| nickname = ''Pelé''<br/>''O Rei'' (The King)<br> ''Pérola Negra'' (The Black Pearl)<br> ''Dico'' (by his family)
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1940|10|23}}
| cityofbirth = Not Listed
| countryofbirth = [[Brazil]]
| position = Forward
| youthyears = 1952-1956
| youthclubs = Bauru AC
| years = 1956-1974<br/> 1975-1977
| clubs = [[Santos Futebol Clube|Santos FC]]<br/> [[New York Cosmos]]
| caps(goals) = ''[[Pelé#Goalscoring and appearance record|See table below]]'' <ref name=controversy>The number of goals that Pelé is credited with scoring for Santos and New York Cosmos is controversial. Many of his (generally attributed) 1281 goals came in friendly matches, which in Europe would not count towards a player's professional record. Some of these goals were scored for army teams while Pelé was completing his national service. Others were scored for representative teams. Pelé actually scored 643 goals in competitive club matches for Santos and approximately 589 goals in Brazilian league games .[http://www.rsssf.com/players/prolific.html][http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html][http://rivelino.caltech.edu/~pelesl/pele/english/pele_statistics.html][http://www.iffhs.de/?2b04f8320cf83e48d31748a21417f3320ae43d00a761].</ref> <br> {{0}}64 {{0}}(37)
| nationalyears = 1956-1971
| nationalteam = [[Brazilian national football team|Brazil]]
