wahola iBauru Atlético Clube juniors (eqeqeshwa nguWaldemar de Brito) emincintiswaneni emibili yentsha yaseSão Paulo. Lapho eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili, wayedlala eqenjini lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo elibizwa ngokuthi iRadium. Ibhola lezinyawo lalisanda kuduma eBauru lapho uPelé eqala ukulidlala. Wayeyingxenye yomncintiswano wokuqala we-futsal (ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo elingaphakathi) esifundeni. UPelé neqembu lakhe banqoba umqhudelwano wokuqala nezinye eziningana.  Ngokusho kukaPelé, i-futsal (ibhola lezinyawo elingaphakathi) laletha izinselelo ezinzima: wathi kwakushesha kakhulu kunebhola otshanini, nokuthi abadlali kwakudingeka bacabange ngokushesha ngoba wonke umuntu usondelene komunye nomunye enkundleni. UPelé uthi i-futsal iyamsiza ukuba acabange kangcono ngaleso sikhathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-futsal yamvumela ukuba adlale nabantu abadala lapho eneminyaka engaba ngu-14 ubudala. Komunye wemincintiswano abambe iqhaza kuwo, ekuqaleni wayebhekwa njengomncane kakhulu ukuthi angadlala, kodwa ekugcineni wagcina engumshayisibhakela ophezulu ngamagoli ayi-14 noma ayi-15. UPelé wathi: "Lokho kwanginika ukuzethemba okukhulu, ngazi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi akufanele ngesabe noma yini engase yenzeke".  Umsebenzi weqembu USantos Isihloko esiyinhloko: Os Santásticos 1956<unk>1962: Iminyaka yokuqala noSantos futhi wamemezela ingcebo kazwelonke  UPelé ngo-1962, ngaleso sikhathi owayesekalwe njengomdlali ongcono kakhulu emhlabeni Ngo-1956, uDe Brito wathatha uPelé waya naye eSantos, idolobha lezimboni nelesikhumulo eliseduze naseSão Paulo, eyomvivinya ekilabhini esezingeni eliphezulu iSantos FC, etshela abaqondisi beqembu ukuthi lo mfana oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala uzoba "umdlali webhola lezinyawo omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni". UPelé wahlaba umxhwele umqeqeshi weSantos uLula ngesikhathi evivinywa e-Estadio Vila Belmiro, futhi wasayina inkontileka yobungcweti neqembu ngoJuni 1956. UPelé wakhangiswa kakhulu abezindaba bendawo njengenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo. Wenza i-debut yakhe eqenjini eliphakeme ngomhlaka 7 Septhemba 1956 eneminyaka engu-15 ngokumelene neCorinthians de Santo André futhi wenza kahle kakhulu ekunqobeni ngo-7-1, washaya igoli lokuqala emsebenzini wakhe wokukhiqiza ngesikhathi somdlalo.  Lapho isizini ka-1957 iqala, uPelé wanikezwa indawo yokuqala eqenjini lokuqala futhi, eneminyaka engu-16, waba ngumshayi wezinhlamvu ophambili kuleli ligi. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyishumi esayine isivumelwano sokuba uchwepheshe, le nsizwa yabizelwa eqenjini lesizwe laseBrazil. Ngemva kweNdebe yoMhlaba ka-1958 neka-1962, amakilabhu aseYurophu acebile, njengeReal Madrid, iJuventus neManchester United, azama ukumthenga kodwa kwaba nhlanga zimuka nomoya. Ngo-1958, i-Inter Milan yaze yakwazi ukumtholela inkontileka ejwayelekile, kodwa u-Angelo Moratti waphoqeleka ukuba aqede inkontileka ngesicelo sikaSantos ngemuva kokuvukela kwabalandeli baseBrazil. I-Valencia CF nayo yahlela isivumelwano esasizoletha uPelé ekilabhini ngemuva kweNdebe Yomhlaba yowe-1958, kodwa-ke ngemuva kokusebenza kwakhe kulo mqhudelwano uSantos wenqaba ukuvumela lo mdlali ahambe. Ngo-1961 uhulumeni waseBrazil ngaphansi kukaMongameli uJânio Quadros wamemezela uPelé "njengengengengengcebo kazwelonke esemthethweni" ukuze amvimbele ekubeni adluliselwe ngaphandle kwezwe.  UPelé wanqoba isicoco sakhe sokuqala esikhulu neSantos ngo-1958 njengoba iqembu lalinqobe iCampeonato Paulista; wayezoqeda umqhudelwano njengomdlali oshaye amagoli amaningi, ngamagoli angama-58, irekhodi elisekhona nanamuhla. Ngonyaka olandelayo, wasiza iqembu ukuthi lithole ukunqoba kwalo kokuqala eTorneio Rio-São Paulo ngo-3-0 phezu kukaVasco da Gama. Kodwa-ke, uSantos akakwazanga ukugcina isihloko sikaPaulista. Ngo-1960, uPelé washaya amagoli angu-33 ukuze asize iqembu lakhe libuye lithole indebe yeCampeonato Paulista kodwa lalahlekelwa emqhudelwaneni waseRio-São Paulo ngemuva kokuqeda endaweni yesi-8. Ngesizini ka-1960, uPelé washaya amagoli angu-47 futhi wasiza iSantos ukuba ibuyise iCampeonato Paulista. Le kilabhu yaqhubeka yawina iTaça Brasil ngalowo nyaka, ishaya iBahia emidlalweni yokugcina; UPelé waqeda njengomshayi wamagoli ophezulu kulo mqhudelwano ngamagoli ayisishiyagalolunye. Ukunqoba kwavumela iSantos ukuba ihlanganyele kwiCopa Libertadores, umqhudelwano weklabhu ohlonishwa kakhulu eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe.  1962<unk>1965: impumelelo yeCopa Libertadores "Ngafika ngethemba lokuthi ngizomisa umuntu omkhulu, kodwa ngahamba ngiqiniseka ukuthi nginqotshwe othile owayengazalwanga emhlabeni ofana nowethu sonke".  <unk>Umgcini wezinhloso weBenfica uCosta Pereira ngemuva kokulahlekelwa yiSantos ngo-1962. Isikhathi seCopa Libertadores esiphumelele kakhulu seSantos saqala ngo-1962; iqembu lalibekwe eqenjini lokuqala eceleni kweCerro Porteño neDeportivo Municipal Bolivia, liwina yonke imidlalo yeqembu labo ngaphandle kweyodwa (i-1<unk>1 away tie vs Cerro). USantos unqobe i-Universidad Católica kuma-semi-finals futhi wahlangana ne-Peñarol esaphethe isicoco kuma-finals. UPelé wafaka amagoli amabili emdlalweni wokugcina ukuze aqinisekise isihloko sokuqala sekilabhu yaseBrazil. UPelé waqeda njengomdlali wesibili onamaphuzu amaningi kulo mqhudelwano ngamagoli amane. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uSantos wayezovikela ngempumelelo iCampeonato Paulista (ngamagoli angama-37 avela kuPelé) kanye neTaça Brasil (uPelé washaya amagoli amane ochungechungeni lokugcina ngokumelene neBotafogo). USantos wayezophinde anqobe ngo-1962 i-Intercontinental Cup ngokumelene neBenfica. Egqoke ijezi lakhe elinenombolo engu-10, uPelé wakhiqiza omunye wemidlalo engcono kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe, washaya i-hat-trick eLisbon njengoba uSantos anqoba ngo-5-2.   UPelé noSantos eNetherlands, ngo-October 1962 UPelé uthi igoli lakhe elikhumbuleka kakhulu walishaya e-Estádio Rua Javari emdlalweni weCampeonato Paulista bebhekene neClube Atlético Juventus yaseSão Paulo ngo-2 Agasti 1959. Njengoba ingekho i - video yalo mdlalo, uPelé wacela ukuba kwenziwe i - computer animation yalo mgomo. Ngo-March 1961, uPelé washaya igoli le-placa (igoli elifanelwe yisikhumbuzo), ngokumelene neFluminense eMaracanã. UPelé wathola ibhola emaphethelweni endawo yakhe yesigwebo, futhi wagijima ubude benkundla, ebalekela abadlali abaphikisayo ngokuzenzisa, ngaphambi kokushaya ibhola ngaphesheya komgcini wezinhloso. Kwakhiwa itshe elibhalwe ukuthi "umgomo omuhle kakhulu emlandweni weMaracanã".   UPelé ngaphambi kokubhekana neBoca Juniors emdlalweni wesibili we-1963 Copa Libertadores Finals eLa Bombonera. Njengeqembu elivikela isicoco, iSantos yazitholela ithuba lokuya kuma-semi-final weCopa Libertadores ka-1963. I-balé branco (i-ballet emhlophe), isidlaliso esinikezwe uSantos ngaleso sikhathi, wakwazi ukugcina isihloko ngemuva kokunqoba iBotafogo neBoca Juniors. UPelé wasiza iSantos ukunqoba iqembu laseBotafogo elalinamaqhawe aseBrazil afana noGarrincha noJairzinho ngomgomo womzuzu wokugcina emdlalweni wokuqala wama-semi-finals owenza kwaba 1<unk>1. Emdlalweni wesibili, uPelé washaya i-hat-trick e-Estádio do Maracanã njengoba iSantos iwine, 0<unk>4, emdlalweni wesibili. USantos uqale umdlalo wokugcina ngokuwina, 3<unk>2, emdlalweni wokuqala futhi wanqoba iBoca Juniors 1<unk>2, eLa Bombonera. Kwaba into engavamile emincintiswaneni esemthethweni, futhi kwaba nelinye igoli likaPelé. ISantos yaba yiqembu lokuqala laseBrazil ukuphakamisa iCopa Libertadores enhlabathini yase-Argentina. UPelé waqeda lo mqhudelwano ngamagoli amahlanu. USantos walahlekelwa yiCampeonato Paulista ngemuva kokuqeda endaweni yesithathu kodwa waqhubeka nokuwina umqhudelwano waseRio-São Paulo ngemuva kokunqoba iFlamengo ngo-0-03 ekugcineni, uPelé washaya igoli elilodwa. UPelé wayezosiza iSantos ukuthi igcine i-Intercontinental Cup neTaça Brasil ngokumelene ne-AC Milan neBahia ngokulandelana.  Ku-1964 Copa Libertadores, iSantos yashaywa emilenzeni yomibili yama-semi-finals yi-Independiente. Le kilabhu yanqoba iCampeonato Paulista, lapho uPelé ehola khona amagoli angu-34. USantos uphinde wahlanganyela isihloko seRio-São Paulo neBotafogo futhi wanqoba iTaça Brasil ngonyaka wesine ngokulandelana. Ku-1965 Copa Libertadores, iSantos yafinyelela kuma-semi-finals futhi yahlangana nePeñarol emdlalweni wokugcina we-1962. Ngemva kwemidlalo emibili, kwakudingeka ukuba kudlalwe umdlalo wokugcina ukuze kuqedwe umncintiswano. Ngokungafani no-1962, i-Peñarol yaphuma phezulu futhi yaqeda i-Santos 2<unk>1. Nokho, uPelé wayezophetha njengomshayi wamagoli omhlaba omqhudelwano ngamagoli ayisishiyagalombili.  1966-1974: O Milésimo neminyaka yokugcina noSantos Ngo-1966, iSantos yahluleka ukugcina iTaça Brasil njengoba imigomo kaPelé yayinganele ukuvimbela ukunqotshwa kuka-9 <unk> 4 nguCruzeiro (owaholwa nguTostão) ochungechungeni lokugcina. Nokho, leli qembu lanqoba iCampeonato Paulista ngo-1967, ngo-1968 nango-1969. NgoNovemba 19, 1969, uPelé washaya igoli lakhe le-1000 kuyo yonke imincintiswano, okwakuyisikhathi esilindelwe kakhulu eBrazil. Umgomo obizwa ngokuthi u-O Milésimo (The Thousandth), wenziwa emdlalweni owawuphikisana noVasco da Gama, lapho uPelé efaka igoli ephuma ku-penalty, e-Maracanã Stadium.  Ngo-1969, amaqembu amabili ayehileleke eMpini Yombango yaseNigeria avuma ukuyeka ukulwa amahora angu-48 ukuze akwazi ukubuka uPelé edlala umdlalo wokubukisa eLagos. USantos wagcina edlala umdlalo owawudonswe ngo-2-2 neqembu laseLagos iStationary Stores FC futhi uPelé washaya amagoli eqembu lakhe. Impi yombango yaqhubeka unyaka owodwa ngemva kwalo mdlalo. Ngesikhathi sakhe eSantos, uPelé wadlala kanye nabadlali abaningi abanethalente, kufaka phakathi uZito, uPepe, noCoutinho; owokugcina waba ngumlingani wakhe emidlalweni eminingi eyodwa-amabili, ukuhlasela, kanye nemigomo. Ngemva kwesizini ka-19 kaPelé neSantos, washiya ibhola laseBrazil. Amagoli angu-643 kaPelé eSantos kwakuyiwona amagoli amaningi adonswa yiqembu elilodwa kwaze kwaba yilapho lidlulwa nguLionel Messi waseBarcelona ngoDisemba 2020.  Iqembu leNew York Cosmos  UPelé usayina ibhola lomongameli wase-US uRichard Nixon e-White House ngo-1973, eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokujoyina iNew York Cosmos Ngemuva kwesizini ka-1974 (eyeshumi nesishiyagalolunye noSantos), uPelé washiya iqembu laseBrazil yize eqhubeka nokudlala ngezikhathi ezithile eSantos emidlalweni esemthethweni yokuncintisana. Ngonyaka olandelayo, waphuma emhlalaphansi ukuze asayine neNew York Cosmos yeNorth American Soccer League (NASL) ngesizini ka-1975. Engqungqutheleni yabezindaba eyayinesiphithiphithi e-21 Club yaseNew York, iCosmos yembula uPelé. UJohn O'Reilly, okhulumela abezindaba beqembu, wathi, "Sasinama-superstars e-United States kodwa akukho lutho olusezingeni likaPelé. Wonke umuntu wayefuna ukumthinta, ukumxhawula, ukuthatha isithombe naye". Nakuba kwase kudlule isikhathi sakhe esivelele, uPelé wanconywa ngokukhulisa kakhulu ukuqwashisa komphakathi nentshisekelo kulo mdlalo e-US. Ngesikhathi eqala ukubonakala obala eBoston, walimala esixukwini sabalandeli ababemzungezile futhi wathathwa ngesihlalo.   UPelé engena enkundleni ukudlala umdlalo wakhe wokuqala neCosmos, 15 Juni 1975 UPelé wadlalela iCosmos okokuqala ngomhlaka 15 Juni 1975 bebhekene neDallas Tornado eDowning Stadium, washaya igoli elilodwa emdlalweni owawudonswe ngo-2-2. UPelé wavulela ezinye izinkanyezi eziningi ithuba lokudlala eNyakatho Melika. UGiorgio Chinaglia wamlandela e-Cosmos, wabe eselandelwa uFranz Beckenbauer nowayengumlingani wakhe eqenjini laseSantos uCarlos Alberto. Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela kwafika abanye abadlali kuleli ligi, kufaka phakathi uJohan Cruyff, u-Eusébio, uBobby Moore, uGeorge Best noGordon Banks.  Ngo-1975, isonto elilodwa ngaphambi kweMpi Yombango yaseLebanon, uPelé wadlala umdlalo wobungani weqembu laseLebanon i-Nejmeh ngokumelene neqembu lezinkanyezi zeLebanese Premier League, washaya amagoli amabili angafakiwe emlandweni wakhe osemthethweni. Ngosuku lomdlalo, izibukeli ezingu - 40 000 zazisenkundleni kusukela ekuseni kakhulu ziyobukela umdlalo.  UPelé wahola iCosmos eya ku-1977 Soccer Bowl, ngesizini yakhe yesithathu neyokugcina neqembu. NgoJuni ka-1977, iCosmos yaheha irekhodi le-NASL 62,394 abalandeli eGiants Stadium ukunqoba ngo-3-0 ngaphezu kweTampa Bay Rowdies lapho uPelé oneminyaka engu-37 ubudala eshaya i-hat-trick. Emdlalweni wokuqala wama-quarter-finals, baheha inqwaba yabantu base-US abangama-77,891 kulokho okwaphenduka ukuchithwa kwe-8 × 3 kweFort Lauderdale Strikers eGiants Stadium. Emdlalweni wesibili wama-semi-final ngokumelene neRochester Lancers, iCosmos yanqoba ngo-4-1. UPelé waqeda umsebenzi wakhe ngokusemthethweni ngomhlaka 28 Agasti 1977, ngokuhola iNew York Cosmos esihlokweni sayo sesibili seSoccer Bowl ngokunqoba iSeattle Sounders ngo-2-1 e-Civic Stadium ePortland, e-Oregon.  Ngo-1 Okthoba 1977, uPelé wavala umsebenzi wakhe emdlalweni wokubonisa phakathi kweCosmos neSantos. Umdlalo wadlalwa phambi kwesixuku esithengisiwe eGiants Stadium futhi wasakazwa kuthelevishini e-US ku-Wide World of Sports ye-ABC kanye nasemhlabeni wonke. Ubaba kaPelé nomkakhe bobabili babekhona kulo mdlalo, kanye noMuhammad Ali noBobby Moore. Ukuthumela umyalezo ezilalelini ngaphambi kokuqala komdlalo <unk> "Uthando lubaluleke kakhulu kunalokho esingakuthatha empilweni" <unk> UPelé wadlala ingxenye yokuqala neCosmos, eyesibili neSantos. Umdlalo uphele ngeCosmos iwine ngo 2<unk>1, uPelé washaya igoli ngebanga elingamamitha angu-30 elibhekiswe kuCosmos, okuyiwona mgomo wokugcina empilweni yakhe. Phakathi nengxenye yesibili yomdlalo, imvula yaqala ukuna, okwenza iphephandaba laseBrazil laba nesihloko esikhulu ngosuku olulandelayo: "Ngisho Nezulu Lalikhala".
Iklabhu yokugcina kaPele kwakuyiNew York Cosmos yeNorth American Soccer League, adlala kuyo izinkathi ezintathu, waqeda umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1977.