Pele Thanks Fans for Birthday Wishes

October 25th, 2010

Edson Orantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, the king of soccer, thanked his fans for their affection and good wishes on his 70th birthday on Saturday, and particularly the gift of T-shirt autographed by players of the team Santos.

Pele, who preferred to celebrate his birthday with his family and away from the cameras, used the Twitter account of his son, former goalkeeper Edinho, to publish a photo of his 70th birthday party, and to thank the players of Santos, the team where he began his professional career at the age of 17.

The King was born in the city of Tres Corazoes in the state of Minas Gerais, and began to play as a professional when he was 17 years old in the Santos club, in Sao Paulo state.

For this team, for which he is the main idol in 98 years of history, Pele scored a good part of his 1,284 career goals, including No. 1,000; won 11 championships, and was top scorer 11 times.

The King still holds the record as top Brazilian scorer, with 95 goals in 114 games.

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