Jumat, 30 Maret 2012

AKADEMI SEPAK BOLA TERBAIK EROPA

Akademi Sepak Bola Terbaik Di Eropa

Dengan kekuatan uang dalam sepak bola yang semakin dibutuhkan. Akademi di seluruh eropa akan selalu kebanjiran permintaan pemain muda untuk meningkatkan kualitas klub. Selain mereka dapat menghemat biaya transfer, kebijakan untuk merekrut pemain muda adalah mereka dapat dijual di masa depan untuk keuntungan atau menjai asset penting bagi tim tersebut.
Dan berikut ini adalah akademi sepak bola terbaik di eropa menurut pandangan saya.
  • La Masia
La Masia telah menjadi akademi paling produktif dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Belum ada akademi sepak bola lain yang mampu mendekati La Masia saat ini. Akademi mereka telah menciptakan pemain terbaik dunia dengan skill luar biasa yakni Lionel Messi. Produk pemain – pemain muda saat ini juga masih laris untuk mengisi skuad Barcelona, sebut saja Thiago Alcatara, Ishak Cuecnca, Sergi Roberto, Crhistian Tello, Jonathan Dos Santos dan Andreu Fontas. Pemain – pemain tersebut sudah mulai dicoba bermain di skuad Barcelona walaupun sebagai pemain pelapis. Banyaknya pemain muda yang kini di promosikan ke skuad utama Barcelona menjadi bukti bahwa La Masia konsisten dalam membina pemain – pemain  muda dan menjadi generasi penerus bagi lulusan La Masia sebelumnya seperti Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Pique dan Fabregas. La Masia kini menjadi patokan bagi sepak bola seluruh eropa dan bahkan dunia.

  • Clairefontaine
Clairefontaine adalah lembaga lembaga nasional sepak bola di Perancis yang menjadi tempat awal untuk banyak pemain nasional Perancis.  Akademi ini menjadi tidak dikenal akibat pusat latiha yang tertutup atau tidak banyak di ekspos media. Akademi ini telah menghasilkan pemain – pemain hebat seperti Nicolas Anelkam Abou Diabym William Gallas dan Thierry Henry dan semua pemain tersebut telah diambil Arsene Wenger di tahun karir mereka.

AFC AJAX
Akademi Ajax telah menciptakan kualitas selama bertahun – tahun dan terkenal karena konsistensi dalam mengembangkan pemain di semua posisi. Pemain pemain seperti Edwin Van Der Sar, Edgar Davids, Patrick Kluivert, Marco Van Baster dan Dennis Bergkamp adalah contoh pemain – pemain hebat hasil binaan akademi Ajax. Di masa sekarang pemain binaan akademi Ajax yang cukup dikenal di dunia sepak bola adalah Cristian Eriksen, Siem de Jong dan Lorenzi Ebecilio.

  • Sporting Club de Portugal
Akademi ini berbasis di kota Lisbon Portugal. Akademi ini sukses menciptakan pemain – pemain hebat seperti Paulo Futre, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Nani dan Simao. Semua pemain tersebut adalah pemain yang berposisi sebagai sayap. Semua pemain tersebut diberkati dengan kemampuan alami, kecepatan, dan kemampuan dribel yang luar biasa.  Semua pemain itu dijual dengan keuntungan besar selainFutre yang hijrah ke Porto dengan kesepakatan swap. Luis Figo pindah ke Barcelona dengan 2.2 juta Pound . Cristiano Ronaldo bergabung dengan Manchester United dengan 12, 2 juta Euro dan Nani dengan 25 juta Euro. Sporting juga memiliki Joao Moutinho dan Hugo Viana yang dimana mereka meninggalkan klub untuk 11 juta euro dan 12 juta euro.

10 stadium terbesar di Dunia

10. Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium merupakan salah satu stadion terbesar di dunia dengan kapasitas penonton 90.000 orang.Stadion ini terletak di London,Inggris.Stadion kebanggaan Inggris ini juga sebagai stadion utama The Football Association (FA).Disana sering digelar pertandingan Internasional maupun domestik,selain itu stadium Webley juga kerap digunakan sebagai ajang olahraga lain selain sepak bola.Masih ingat Final piala Champion tanggal 28 mei 2011 yang lalu antara Barcelana VS MU ? ,saat itu pertandingan dimenangkan oleh Tim Tamu Barcelona, nah... Wembley Stadium merupakan saksi bisu kemenangan Tim asal Spanyol Barcelona dengan skor 3-1.

9. Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium terletak di Beijing,Cina memiliki stadion sepak bola dengan kapasitas 91.000 penonton.Stadion ini dibangun untuk menjadi tuan rumah Olimpiade musim panas 2008.Material bangunan dengan struktur baja terbesar di dunia memakan biaya sekitar U$ 423 juta.

8. Maracana
Maracana

Maracana adalah stadion sepak bola milik negara Brazil yang terletak di Rio De Janeiro mampu menampung penonton hingga 96.000 orang.Stadion ini pertama kali di buka pada tahun 1950 untuk menjadi tuan rumah Piala Dunia saat itu.Stadion Maracana merupakan stadion sepak bola terbesar di Amerika Selatan dan dijadwalkan menjadi tuan rumah Piala dunia tahun 2014 mendatang.

7. Camp Nou
Camp Nou

Camp Nou adalah stadion markas klub raksasa Spanyol Barcelona FC selesai dibangun pada tahun 1957.Fifa menyebut Camp Nou sebagai stadion bintang 5 .Camp Nou juga sering menjadi tuan rumah sejumlah pertandingan penting termasuk pertandingan Internasional dan Final Liga Champion UEFA.Stadion Camp Nou memiliki kapasitas 98,772 tempat duduk.

6. Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Bukit Jalil National Stadium

Stadion Bukit Jalil berada di Malaysia,di buka pada tahun 1998.Stadion ini merupakan markas Tim Nasional sepak bola Malaysia,selain itu Stadion Bukit Jalil juga terkadang menyelenggarakan pertandingan olahraga lainnya dan beberapa konser .Kapasitas stadion mampu menampung hingga 100.000 orang.

5. Azadi Stadium
Azadi Stadium

Stadion Azadi terletak di Teheran Iran, merupakan markas Tim sepak bola Nasional Iran.Serta markas dua tim profesional yaitu Persepolis FC dan Esteghlal FC.Azadi Stadium selesai dibuat pada tahun 1971 .Pada awalnya stadion ini dibangun untuk tuan rumah Asian Games pada tahun 1974 dengan kapasitas penonton sekitar lebih dari 100.000 orang.

4. Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground terletak di Melbourne Australia.Stadion internasional ini pernah menjadi pusat Olimpiade 1956 dan Commonwealth Games pada tahun 2006. Stadion ini mampu menampung penonton hingga 100.000 orang lebih.

3. Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca terletak di Mexico City Meksiko dan merupakan stadion resmi Tim Nasional Meksiko.Pertandingan pertama yang berlangsung di stadion ini pada tanggal 26 Mei 1966.Pada awalnya stadion Estadio Azteca memiliki kapasitas penonton 114.000 orang namun sekarang Esdatio Azteca mengurangi kapasitas penonton dan hanya mampu menampung sekitar 105.000 orang karena alasan keamanan.Stadion ini telah digunakan untuk berbagai pertandingan penting seperti Olimpiade Musim Panas 1968,pertandingan piala dunia FIFA tahun 1970 dan 1986.

2. Salt Lake Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium

Salt Lake Stadium adalah stadion kebanggan milik India memiliki kapasitas 120.000 penonton,selesai dibuat pada tahun 1984.Salt Lake Stadium juga sering digunakan oleh beberapa pertandingan nasional India dan berbagai kejuaraan lainnya.

1. Rungrado May Day Stadium
Rungrado May Day Stadium

Rungrado May Day Stadium terletak di Pyongyang, Korea Utara.Selain dari sepak bola stadion ini juga sering digunakan untuk olahraga lain seperti atletik dan lainnya.Saat ini stadion Rungrado May Day Stadium adalah markas Tim nasional Korea Utara dengan kapasitas 150.000 penonton dan merupakan stadion sepak bola terbesar di dunia saat ini.

Pemain Sepak Bola Yang Meninggal Di Lapangan

7 Pemain Sepak Bola Yang Meninggal Di Lapangan


1. Phil O’Donnell


Phillip "Phil" O'Donnell (25 Maret 1972 - 29 Desember 2007) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola Skotlandia yang bermain untuk Motherwell Sekaligus kapten tim Motherwell (Skotlandia),, Celtic dan Sheffield Wednesday selama karirnya. Dia juga mendapatkan satu topi internasional dan dua kali memenangkan Skotlandia PFA Young Player of the Year Award. Ia meninggal setelah menderita serangan jantung di lapangan bermain untuk Motherwell melawan Dundee United pada tanggal 29 Desember 2007 dalam laga di kompetisi Liga Primer Skotlandia, Sabtu 29 Desember 2007 malam di Fir Park.
2. Antonio Puerta


José Antonio Puerta Pérez (26 November 1984 - 28 Agustus 2007) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola Spanyol, yang bermain hanya untuk Sevilla FC.

Terutama gelandang kiri yang juga bisa beroperasi sebagai serangan bek kiri, ia meninggal pada tanggal 28 Agustus 2007, terpengaruh dengan arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, tiga hari setelah menderita serangkaian serangan jantung selama pertandingan liga melawan Getafe CF pada tanggal 25

3. Chaswe Nsofwa


Chaswe Nsofwa (22 Oktober 1978 - 29 Agustus 2007) adalah seorang striker sepakbola Zambia internasional. Dia meninggal saat pertandingan pelatihan di Bersyeba, Israel.
Pada tanggal 29 Agustus 2007, ia meninggal karena gagal jantung mendadak saat pertandingan latihan melawan Maccabi Bersyeba di Vasermil Stadium. 40 menit kemudian, ia dibawa ke Soroka Medical Center di mana dia dinyatakan DOA

Ia dimakamkan pada Kamis 6 September di negara asalnya Zambia di Lusaka's pemakaman tutul Old Hill. Pemakamannya dihadiri oleh mantan presiden Frederick Chiluba serta beberapa anggota tim nasional Zambia. Sebagai tanda hormat kepadanya Hapoel Bersyeba sudah pensiun nomor enam kemeja untuk menghormatinya.

4. Hugo Cunha



Cunha memulai karirnya di F.C. lokal Barreirense, sebagai pemuda dan awal senior. Dia membuat debut profesionalnya di Campomaiorense SC sederhana, maka dalam divisi pertama, pindah ke Vitória de Guimarães setelah satu musim tunggal.

Setelah empat tahun di Minho yang teratur digunakan oleh tim pertama, meskipun jarang sebagai starter, Cunha pindah ke União de Leiria untuk 2004-05. Pada musim-off berikut, dia meninggal mendadak saat pertandingan sepak bola bermain dengan teman-teman, Di usia 28 tahun.


5. Miklos Feher


Miklós "Miki" Fehér (20 Juli 1979 - 25 Januari 2004) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola Hungaria, yang bermain sebagai striker.

Pada tanggal 25 Januari 2004, melakukan perjalanan ke Guimarães Benfica bermain melawan Vitória de Guimarães. Permainan ini yang disiarkan langsung di televisi, dan Benfica yang memimpin 1-0. Fehér baru saja datang sebagai pengganti. Dia membantu pemain lain yang dibawa dari bangku, Fernando Aguiar, untuk tujuan hanya pertandingan, tetapi menerima kartu kuning di injury time dan tiba-tiba membungkuk, tampaknya kesakitan. Dia kemudian jatuh ke belakang ke tanah. Rekan tim segera bergegas untuk membantu Fehér sebelum petugas medis tiba di lapangan. Ambulans tiba di lapangan dan Fehér dilarikan ke rumah sakit. Kondisinya diliput oleh media Portugis sepanjang hari. Namun, sebelum tengah malam, kematian Fehér adalah dikonfirmasi. Penyebab kematian adalah aritmia jantung, dibawa oleh kardiomiopati hipertrofik.
6. Marc-Vivien Foe


Marc-Vivien Foe (1 Mei 1975-26 Juni 2003) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola internasional Kamerun, yang bermain di lapangan tengah untuk kedua klub dan negara.
Pada bulan Juni 2003, Foe meninggal di lapangan. Dia adalah bagian dari skuad Kamerun untuk Piala Konfederasi FIFA, sebuah turnamen dimainkan antara juara kontinental. Ia bermain melawan Brasil dan Turki, dan beristirahat untuk pertandingan melawan Amerika Serikat, dengan Kamerun karena telah memenuhi syarat. Pada tanggal 26 Juni 2003, Kamerun menghadapi Kolombia di semifinal, yang diadakan di Stade de Gerland di Lyon, Perancis. Pada menit 72 pertandingan FoE runtuh di pusat lingkaran, dengan tidak ada pemain lain di dekatnya. Setelah mencoba untuk menyadarkan dia di lapangan, ia digotong dari lapangan, di mana ia menerima CPR dan oksigen. Paramedis menghabiskan 45 menit mencoba untuk Memompa hatinya, dan meskipun ia masih hidup setelah tiba di pusat medis stadion dia meninggal tak lama setelah itu, meskipun upaya untuk menyelamatkan hidupnya. Sebuah otopsi pertama tidak menentukan penyebab pasti kematian, tetapi otopsi kedua menyimpulkan bahwa kematian Foe adalah jantung terkait seperti menemukan bukti kardiomiopati hipertrofik, suatu penyakit keturunan diketahui meningkatkan risiko kematian mendadak selama latihan fisik.

7. Eri Irianto


Eri Irianto (Sidoarjo, 12 Januari 1974 - Surabaya, 3 April 2000) adalah seorang mantan pemain Persebaya Surabaya. Ia meninggal pada 3 April 2000 di RSUD dr Soetomo, setelah runtuh dengan serangan jantung di lapangan selama pertandingan liga melawan PSIM Yogyakarta di Stadion Gelora 10 November. Kekacauan itu nama dari Persebaya dan sekarang "Wisma Eri Irianto". Dia memakai nomor 19 yang telah pensiun setelah kematiannya.



Tragedi - tragedi Berdarah dalam Sepak Bola

Tragedi-tragedi Berdarah dalam Dunia Sepakbola


Tragedi-tragedi Berdarah dalam Dunia Sepakbola
voanews/afp
Nyala api tampak di tribun penonton di stadion saat bentrokan meletus setelah pertandingan sepakbola tim Mesir Al-Ahly dan Al-Masry di Port Said, Mesir, 1 Februari 2012. 
TRIBUNEWS.COM - Sepakbola dunia berduka. Peristiwa mengenaskan terjadi di Stadion Port Said, Kairo, Mesir, Kamis (2/2/2012) dini hari. Akibat provokasi dari suporter ultras alias garis keras, 74 tewas dan setidaknya 1.000 orang mengalami luka-luka.
  
Kejadian kelam tersebut berlangsung sesaat setelah pertemuan klub Al-Masry kontra Al-Ahly di ajang Liga Primer Mesir. Pertandingan sepakbola berubah menjadi kerusuhan berdarah. Tubuh-tubuh bermandikan darah bergelimpangan di lapangan. Dalam sepakbola kejadian berdarah semacam ini bukan pertama kalinya.
Berikut ini data peristiwa berdarah dalam sepakbola yang dihimpun Tribunnews.com:

Rusia - Oktober 1982
Pertandingan Spartak Moskow vs HFC Haarlem di Stadion Luzhniki, Moskow. Data otoritas menyebutkan 66 korban tewas. Perhitungan lain menyebutkan korban tewas 340 orang.
Inggris - Mei 1985
Sedikitnya 56 orang tewas dan lebih dari 200 orang luka-luka akibat kebakaran yang melanda tribun penonton di Bradford. Tidak disebutkan dari mana api tersebut berasal.
Belgia - Mei 1985
Antrean penonton pertandingan final Piala Eropa antara Juventus dengan Liverpool berubah rusuh akibat begitu banyaknya orang yang berdesak-desakan. Sebanyak 39 orang, yang kebanyakan warga Italia, tewas dalam insiden yang terjadi di Stadion Heysel, Brussels.
Nepal - Maret 1988
Ratusan pendukung sepakbola berbondong-bondong keluar dari Stadion Nasional Nepal di Kathmandu akibat angin ribut yang mengganggu jalannya pertandingan. Namun aksi desak-desakan tak terhindarkan sehingga berujung pada tewasnya 90 orang.
Inggris - April 1989
Kerusuhan terjadi dalam pertandingan semifinal Piala FA Inggris antara Liverpool dengan Nottingham Forest di Stadion Hillsborough, Sheffield. Para penonton merusak pembatas dan kerusuhan pun terjadi. Insiden yang dinilai terburuk di Inggris ini menewaskan 96 orang dan melukai 200 orang lainnya.
Afrika Selatan - Januari 1991
Sedikitnya 42 orang tewas dalam kerusuhan yang terjadi di tengah pertandingan antara tim Kaizer Chiefs dengan Orlando Pirates di kota Orkney. Pendukung tim Kaizer Chiefs menyerang pendukung tim lawan dengan pisau.
Perancis - Mei 1992
Insiden berdarah terjadi sebelum pertandingan Piala Prancis antara tim Bastia dengan tim Olympique Marseille dimulai. Tribun penonton di Stadion Furiani, Corsica roboh. Akibatnya, sekitar 18 orang tewas dan sekitar 2.400 lainnya mengalami luka-luka.

Guatemala - Oktober 1996
Sekitar 82 orang tewas akibat tribun penonton yang ada di stadion Guatemala City roboh dan orang-orang pun berjatuhan ke bawah. Kursi-kursi penonton terlempar ke berbagai arah. Sedikitnya 147 orang luka-luka dalam insiden yang terjadi pada pertandingan kualifikasi Piala Dunia antara Guatemala dengan Costa Rica.
Afrika Selatan - April 2001
Sedikitnya 43 orang tewas dalam kerusuhan yang terjadi saat puluhan orang memaksa masuk ke dalam Stadiun Ellis Park di Johannesburg yang tengah menggelar pertandingan Liga Afrika Selatan.
Ghana - Mei 2001
Pendukung sepakbola di Stadion Accra terlibat kerusuhan dan polisi pun menembakkan gas air mata untuk membubarkan mereka. Insiden yang tercatat sebagai yang terburuk di Afrika ini menewaskan 126 orang.
Pantai Gading - Maret 2009
Sedikitnya 19 orang tewas dalam kerusuhan yang terjadi di Stadion Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan. Kerusuhan terjadi saat pertandingan kualifikasi Piala Dunia antara Pantai Gading melawan Malawi.
Mesir - Februari 2012
Di akhir pertandingan antara tim lokal Al-Masry dengan tim Al-Ahli di stadion kota Port Said, ribuan pendukung sepakbola terlibat kerusuhan. Sedikitnya dilaporkan 74 orang tewas dan sekitar 1.000 orang terluka dalam insiden ini.

10 Skandal sepak Bola di Dunia

10 Skandal Sepakbola Terbesar di Dunia - Perselingkuhan,Prostitusi,Narkoba dll

by : armhando.com
Kasus-kasus Pemain Bola| Ronaldo Booking Bencong | Skandal Perselingkuhan Ryan Giggs,Rio Ferdinand,John Terry | Kasus Prostitusi Pemain Timnas Prancis | Skandal Judi Ayah Wayne Rooney.

Dunia sepakbola memiliki daya tarik tersendiri bagi setiap penggemarnya. Gol-gol indah, permainan tim yang mengesankan, ataupun skill para pemain yang mengagumkan mampu memberikan nilai plus di mata para penonton. Hal lain yang tak kalah menarik perhatian adalah peristiwa skandal di luar lapangan.

Tak jarang kehidupan pesepakbola dunia diwarnai oleh skandal yang melibatkan sejumlah pemain atau pun klub ternama. Perselingkuhan mendominasi sejumlah kasus-kasus tersebut. Berikut ini 10 skandal Terbesar yang pernah terjadi dalam sejarah sepakbola dunia:


10. Perselingkuhan Ryan Giggs dengan Imogen Thomas

Ryan Giggs dan Imogen Thomas.
Nama besar Ryan Giggs selama bersama Manchester United sempat tercoreng akibat perselingkuhan yang dilakukannya. Bintang asal Wales tersebut melakukan perselingkuhan dengan salah seorang bintang televisi terkenal, Imogen Thomas. Pria yang sudah memiliki istri dan anak ini bahkan sempat mengecam media massa untuk menghentikan publikasi tentang kasusnya tersebut.

Banyak pihak termasuk para pendukung The Red Devils menyesalkan tindakannya tersebut. Terlebih kejadian itu terjadi sebelum United menjalani partai final Liga Champions menghadapi Barcelona.

9. Skandal Judi Ayah dan Paman dari Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney saat mendapat kartu merah di pertandingan Inggris melawan Montenegro.
Perjudian kerap dikaitkan dengan dunia sepakbola. Taruhan atas suatu pertandingan kerap membuat orang terjebak dalam dunia perjudian. Kali ini kejadian tersebut menimpa ayah dan paman dari Wayne Rooney. Mereka berdua terlibat dalam skandal pengaturan skor antara klub Motherwell dan Hearts. Kasus penyelidikan dimulai ketika muncul kecurigaan pihak berwajib terhadap kartu merah yang diterima Steve Jennings dalam pertandingan. Gelandang Motherwell tersebut langsung dicerca dengan banyak pertanyaan dalam penyelidikannya tersebut.

Wayne Rooney awalnya mengaku tak terbebani atas kasus tersebut. Ia tetap menjalankan kewajibannya untuk membela the Three Lions dalam lanjutan kualifikasi Euro 2012. Sayangnya emosinya masih tidak stabil karena dalam pertandingan melawan Montenegro tersebut ia dengan sengaja menendang kaki salah seorang pemain lawan. Tindakannya membuatnya mendapat kartu merah dan harus absen di babak grup putaran final Euro 2012.

8. Perselingkuhan Franz Beckenbauer

Salah seorang legenda sepakbola dunia yang berasal dari Jerman, Franz Beckenbauer ternyata juga pernah memiliki cacat dalam karirnya. Gaya permainannya yang unik membuatnya memiliki banyak penggemar namun banyak juga publik yang menyayangkan kasus percintaannya.

Pada tahun 1963 di umurnya yang masih 18 tahun ia menghamili kekasihnya namun menolak untuk menikahinya. Kelakuannya ini membuat dirinya sempat dikeluarkan dari tim muda Jerman. Ia akhirnya bisa bergabung lagi dengan timnya dengan syarat harus tidur satu kamar dengan pelatihnya.

Pada tahun 2000 Beckenbauer sempat meminta maaf kepada istri keduanya, Sybille karena telah menghamili selingkuhannya. Sayangnya permintaan maaf ini pada akhirnya hanya sia-sia belaka. Tiga tahun kemudian ia meninggalkan istri keduanya untuk menikahi selingkuhannya yang bernama, Heidi Burmester.

7. Skandal Calciopoli

Ancelotti saat diperiksa mengenai keterkaitannya dalam kasus Calciopoli.
Skandal Calciopoli pada tahun 2006 ini menghentakkan tanah Italia. Nama baik liga Serie A tercoreng karena ulah sejumlah klub besar. Ditengarai klub-klub kaya tersebut menggunakan kekuasaannya untuk mempengaruhi keputusan wasit di pertandingan.

Kasus ini menyeret sejumlah nama klub besar seperti Juventus dan AC Milan. Bianconeri mendapat sanksi paling besar karena harus menerima kenyataan kehilangan scudetto yang direbutnya pada tahun 2005 dan 2006. Klub asal kota Turin ini juga harus turun ke Serie B.

6. Ronaldo Sewa Transeksual dan Pesta Kokain

Andreia Albertine menunjukan SIM milik Ronaldo di luar sebuah motel di Rio de Janeiro.
Ronaldo merupakan salah satu legenda besar di dunia persepakbolaan. Sayangnya namanya kian meredup di penghujung karirnya. Kejadian yang makin membuat pamornya makin turun adalah ketika ia menyewa tiga orang perempuan panggilan yang ternyata adalah seorang transeksual.

Para transeksual tersebut juga sempat mengancam Ronaldo supaya memberi uang suap agar mereka tak membeberkan kejadian tersebut ke media massa. Belakangan diketahui kalau Ronaldo sendiri sebetulnya sudah tahu sejak awal bahwa mereka adalah transeksual. Hal yang kian menambah buruk adalah mereka juga mengaku turut mengadakan pesta kokain bersama mantan pemain tim nasional Brazil tersebut.

5. Perselingkuhan Rio Ferdinand dengan 10 Wanita Lain

Rio Ferdinand merupakan seorang pemain bertahan tangguh di tim nasional Inggris dan Manchester United. Ketangguhannya tersebut tak diikuti ketangguhannya dalam menjaga biduk pernikahan rumahtangganya. Ferdinand telah memiliki seorang istri dan anak namun ia melakukan perselingkuhan sebanyak 10 kali dengan wanita lain.

Ferdinand mengaku sangat terganggu dengan pemberitaan media massa tersebut. Ia bahkan akhirnya menuntut koran Sunday Mirror. Tuntutannya ini karena ia menganggap koran tersebut telah melanggar privasinya.

4. Perselingkuhan John Terry dengan Istri Wayne Bridge

Cinta segitiga terlarang yang melibatkan Terry, Perroncel dan Wayne Bridge.
Persahabatan tampaknya tak cukup untuk menghapus niat buruk dari seseorang. John Terry sebelumnya bersahabat akrab dengan mantan rekannya di Chelsea, Wayne Bridge. Sayangnya keakraban antara mereka berdua retak ketika Terry diduga kuat menjalin hubungan gelap dengan istri dari Bridge, Vanessa Perroncel.

Tindakan Terry ini membuat dirinya mendapat kritikan keras dari berbagai pihak. Ia juga harus kehilangan jabatannya sebagai kapten di tim The Three Lions. Bridge sendiri menolak untuk bermain satu tim lagi dengan kapten Chelsea tersebut. Ia bahkan sempat menolak untuk bersalaman ketika bertemu lagi dengan Terry setelah kasus tersebut terungkap.

3. Kasus Prostitusi Pemain Tim Nasional Perancis

Karim Benzema dan Frank Ribery.
Tim nasional Perancis sempat mengalami peristiwa memalukan atas kasus prostitusi yang menimpa tiga pemain andalannya yaitu Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema, dan Sidney Govou. Ketiganya dituduh telah melakukan pelanggaran hukum dengan menyewa seorang prostitusi di bawah umur bernama Zahia Dehar.

Dehar saat itu masih berusia 18 tahun. Ketiga pemain Les Blues tersebut mengaku sama sekali tak tahu usia gadis tersebut. Kabar terakhir menyatakan bahwa Dehar sendiri mengaku terkejut atas kasus yang menimpa mereka. Hal ini karena ia mengaku diperlakukan dengan sangat baik selama bersama mereka.

2. Kiper Flamengo Bunuh Mantan Kekasihnya

Kehebatan prestasi seorang pemain sepakbola dapat hilang dalam sekejap mata. Ungkapan ini tepat untuk menggambarkan peristiwa yang dialami oleh Bruno Fernandes. Kiper Flamengo ini sebelumnya merupakan salah satu pemain sepakbola berbakat yang diminati banyak klub Eropa. Sayangnya karirnya akhirnya terhenti setelah ia melakukan kasus pembunuhan terhadap mantan kekasihnya, Eliza Samudio.

Kasus tersebut bermula dari hamilnya Samudio. Fernandes yang merupakan ayah dari bayi tersebut menolak untuk bertanggungjawab atas perbuatannya sementara Samudio ingin tetap menjaga kandungannya. Sifat keras dari Fernandes akhirnya membuatnya bekerjasama dengan seorang pensiunan polisi Brazil untuk menghabisi nyawa Samudio.

1. Tewasnya Andres Escobar

Mendiang Andres Escobar.
Dunia sepakbola mengalami duka besar ketika salah seorang pemain sepakbola Kolombia, Andres Escobar tewas secara tragis. Kejadian yang terjadi pada bulan Juli 1994 bermula dari gol bunuh diri yang dilakukan Escobar pada Piala Dunia 1994. Gol ini membuat timnya langsung tersingkir dari ajang 4 tahunan tersebut.

Besar dugaan bahwa ia tewas dibunuh oleh para pedagang narkoba di Kolombia. Penjahat-penjahat tersebut  diduga mengalami kerugian besar dari perjudian setelah tim kesayangan mereka kalah. Escobar akhirnya harus menanggung luapan kemarahan mereka dan pergi meninggalkan dunia untuk selamanya

Rabu, 28 Maret 2012

Story of Pele

Pelé

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Pelé
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Pelé in 2007
Personal information
Full name Edison Arantes do Nascimento[1]
Date of birth 21 October 1940 (age 71)[1]
Place of birth Três Corações, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1954–1956 Bauru
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1974 Santos 800 (659)
1975–1977 New York Cosmos[2] 106 (64)
Total
1220 (1152)
National team
1957–1971 Brazil[3] 92 (77)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (name given as Edison on birth certificate, born 21 October 1940 (however, Pelé himself claims that he was born on 23 October) [1][4]), known by his nickname Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [peˈlɛ]), is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In 1999, he was voted Football Player of the Century by the IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics. In the same year French weekly magazine France-Football consulted their former "Ballon D'Or" winners to elect the Football Player of the Century. Pelé came in first position.[15] In 1999 the International Olympic Committee named Pelé the "Athlete of the Century".[16] In his career he scored 760 official goals, 541 in league championships, making him the top scorer of all time. In total Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games.[17]
In his native Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero.[18][19] He is known for his accomplishments and contributions to the game of football.[20] He is also acknowledged for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of the poor (when he scored his 1,000th goal he dedicated it to the poor children of Brazil).[21] During his career, he became known as "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei).[22]
Spotted by football star Waldemar de Brito,[23] Pelé began playing for Santos at 15 and his national team at 16, and won his first World Cup at 17. Despite numerous offers from European clubs, the economic conditions and Brazilian football regulations at the time benefited Santos, thus enabling them to keep Pelé for almost two decades until 1974. With Pelé within their ranks, Santos reached their zenith by winning the 1962 and 1963 Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious club competition in South American football.[24] Pelé played most of his career as a centre forward.[25][26][27][28] Pelé's technique and natural athleticism have been universally praised and during his playing years he was renowned for his excellent dribbling and passing, his pace, powerful shot, exceptional 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 a part of three World Cup-winning squads.[29] In 1962, his second World Cup victory, he was on the Brazilian squad at the start of the World Cup but because of an injury suffered in the second match, he was not able to play the remainder of the tournament. In November 2007 FIFA announced that he would be awarded the 1962 medal retroactively, making him the only player in the world to have three World Cup winning medals.
Since his retirement in 1977, Pelé has been a worldwide ambassador for football and has undertaken various acting roles and commercial ventures. He is currently the Honorary President of the New York Cosmos.[30]

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Early years

Pelé was born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Dona Celeste Arantes. He was the oldest of two siblings.[31] He was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison.[1][4] However, his parents decided to remove the 'i' and call him 'Edson', but there was a mistake on the birth certificate, leading many documents to show his name as 'Edison', not 'Edson', as he is actually called.[1][32][33] He was originally nicknamed Dico by his family.[23][31][34] He did not receive the nickname "Pelé" until his school days, when it is claimed he was given it because of his pronunciation of the name of his favorite player, local Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé, which he misspoke but the more he complained the more it stuck. In his autobiography, Pelé stated he had no idea what the name means, nor did his old friends.[31] Apart from the assertion that the name is derived from that of Bilé, and that it is Hebrew for "miracle," the word has no known meaning in Portuguese.[35]
Pelé grew up in poverty in Bauru, São Paulo. He earned extra money by working in tea shops as a servant. Taught to play by his coach, he could not afford a proper soccer ball and usually played with either a sock stuffed with newspaper, tied with a string[31] or a grapefruit.[36] In 1954, aged fourteen, he joined Bauru Athletic Club juniors in Bauru, São Paulo.[37]

Club career

Santos

In 1956, de Brito took Pelé to Santos, an industrial and port city in the state of São Paulo, to try out for professional club Santos Futebol Clube telling the directors at Santos that the 15-year-old would be "the greatest football player in the world."[38]
Aged 16, Pelé made his debut for Santos in 7 September 1956, scoring one goal in a 7–1 friendly victory over Corinthians.[39][40] When the 1957 season started, Pelé was given a starting place in the first team and, at the age of 16, became the top scorer in the league. Ten months after signing professionally, the teenager was called up to the Brazil national team. After the World Cup in 1962, wealthy European clubs such as Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United tried to sign the young player, but the government of Brazil declared Pelé an "official national treasure" to prevent him from being transferred out of the country.[41]
Pelé won his first major title with Santos in 1958 as the team won the Campeonato Paulista; Pelé would finish the tournament as top scorer with 58 goals,[42] a record that stands today. A year later, he would help the team earn their first victory in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo with a 3–0 over Vasco da Gama.[43] However, Santos was unable to retain the Paulista title. In 1960, Pelé scored 33 goals to help his team regain the Campeonato Paulista trophy but lost out on the Rio-São Paulo tournament after finishing in 8th place.[44] Another 47 goals from Pelé saw Santos retain the Campeonato Paulista. The club went on to win the Taça Brasil that same year, crushing Bahia in the finals; Pelé finished as top scorer of the tournament with 9 goals. The victory allowed Santos to participate in the Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious club tournament in the Western hemisphere.[45]
Santos' most successful club season started in 1962;[4] the team was seeded in Group 1 alongside Cerro Porteño and Deportivo Municipal, winning every match of their group but one (a 1–1 away tie vs Cerro), with Pelé scoring his first goal in a brace against Cerro. Santos defeated Universidad Católica in the semifinals and met defending champions Peñarol in the finals in which Pelé scored another brace in the playoff match to secure the first title for a Brazilian club. Pelé finished as the second best scorer of the competition with 4 goals. That same year, Santos would defend, with success, the Campeonato Brasiliero (with 37 goals from Pelé), the Taça Brasil (Pelé scoring four goals in the final series against Botafogo), and win the 1962 Intercontinental Cup against Benfica.[46] Wearing his iconic number 10 shirt, Pelé produced one of his best ever performances and scored a hat-trick in Lisbon, as Santos beat the European champions 5–2.[47]
As the defending champions, Santos qualified automatically to the semifinal stage of the 1963 Copa Libertadores. The ballet blanco managed to retain the title in spectacular fashion after impressive victories over Botafogo and Boca Juniors. Pelé helped Santos overcome a Botafogo team that contained legends such as Garrincha and Jairzinho with an agonizing last-minute goal in the first leg of the semifinals and bring the match to 1–1. In the second leg, Pelé produced one of his best performances as a footballer with a hat-trick in the Estádio do Maracanã as Santos crushed Botafogo 0–4 in the second leg. Appearing in their second consecutive final, Santos started the series by winning 3–2 in the first leg and defeating the Boca Juniors of José Sanfilippo and Antonio Rattín 1–2 in La Bombonera, with another goal from Pelé, becoming the first (and so far only) Brazilian team to lift the Copa Libertadores in Argentine soil. Pelé finished the tournament as the topscorer runner-up with 5 goals. Santos lost the Campeonato Paulista after finishing in third place but went on to win the Rio-São Paulo tournament after an impressive 0–3 win over Flamengo in the final, with Pelé providing one goal in the match. Pelé would also help Santos retain the Intercontinental Cup and the Taça Brasil.[46]

The footprints of Pelé inside the Maracanã.
Santos tried to defend their title again in 1964 but they were thoroughly beaten in both legs of the semifinals by Independiente. Santos won again the Campeonato Paulista, with Pelé netting 34 goals. The club also shared the Rio-São Paulo title with Botafogo and win the Taça Brasil for the fourth consecutive year. The Santistas would try to resurge in 1965 by winning, for the 9th time, the Campeonato Paulista and the Taça Brasil. In the 1965 Copa Libertadores, Santos started convincingly by winning every match of their group in the first round. In the semifinals, Santos met Peñarol in a rematch of the 1962 final. After two legendary matches,[4] a playoff was needed to break the tie. Unlike 1962, Peñarol came out on top and eliminated Santos 2–1.[4] Pelé would, however, finish as the topscorer of the tournament with eight goals.[48] This proved to be the start of a decline as Santos failed to retain the Torneio Rio-São Paulo.
In 1966, Pelé and Santos also failed to retain the Taça Brasil as O Rei's goals weren't enough to prevent a 9–4 routing by Cruzeiro (led by Tostão) in the final series. Although Santos won the Campeonato Paulista in 1967, 1968 and 1969, Pelé became less and less a contributing factor to the Santistas now-limited success. On 19 November 1969, Pelé scored his 1000th goal in all competitions. This was a highly anticipated moment in Brazil.[4] The goal, called popularly O Milésimo (The Thousandth), occurred in a match against Vasco da Gama, when Pelé scored from a penalty kick, at the Maracanã Stadium.[4]
Pelé states that his most beautiful goal was scored at Rua Javari stadium on a Campeonato Paulista match against São Paulo rival Juventus on 2 August 1959. As there is no video footage of this match, Pelé asked that a computer animation be made of this specific goal.[4] In March 1961, Pelé scored the gol de placa (goal worthy of a plaque), against Fluminense at the Maracanã.[49] Pelé received the ball on the edge of his own penalty area, and ran the length of the field, eluding opposition players, and fired the ball beyond the goalkeeper.[49] The goal was regarded as being so spectacular that a plaque was commissioned with a dedication to the most beautiful goal in the history of the Maracanã.[50]
Pelé’s electrifying play and penchant for spectacular goals made him a star around the world.[18] His team Santos toured internationally in order to take full advantage of his popularity. In 1967, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos.[51] During his time at Santos, Pelé played alongside many gifted players, including Zito, Pepe, and Coutinho; the latter partnered him in numerous one-two plays, attacks, and goals.[52]

New York Cosmos


Pele crying while Carlos Alberto consolates him, during his farewell from football in 1977.
After the 1972 season (his 17th with Santos), Pelé retired from Brazilian club football although he continued to occasionally suit up for Santos in official competitive matches. Two years later, he came out of semi-retirement to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1975 season. Though well past his prime at this point, Pelé is credited with significantly increasing public awareness and interest in soccer in the United States. He led the Cosmos to the 1977 NASL championship, in his third and final season with the club.[53]
On 1 October 1977, Pelé closed out his legendary career in an exhibition match between the Cosmos and Santos. Santos arrived in New York and New Jersey after previously defeating the Seattle Sounders 2–0. The match was played in front of a capacity crowd at Giants Stadium and was televised in the United States on ABC's Wide World of Sports as well as throughout the world. Pelé's father and wife both attended the match, as well as a number of his friends in sport such as Muhammad Ali and Bobby Moore.[54] Pelé gave a brief pre-match speech during which he asked the crowd to say the word "love" with him three times. He played the first half for the Cosmos and the second half for Santos. Pelé scored his final goal on a direct free kick, driving the ball past the diving Santos goalkeeper. At halftime, the Cosmos retired Pelé's number 10. Pelé presented his Cosmos shirt to his father, who was escorted to the field by Cosmos captain Werner Roth. During the second half, Cosmos striker Ramon Mifflin, who had replaced Pelé when he switched sides at halftime, scored on a deflected cross, and the Cosmos won the match 2–1. After the match, Pelé was embraced by the Cosmos players, including longtime rival Giorgio Chinaglia, and then ran around the field while holding an American flag in his left hand and a Brazilian flag in his right hand. Pelé was soon lifted by several Cosmos players and carried around the field.[54]
In 1977, Cosmos came to India to play an exhibition match with Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, the National Club of India. The match was held in Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India. The match ended in 2-2 draw and Pele scored one goal for Cosmos.

National team career


Pelé (crouched, second from right to left) and Brazil national team at 1959 Copa America
Pelé's first international match was a 2–1 defeat against Argentina on 7 July 1957 at the Maracanã.[55][56] In that match, he scored his first goal for Brazil aged 16 years and 9 months to become the youngest player to score in International football.[57]

1958 World Cup


Pelé cries on the shoulder of a peaceful Gilmar, after Brazil won the 1958 Cup.
His first match in the World Cup was against the USSR in the first round of the 1958 FIFA World Cup, on the third game of the Cup, alongside Garrincha, Zito and Vavá where he gave the assist to Vavá's second goal.[58] He was the youngest player of that tournament, and at the time the youngest ever to play in the World Cup.[59] He scored his first World Cup goal against Wales in quarterfinals, the only goal of the match, to help Brazil advance to semifinals, while becoming the youngest ever World Cup goalscorer at 17 years and 239 days.[56] Against France in the semifinal, Brazil was leading 2–1 at halftime, and then Pelé scored a hat-trick, becoming the youngest in World Cup history to do so.[60][61]
On 19 June 1958 Pelé became the youngest player to play in a World Cup final match at 17 years and 249 days. He scored two goals in the final as Brazil beat Sweden 5–2. His first goal, a lob over a defender followed by a precise volley shot, was selected as one of the best goals in the history of the World Cup.[62] Following Pelé's second goal, Swedish player Sigvard Parling would later comment; "When Pelé scored the fifth goal in that Final, I have to be honest and say I felt like applauding".[63] When the match ended, Pelé passed out on the field, and had to be attended by the medical staff.[4] He then recovered, and was visibly compelled by the victory; in tears as he was being congratulated by his teammates. He finished the tournament with six goals in four matches played, tied for second place, behind record-breaker Just Fontaine, and was named young player of the tournament.[64]
It was in the 1958 World Cup that Pelé began using a number 10 t-shirt that immortalized him. Recently it is known that the event was the result of disorganization: the leaders didn't send the shirt numbers of players and it was up to FIFA to choose the number 10 shirt to Pele, who was a substitute on the occasion.[65] The press of the time cataloged Pelé as the greatest revelation of the 1958 Cup who was also given retroactively the Silver Ball as the second best player of the tournament, behind Didi.[66][67]

1962 World Cup


Pelé fighting for a ball against the Swedish goalkeeper Kalle Svensson during the 1958 World Cup final.
In the first match of the 1962 World Cup, against Mexico, Pelé assisted the first goal and then scored the second one, after a run past four defenders, to go up 2–0.[68] He injured himself while attempting a long-range shot against Czechoslovakia.[4] This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament, and forced coach Aymoré Moreira to make his only lineup change of the tournament. The substitute was Amarildo, who performed well for the rest of the tournament. However, it was Garrincha who would take the leading role and carry Brazil to their second World Cup title.[69]

1966 World Cup

The 1966 World Cup was marked, among other things, for the brutal fouling on Pelé, by the Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders.[70] By this stage Pelé was the most famous footballer in the world, and the expectation was that Brazil, at the very least, would reach the final.[70] Brazil was eliminated in the first round, playing only three matches.[71] Pelé scored the first goal from a free kick against Bulgaria, becoming the first player to score in three successive FIFA World Cups, but due to his injury, a result of persistent fouling by the Bulgarians, he missed the second game against Hungary.[71] Brazil lost that game and Pelé, although still recovering, was brought back for the last crucial match against Portugal.[72] In that game João Morais brutally fouled Pelé, but was not sent off by referee George McCabe, of whom it is acknowledged let "the Portuguese get away with murder".[70][73] Pelé had to stay on the field limping for the rest of the game, since substitutes were not allowed at that time.[73] After this game he vowed he would not play again in the World Cup, a decision he would later change.[74]

1970 World Cup

Pelé was called to the national team in early 1969, he refused at first, but then accepted and played in six World Cup qualifying matches, scoring six goals.[3] The 1970 World Cup in Mexico was to be Pelé's last. Brazil's squad for the tournament featured major changes in relation to the 1966 squad. Players like Garrincha, Nilton Santos, Valdir Pereira, Djalma Santos and Gilmar had already retired, but the team, with Pelé, Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gérson, Carlos Alberto Torres, Tostão and Clodoaldo, is often considered to be the greatest football team in history.[75][76][77][78][79][80]

Pelé, front row second from right, before the match against Peru in the 1970 World Cup
In the first match, against Czechoslovakia, Pelé gave Brazil a 2–1 lead, by controlling Gerson's long pass with his chest and then scoring. In this match Pelé audaciously attempted to lob goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the half-way line, only narrowly missing the Czechoslovak goal.[81] Brazil went on to win the match, 4–1. In the first half of the match against England, Pelé nearly scored with a header that was spectacularly saved by Gordon Banks.[82][83] In the second half, he assisted Jairzinho for the only goal of the match. Against Romania, Pelé opened the score on a direct free kick goal, a strong strike with the outside of his right foot. Later on in the match he scored again to take the score to 3–1. Brazil won by a final score of 3–2. In the quarterfinals against Peru, Brazil won 4–2, with Pelé assisting Tostão on for Brazil's third goal. In the semi-finals, Brazil faced Uruguay for the first time since the 1950 World Cup final round match. Jairzinho put Brazil ahead 2–1, and Pelé assisted Rivelino for the 3–1. During that match, Pelé made one of his most famous plays.[81] Tostão gave Pelé a through ball, and Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of it. The keeper ran off of his line to get the ball before Pelé, but Pelé got there first and fooled the keeper by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the keeper's left, while Pelé went right. Pelé went around the goalkeeper and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post.[77]
Brazil played Italy in the final, with Pelé scoring the opener, with a header over Italian defender Tarcisio Burgnich.[84] He then made assists on Jairzinho's and Carlos Alberto's goals, the latter one coming after an impressive collective play.[85][86] Brazil won the match 4–1, keeping the Jules Rimet Trophy indefinitely, and Pelé was named player of the tournament.[63][87] Burgnich, who marked Pelé during the final, was quoted saying "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong".[88]
Pelé 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 Pelé.
—West Germany's 1974 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Franz Beckenbauer[63]
Pelé's last international match was on 18 July 1971 against Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro.[89] With Pelé on the field, the Brazilian team's record was 67 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses, .[3][29] Although Pelé lost many international games, Brazil never lost a match while fielding both Pelé and Garrincha.[89] The only international match Garrincha lost was against Hungary in 1966, 1–3, which Pelé did not play in because of injury.[90]

South American Championship

Pelé also played in the South American Championship. In the 1959 competition he was top scorer with eight goals, as Brazil came second in the tournament.[63][91]

Personal life

On 21 February 1966, Pelé married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi.[92] He has two daughters Kelly Cristina (13 January 1967) who married Dr. Arthur DeLuca, and Jennifer (1978), as well as a son Edson ("Edinho" – little Edson, 27 August 1970). The couple divorced in 1982.[92] From 1981 to 1986, Pelé had been romantically linked with Xuxa and was seen influential in launching the career of the model who was 17 when they started to date.[93] In April 1994 Pelé married psychologist and gospel singer Assíria Lemos Seixas, who gave birth on 28 September 1996 to twins Joshua and Celeste through fertility treatments.[89] They are now separated.
In 1970, Pelé was investigated by the Brazilian military dictatorship for suspected leftist sympathies. De-classified documents show Pelé was investigated after being handed a manifesto calling for the release of political prisoners. Pelé himself did not get further involved within political struggles in the country.[94]

After football


President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and Pelé in commemoration for 50 years since the first World Cup title won by Brazil in 1958, at the Palácio do Planalto, 2008.
After football Prime Brands, a Brazilian Licensing Company created in 2006, directed by CEO José Kanner, now manages the Pelé brand including contracts with IMG Licensing who acts on behalf of Prime for international licensing, working with partners such as Pelé Sports, Kotobukiya and the Art of Pelé amongst others.'[95]
The most notable area of Pelé's life since football is his ambassadorial work for various bodies. In 1992, Pelé was appointed a UN ambassador for ecology and the environment.[96][97]

Pelé, Brazil's Extraordinary Minister for Sport, with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Rio de Janeiro, 15 October 1997.
He was awarded Brazil's Gold Medal for outstanding services to the sport in 1995, Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso appointed him to the position of "Extraordinary Minister for Sport" and he was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.[96] During this time he proposed legislation to reduce corruption in Brazilian football, which became known as the Pelé law. Pelé left his position in 2001 after he was accused of involvement in a corruption scandal, although nothing was proven, and it was also denied by UNICEF.[98][99] In 1997, Pelé received an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II, at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace.[100]
Pelé scouted for Premier League club Fulham in 2002.[101] He was chosen to do the draw for the qualification groups for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.[102]
Pelé has published several autobiographies, starred in documentary and semi-documentary films and composed various musical pieces, including the entire soundtrack for the film Pelé in 1977. He appeared, alongside other footballers of the 1960s and 1970s, with Michael Caine, and Sylvester Stallone, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory, about an attempted escape from a World War II German POW Camp.

Pelé in South Africa during 2010 World Cup, 10 June 2010.
In 2005, Pelé received a lifetime achievement award from the BBC and in June 2006, helped inaugurate the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, alongside supermodel Claudia Schiffer.[76] Pelé also produced an international ad campaign for drug company Pfizer to promote Viagra and raise world awareness of erectile dysfunction.[103]
Pelé was guest of honour at the world's oldest football club, Sheffield's 150th anniversary match v Inter Milan in November 2007. Inter won 5–2 in front of an appreciative crowd of nearly 19,000 at Bramall Lane. As part of his visit, Pelé opened an exhibition which included the first public showing in 40 years of the original hand written rules of football.[104]
In 2009, he cooperated with Ubisoft on arcade football game Academy of Champions: Soccer for the Wii and also appeared in the game as a coach to its players.[105]
On 1 August 2010, Pelé was introduced as the Honorary President of a revived New York Cosmos, aiming to field a team in Major League Soccer.[30] On 3 August 2011, it was reported that Santos were considering bringing him out of retirement for a cameo role in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.[106]

Honours

Club

Brazil Santos
United States New York Cosmos

Country

Brazil Brazil

Individual

[16][111]
  • Athlete of the Century, elected by world wide journalists, poll by French daily L'Equipe: 1981
  • South American Footballer of the Year: 1973[112]
  • Athlete of the Century, by Reuters News Agency: 1999
  • Athlete of the Century, elected by International Olympic Committee: 1999
  • UNICEF Football Player of the Century: 1999
  • Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football's Golden Ball Winners : 1999[15]
In December 2000, Pelé and Maradona shared the prize of FIFA Player of the Century by FIFA.[117] The award was originally intended to be based upon votes in a web poll, but after it became apparent that it favoured Diego Maradona, many observers complained that the Internet nature of the poll would have meant a skewed demographic of younger fans who would have seen Maradona play, but not Pelé. FIFA then appointed a "Family of Football" committee of FIFA members to decide the winner of the award. The committee chose Pelé. Since Maradona was winning the Internet poll, however, it was decided he and Pelé should share the award.[118]
A consensus of media and expert polls rank Pelé as the greatest footballer of all time.[119]

Career statistics

Goalscoring and appearance record


Pelé dribbling past a defender during Malmö FFBrazil 1–7 in May, 1960. Pelé scored 2 goals.
Pelé's goalscoring record is often reported as being 1280 goals in 1363 games.[120] This figure includes goals scored by Pelé in non-competitive club matches, for example, international tours Pelé completed with Santos and the New York Cosmos, and a few games Pelé played in for armed forces teams during his national service in Brazil.[121]
The tables below record every goal Pelé scored in major club competitions for Santos and the New York Cosmos. During much of Pelé's playing career in Brazil there was no national league championship. From 1960 onwards the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) were required to provide meritocratic entrants for the then-new Copa Libertadores, a South American international club competition broadly equivalent to the European Cup. To enable them to do this, the CBF organised two national competitions: the Taça de Prata and Taça Brasil. A national league championship, the Campeonato Brasileiro, was first played in 1971, alongside traditional state and interstate competitions such as the Campeonato Paulista and the Torneio Rio-São Paulo.
The number of league goals scored by Pelé is listed as 589 in 605 games. This number is the sum of the goals scored by Pelé in domestic league-based competitions: the Campeonato Paulista (SPS), Torneio Rio-São Paulo (RSPS), Taça de Prata and Campeonato Brasileiro. The Taça Brasil was a national competition organised on a knockout basis.
Club Season Domestic League Competitions Domestic League
Sub-total

Domestic Cup International Club Competitions Official
Total[122]

Total inc.
Friendlies
SPS RSPS[123] T. de Prata Camp. Brasil.[123] T. Brasil Copa Libertadores Intercontinental Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 1956 0* 0*





0* 0*





0* 0*[124] 2* 2*
1957 14+15* 19+17*[125] 9 5



38* 41*





38* 41* 67* 57*
1958 38 58 8 8



46 66





46* 66* 60* 80*
1959 32 45 7 6



39 51 4* 2*



43* 53* 83* 100*
1960 30 33 3 0



33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 33* 33* 67* 59*
1961 26 47 7 8



33 55 5* 7 0 0 0 0 38* 62* 74* 110*
1962 26 37 0 0



26 37 5* 2* 4* 4* 2 5 37* 48* 50* 62*
1963 19 22 8 14



27 36 4* 8 4* 5* 1 2 36 51* 52* 67*
1964 21 34 4 3



25 37 6* 7 0* 0* 0 0 31* 44* 47* 57*
1965 30 49 7 5



37 54 4* 2* 7* 8 0 0 48* 64* 66* 97*
1966 14 13 0* 0*



14* 13* 5* 2* 0 0 0 0 19* 15* 38* 31*
1967 18 17

14* 9*

32* 26* 0 0 0 0 0 0 32* 26* 65* 56*
1968 21 17

17* 11*

38* 28* 0 0 0 0 0 0 38* 28* 73* 55*
1969 25 26

12* 12*

37* 38*

0 0 0 0 37* 38* 61* 57*
1970 15 7

13* 4*

28* 11*

0 0 0 0 28* 11* 54* 47*
1971 19 8



21 1 40 9

0 0 0 0 40 9 72* 60*
1972 20 9



16 5 36 14

0 0 0 0 36 14 74* 55*
1973 19 11



30 19 49 30

0 0 0 0 49 30 66* 45*
1974 10 1



17 9 27 10

0 0 0 0 27 10 49* 19*
All 412 470 53 49 56* 36* 84 34 605* 589* 33 30 15 17[126] 3 7 656 643 1120 1033*
  • A dark grey cell in the table indicates that the relevant competition did not take place that year.
  • * indicates this number was inferred from a Santos fixture list from rsssf.com and this list of games Pelé played.
Club Season NASL Other[127] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NY Cosmos 1975 9 5 14* 10* 23* 15*
1976 24 15 18* 11* 42* 26*
1977 31 17 11* 6* 42* 23*
All 64 37 43* 27* 107* 64*
[3]
Brazil national team
Year Apps Goals
1957 2 2
1958 7 9
1959 15 11
1960 6 4
1961 0 0
1962 8 8
1963 7 7
1964 3 2
1965 8 9
1966 9 5
1967 0 0
1968 7 4
1969 9 7
1970 15 8
1971 2 1
Total 92 77

World Cup goals

Acting and film career

  • Os Estranhos (1969) (TV series)
  • O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões (1971)
  • A Marcha (1973)
  • Os Trombadinhas (1978)
  • Escape to Victory (1981)
  • A Minor Miracle (1983)
  • Pedro Mico (1985)
  • Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol (1986)
  • Hotshot (1987)
  • Solidão, Uma Linda História de Amor (1990)
  • Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
  • ESPN SportsCentury (2004)
  • Pelé Eterno (2004) – a documentary about Pelé's career

Cultural references

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Official forename and birth date, as written on his birth certificate, are "Edison" and "21 October 1940":
    CERTIDÃO DE NASCIMENTO
    CERTIFICO que sob o n° 7.095 às fls. 123 do livro n° 21-A de Registro de Nascimento consta o assento de Edison Arantes do Nascimento nascido aos vinte e um (21) outubro de mil novecentos e quarenta (1940) às 03 horas e --- minutos em esta Cidade de Três Corações sexo masculino filho de João Ramos do Nascimento e de Celeste Arantes
    However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.

    Pelé; Orlando Duarte, Alex Bellos (2006). Pelé : the autobiography. London: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7432-7582-8. Retrieved 2 October 2010. "Shortly before I came along, there was another arrival in Três Corações: electricity. In order to celebrate this great improvement to our daily lives, Dondinho named me Edson, a tribute to Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb. In fact, on my birth certificate I am actually called Edison with an 'i', a mistake that persists to this day. I'm Edson with no 'i', but to my eternal annoyance quite often the 'i' appears on official or personal documents and time after time I have to explain why. As if that wasn't confusing enough, they got the date wrong on my birth certificate as well – it says 21 October. I'm not sure how this came about; probably because in Brazil we're not so fussy about accuracy. This is another mistake that carries on to this day. When I took out my first passport, the date was put in as 21 October and each time I have renewed it the date has stayed the same."

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  120. ^ Various sources accept that Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games. See, for example, the FIFA website.[3] Some sources, however, claim that Pelé scored 1282 goals in 1366 games.[4]
  121. ^ For a full list of Pelé's goals which details the teams he played for, see [5]. The international tours Pelé took part in for Santos and Cosmos are detailed at http://www.rsssf.com: http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/historical.htm#friendli, and the American Soccer History Archives: http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/index.html (click on a year and then scroll down to the bottom of the page to see friendly tournaments), respectively.
  122. ^ As friendly matches are not counted in official statistics, this is what Pelé's goal total should be after friendly matches are disregarded.
  123. ^ a b All statistics relating to Pelé's goalscoring record between 1957 and 1974 in the SPS, RSPS, and Campeonato Brasileiro are taken from http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html. Soccer Europe compiled this list from http://www.rsssf.com (The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation). For a full list of Pelé's goals see http://pele.m-qp-m.us/english/pele_statistics.shtml.
  124. ^ Pelé's first two matches for Santos are assumed here to be friendlies. No record of them exists in any of the tournaments listed at rsssf.com.
  125. ^ In 1957 the São Paulo championship was split into two halves, Série Azul and Série Branca. In the first half Pelé scored 19 goals in 14 games, and then in Série Azul he scored 17 goals in 15 games. See http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp1957.htm
  126. ^ Totalised statistics relating to Pelé's record between 1957 and 1974 in the Taça de Prata, Taça Brasil and Copa Libertadores are taken from http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html. Soccer Europe compiled this list from http://www.rsssf.com (The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation), but do not give a season-by-season breakdown. For a full list of Pelé's goals see http://pele.m-qp-m.us/english/pele_statistics.shtml.
  127. ^ Reference indicated what "Other" means in this context

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