Pelé is known as greatest footballer of all time. He was blessed with ability to control the ball superbly, powerful and accurate shooting, speed, tremendous vision, and good balance. 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. He became known as "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei).
Edison "Edson" Arantes Do Nascimento or Pelé was born in a poor family. His parents, Dondinho and Dona Celeste Arantes, named him after the American inventor, Thomas Edison, however they decided to remove the ‘i’ and call him ‘Edson’. Many documents showed his name as "Edison", not "Edson". It’s because there was a mistake on the birth certificate. His family originally nicknamed him Dico.
He received the nickname "Pelé" 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. The word ‘Pelé’ has no known meaning in Portuguese.
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A ball boy is an individual who retrieves balls for players or officials in a variety of sports including tennis, association football, American Football, baseball, and basketball.
The job is to retrieve balls and bring them back into play when the referee designates.
Videos below show funny moments of ball boy.
Jens Lehmann got owned by a ball boy.
"We lost because we didn’t win."
- Ronaldo
"We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percent that cost us the match."
- Ruud Gullit
"It was a big relief off my shoulder."
"I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable."
- Paul Gascoigne
This fantastic penalty was taken by Calvente of Spain against Italy in the u-19 European Championship.
A French goalkeeper, Jeremie Janot, dressed up as Spider-man when his team AS Saint-Etienne faced FC Istres.
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Futsal is a variant of football that is mostly played indoors. The name “futsal” is derived from the Spanish fútbol de salon and the Portuguese futebol de salão, which can be translated as hall football or indoor football.
The rules force player to show their creativity, improvisation, and technique to control the ball and passing in small spaces.
The rules of futsal are different from a regular football. Each team in futsal consists of five players, which one of them is the goalkeeper. The maximum number of substitutes for each team allowed is seven, with unlimited substitutions during the match. The ball used in futsal also different in its size and weight. The futsal ball is smaller and less bounce than a regular football. The ball shall have a circumference of not less than 62 cm and not more than 64 cm. The weight not less than 400 grams nor more than 440 grams and have a pressure equal to 0.4-0.6 atmospheres (400-600g/cm2) at sea level. More>>>>>
Here a list of best goals that was scored with amazing individual skill. Check out all videos below.
10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax vs NAC Breda, 2006)
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Superga Air Disaster
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The Superga air disaster took place on May 4th 1949. A plane that carrying almost the entire Torino AC, an Italian football club, crashed into the hill of Superga near Turin. All 31 aboard was killed including 18 players, club officials, journalist accompanying the team, and the plane’s crew. The team was returning from a friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon to Turin. The thunderstorm and poor visibility was reported as a cause of the crash.
All of football fans like to see goals when they're watching football match. Many football matches end without goals or just produce a few goals. Although it's not often, there are matches that ends with huge score. Down here are 5 biggest score in football history, check it out.
1. AS Adema 149-0 Stade Olympique de L'Emyrne (SOE) (2002)
AS Adema of Madagascar beat their arch-rivals SOE on 31 October 2002 with major scores, 149-0. This is the world record for the highest scoreline in football by The Guinness Book of Records. The interesting fact of this record is that all 149 goals are made by SOE players. They did that as a protest over a refereeing decision. SOE players began to bang the ball into their own net after their coach lost his temper with the referee. Adema's players simply stood around looking bemused as their opponents self-destructed.
Here's some football figures that look alike with famous figures.
Michael Ballack and Matt Damon
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Ronaldinho showed his skill when he trained with his new club, Flamengo. He stand several feet behind the goal, and casually kick the ball and put the ball in front. The spin on the ball makes the ball bounce back into the goal. Take a look down to see the video.
It's usual when players scored a goal, they celebrate it. But what will happen if the celebration fail? See the video below to find out. <!--2ce98c2285fd4d5ebacd52a343b694af-->
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The biggest rivalries in the world exist between football clubs. A clash between supporters often happens when they meet in a game.
Virtually, every domestic league in the world has some rivalry, usually between local clubs or two strongest. Here some popular rivalries from various league.
Virtually, every domestic league in the world has some rivalry, usually between local clubs or two strongest. Here some popular rivalries from various league.
Manchester United - Liverpool (England)
The rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool is one of the most significant rivalries in football, referred to as the North West derby. Both teams hail from the North West of England, and both are the most successful teams in England. The rivalry can be considered as a manifestation of one which already had existed between the two cities since industrial times.
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Ewald Lienen (1981), a sliding tackle from a Werder Bremen defender slices open Lienen's thigh, to reveal the tissue and bone of the player's leg.
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