Edson Arantes do Nascimento is generally acknowledged to be one of the greatest footballers of all time. Even his haters have not been able to deny this. The biq question is as to whether the complement is complementary enough!


The fact that many analysts ignore when they compare Pele with Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi is that unlike the 2 Argentines, Pele never had the opportunity to play a full major global National Team Tournament while injury free in his prime. As a matter of fact, if one looks at stats that suggest that sportsmen generally reach their prime at Age 26, (refer to attached snapshot from the credible website), then Pele never had even 1 Single World Cup or Copa America Injury Free Prime Performance! At age 21/22, he was injured in his second match of the 62 Mundial and never played again in that tournament as a result. His experience in 1966 in England was even more horrific, he was brutally fouled in each of the 2 matches he played and played the last match while limping. He vowed never to play in the World Cup again as a result. The seeming conspiracy that he suffered from in that World Cup is another subject entirely.

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Astonishing that today's Nigerian soccer fans honor Messi and Maradona than the man who actually played a match in Nigeria during our civil war!

Pele had one of THE MOST POWERFUL headers OF ALL TIME!