With exclusive access to Pelé, award-winning sports writer Harry Harris
charts his meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Brazil to his first
international at the age of 16. Superb athleticism, speed of thought and
execution, and astonishing ball control helped him become the only
player to have appeared in three World Cup-winning sides, and to have
scored more than 1,200 goals in his senior career, a feat that is now
unlikely ever to be equaled, let alone surpassed. Pelé remains the best
soccer player of all time, despite the extraordinary exploits of
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, and legends such as Diego
Maradona and Johan Cruyff. Now revised and updated to bring the story
completely up to date, this is a tribute to a world-class sporting hero,
a great sportsman and, to this day, an inspiration to millions.