Edison Arantes do Nascimento (born 23 October 1940), best known by his nickname cafe is a retired Brazilian footballer. He considered broad opinion polls among football experts, former players and fans as the greatest footballer of all time. "In the course of his career he scored 760 official objectives, 541 in the League Championship, making him the top scorer of all time. He scored a total 1281 targets in 1363 games.
In his native Brazil hailed Cafe as a national hero.He is known for his achievements and contributions to the game of football. He is also recognized for his engineers ' support of policies to improve social conditions for the poor (when he scored his 1 000th goals he dedicated it to the poor children in Brazil). During his career, he became known as "Football King" or simply "The King".
Spotted by football star Waldemar de Brito, Cafe began to play for Santos on 15 and 16 of his national team, and won his first WORLD CUP at 17.Despite the many offers from European clubs drawn the economic circumstances and Brazilian football regulations at the time Santos, so that they can keep Pele in almost two decades until 1974. With Pele within their own ranks, Santos reach their Zenith by winning the 1963 Copa Libertadores, and the most prestigious club competition in South American football. Peles technique and natural sport has been universally praised and during his playing years he was known for his excellent dribbling and passing, his tempo, powerful shot, extraordinary heading ability and prolific goalscoring.
He is the all-time leading scorer of the Brazil national football team and is the only footballer to be part of the three WORLD CUP-winning patrols.In 1962, he was on the Brazilian Squad in the beginning of the World Cup, but due to an injury in the second game, he was not able to play the rest of the tournament in November 2007 FIFA announced that he would be assigned to the 1962 Medal with retroactive effect, making him the only player in the world to have three WORLD CUP winning medals.
Since his retirement in 1977, the Cafe has been a worldwide Ambassador for football and has undertaken various acting roles and commercial ventures. He is currently an Honorary President of the New York Cosmos.
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