How Good Was Pelé Actually?
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If you’re a football fan of any age, you’ve probably heard of Edson Arantes do Nascimento - although you might not know it. That’s because Mr do Nascimento is better known as Pele. And Pele is among the greatest footballers of all time. Don’t take our word for it. Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer and Eusebio called him the “most complete” footballer they’ve ever seen. Argentinian coach Cesar Luis Menotti described him as a mixture of “Alfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff and Leo Messi." Michel Platini, the great French midfielder, put it best: “To play like Pele is to play like God.” So, more than 40 years on from his retirement, we ask: how good was Pele actually?
How Good Was Pelé Actually?
i'm still shocked that this guy had such influence that he stopped a war for 48 hours.. gotta love Pele. Gotta love football.
Lol my country 😂😂😂
Nigeria. Love my country lol. Still can't believe they agreed to that.
Lies again? Not Good Enough
@@emmanuel3929 can't believe your country stopped the war and watched pele
@@NazriB Lies? It was true! Search on Google my friend. It's free. 👍
If they stopped the war just to watch him play, then he's gotta be the GOAT.
THAT is GOAT status when you are able to affect something that a President or King can't.
@@imperialstrategies6065 In 1975 US President Ford invited Pele to come to the White House so he could show him some of his skills. You can find videos here about that. He also met Queen Elizabeth.
wancheedale I believe so he had too much influence.
@@imperialstrategies6065 This is what tips it for me personally.
Rest in peace legendary Pele! Sad day for football.
People don’t realise that the Brazilian league was on par with Europe at the time of Pelé
You're wrong he was better !! And yess people realise.
@@tervenjames8305 he? Wdym I said the league, and not everyone understands, a lot of people don’t know this
@@no_one866 sorry my bad I see what you mean. You're right in fact Brazil had the strongest league in the world and even up to the early and mid 2000 wining the club world cup. The league is constantly poached by Europeans and under marketed.
@@tervenjames8305 ok thanks
Problem is: there wasn't a brazilian league before the 1970's. They played state championships. Most of Pelé's official matches were for Sao Paulo state championship. There was also a Rio-Sao Paulo interstate championship. In the early 60's a national cup (not a league) was created where some state champions would play against each other, around 5 or 6 teams participated and it would sum up to less than 10 matches in total. Nevertheless the brazilian teams as a whole were very strong, almost all the players of the national team played in Rio or Sao Paulo championships, so even the state championships were high level.
The man stopped a war. Nothing else to say. He was a legend.
My grandfather saw Pele play (yes I'm Brazilian) even though I haven't seen him, he was the best player in history being a complete player, my grandfather already took a picture with Pele.
That’s so cool
Your grandfather is so lucky
your grandfather was hell of a lucky bastard lol!
Parabéns cara. Tirar fotos com lendas é pra poucos
Meu amigo, quando eu tinha 21 anos em 1970, eu morava em Chicago, eu e outros amigos fomos para a Copa no Mexico. Nos assistimos a finalBrasil 4 X Italia 1, o melhor time do mundo, Pele marcou um, Rivelino e todos eles eram super, eu vi com meus olhos o golasso doCarlos Alberto com o passe do Pele. Hoje tenho 73 anos, dia 8 de Janeiro vou ter 74, nunca esqueco aquele dia ate o meu fim, Gerson, Tostao, Jairzinho, Clodoaldo, e Mario Zagallo comandante. Gostaria muito pra sexta copa , mais nao deu, acho que essa foi minha ultima Copa, abracos pra voce de ainda Chicago, viva o Rei para sempre, tenha uma boa vida!
RIP to the godfather of football. He was really the GOAT and will live on in our hearts forever 🕊
The things he did at only age 17 in his first world cup is unparalleled. His first of 3 world cup wins. Pele the best ever.
The statistical stuff take away from his actual magnificence. The man, especially when he was on top his game, would upset the defense, his teamates and even the cameras at times with the most subtle faints. Just watch him play in the 1958 Final vs Sweden and check a couple of his misses. At one point, he gets the ball from a long cross, controls it with his chest like its a balloon, knees it with his right over a defender and then shoots it with his left, the ball never touching the pitch in all of this sequence. Thats a 17 year old boy, playing as if this was some street game. As Tostao said, where all others struggled to find out what they were going to do in the next second Pele had a whole feature film playing in his mind. Unparalleled mental speed and intuition.
Great and knowledgeable comment! It amazes me when people actually compare Kylian Mbappe with Pele just because Mbappe scored as a 19-year old in a World Cup final. As if there's any comparison between Mbappe's goal and the unbelievable goals of a 17-year old Pele!
@@wiseonwords no one compares to Pele.
@@ronbonora7872 Messi>
@@louismcg7601 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@louismcg7601 you have to be 12
Pele, Maradona and Johan cruyff influence football Messi and Ronaldo is famous just because of football but football is famous because of pele, Maradona and Johan cruyff.
Totally agree
Pele did something no else did before or after his time. He revolutionized the game. Rivelino, another football legend, the number 7 on that 1970 Brazil's dream team once said no one on that generation ever even came close to Pele. And here were talking Gerson, Tostão, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto and Rivelino himself. Mainly because Pele was the first real football athlete. He was both technically, mentally and physically at least a decade in front of everyone else. All the mechanics of his game: the dribbling, the skills, the pace, the almost perfect ambidextrous finishing, the above average strength an aerial capability. All of those fundaments were reinvented by him. You don't see anyone doing the kinds of moves Pele did before him. You can think someone's better than Pele. Some player might someday win 3 world cups, stop a war and score over 1000 goals. But it's very unlikely that will ever be a single athlete that can change a whole sport as Pele did. There's a football before Pelé and another football after Pelé.
I agree. Pele is the GOAT of football period!
All pele did was score tap in goals I know he’s a legend but let’s be real here if pele played in today’s football he wouldn’t be as good as he was back then cuz football was different and had no competition for pele look at Messi and cr7 now they can’t be compared to pele all he did was score tap in goals and also long range goals but cr7 and especially Messi did was more in the football pitch like dribbling and controlling the game and pele didn’t have what Messi had so that show’s how they are different I respect pele but the real goat is the player with the most balón d ors
@@abelarcos5235 You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Watch Pele goal against Sweden in the 1958 WC final. How can you say that Pele only socre tap ins? Are you out of your mind? The man could dribble past the whole opposition defence. He scored headers, long shots, volleys, free kicks, penalty kicks and with both legs in or out of the box. He was an absolutely complete player. Non-european playes could not run for the Ballon D'or award util 1995. How the fuck would Pele win a Balon D'or if it was a prize exclusively for European players? And also, of course football is better today than it was back in the day of Pele or Eusebio and Di Stefano. The sport is always evolving and will continue to do so. In fifty years football will be way more competitive in terms of physical, tactical and technical atributes. And some kid on some comment section in 2060 will say that Cristiano and Messi weren't that good because in the 2010's football was lame.
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@@abelarcos5235 you don’t know what you’re talking about if you think he just scored tap ins. Ridiculous thing to say. Secondly, no competition? Wrong. Brazilian league was a lot different to what it is today. And if pele’s competition was so awful, why wasn’t he? Why was he able to stand out amongst them? He got the same training, played on the same pitches, kicked the same balls as all of them. If pele were born in 1995 instead of 1940, and he had access to all the modern training techniques, high tech gyms, nutritionists, personal trainers, amazing pitches, lighter footballs, and everything else that comes with being a modern footballer, he would currently be the best player in the world. Just like how if Messi were born in 1940, he would be the best player of the 1960s. Oh and btw, pele was a far more well rounded player than CR7 has ever been.
Pele is a legend. He never played for any European clubs but what he did for Brazil was tremendous. Pele brought the World to Brazil.😍🙏🖤
When he play against european teams it was mych better..........
Pelé was and will always be the greatest footballer. His impact on the game is so much bigger than any other great player.
You are intelligent
Great comment
Interesting that people who claim he won 3 world cups fail to mention that he wasn't even a best player in his own team. He scored 4 goals vs Jairzinhos 7 in competition at 1970 wc which is arguably best international team of all time with players like Jairzinho, Tostao, Rivelino, Carlos Alberto and Gerson. Looking at stats of all world cups he won.... I don't see 1 man carrying at team, I see a team in cruise control.
Yeah, because all other players back then were way worse than today. Pelé isn't the best player anymore and that not only since yesterday. Many better players came after him and people who still don't want to accept this are a bit like people who still believe the earth is flat.
@@firelayer1544 he didnt say that he is the best player of all time. He says that he is the greatest. Their is a difference you jelly
Pele opened a door to the possibilities of football which made many modern footballers legend.
I was a ballboy for the NY Cosmos 77,78 seasons at Giants stadium and spent a lot of time around him and the other players, It was and still is the coolest experience of my life.I was standing right next to him when met Muhammad Ali and Mick Jagger
Woaahhhhh
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Great story, to bad Giants Stadium got demolished
wowwwwww
No 1 ever
Just remember. only a Fraction of Pele's career was filmed. The modern players have Everything filmed, so anything they do is shown off. For Pele, consider something like 30% of his career was filmed, yet what you see is astounding.
This man was a magician - he performed magic on the field with his skills. Football was made for Pele and Pele was made for football. He's definitely the greatest of all time - a fan from the beautiful, tranquil Islands of The Bahamas 🏝️🌅🏖️🇧🇸
The problem of comparing others to Pelé is that Pelé was perfect in every skill needed...So it's like he was the mix of CR7 and Messi (but he could do more than the two together, for example, he was a perfect gamemaker of second miedfielder). He could even defend good (playerd 4 games as goalkeeper, nobody could score against him).
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI Don't embarass yourself Dud...they were not amateurs and the same training methods were aplied to all (like today). Why do you forget, for an example, that the ball was MUCH MORE HEAVIER than nowadays? Why do you forgot that in Pelé's times the sport was MUCH MORE VIOLENT? You're just a newbie talking about something you do't know.
LMAO Pele is NOT on the dribbler Messi is and he most definitely isn't thr passer Messi is. So idk wtf you be talking about 😂
@@1minute99 Do not say bullshit...Pelé was an extraordinary dribbler. He was already doing everything you see Messi and Ronaldinho doing today back in the day.
@@Gabrielnobre lol Messi and ronaldinho are two very different dribbler. Ronaldinho dribble to entertain more like neymar. And Messi's dribble is much more effective because he does it to make a play
@@1minute99 Agree with that. We could say that Pelé's style is more like Messi's because he was very serious about the game....but man...this is Brazil...all of our great dribblers have in their DNA the Ronaldinho "free style", almost like a "childish way" to play it...and that's because this is how we play as childs....
Now imagine if pelé played in todays game, with modern technologies and all, the man would be unstoppable
Really? I think the opposite defenders have improved soo much so position has changed as much as defenders, take a look at the defence at every pele goal they don’t know what to do, not organised, no roles.
@KHKH I agree that the defenders back then were very unorganized but if he was born in 1990s or something with the same talent he would have been unstoppable with all the techniques which was made
Lot of people don't know what they're saying about defenders in those days. For one, take a look at the Italian defense which dominated football for a decade. Pele destroyed them.
@@pedrobossio5440 No that’s what you think because of what you’ve heard, take a look at the Dutch and Italian defence which were both called the best around. They are both mediocre if you were to play them in this day. But what they had were star players that stood out in their defence doing things others wouldn’t (be overly aggressive yet winning the ball). 1970s Italy defence go take a look
@@pedrobossio5440 just watch pele vs Italy 1970, he was literally winning headers in their box that would never happen in todays game, they just foul pele (in that time they’re lucky no red cards were given but todays game they wouldn’t stand a chance). Terrible defending I honestly think I could do what they were doing in 1970. And that’s just one match and end of peles career but go to 1958-1970 all the same
As a former player, game connoisseur, licensed coach and player developer, Pele to me has to be regarded as the MOST COMPLETE PLAYER EVER. HE WOULD BE A PERFECT 10 IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE GAME. THAT IS UNDENIABLE.
Maradona's magic is that he could make and lead any weak team into becoming the best soccer team (Boca jr, Argentina's national team, Napoli team) and be horribly kicked by opposing teams during all his career life.
pele = overrated
@@fluteisland ey stop it
@@MACH15-20 it's true
@@fluteisland no it’s not. Study Pele before you speak. Watch Pele 320 goals. Also watch what he did in the World Cups, the highest level of the game.
Pele Inspiration to Football an Icon from the era back in the years👏One Boss like others but a Special moment Rest In Peace Legend👏
Conclusion: There will never be another player like Pelé.
Messi is 10x better
@@therealiesvault sorry, but not really , if you research, you gonna see that.. there is nobody else better than Pelé..
@@inaciofernandes9667 in terms of international success yeah but come on the Brazilian coast guard and the MLS doesn't compare to messi or Cr7 who have consistently played against Europes best. Dont get me wrong Pele's good but I respect him more as an ambassador of the game. Peoples argument for him being goat is mainly for nostalgia
@@therealiesvault no sorry, my argument is not for nostalgia, i do not know others, my argument is technical, I donot know him as a ambassador. see that : If anyone research deeply, with no passion, we will see that there is nobody else better than Pele. let see some points: He used to run in 100 meters ,11 seconds, it is similar to a professional runner. 2 . He used to think faster than others kind of 1 second. 3. He had a peripheral view, it means that he could see what was happening behind, next to him , in front of him .. 4 . that time there was no much tecnology , the soccer field condition, was terrible , the ball was heavy .. 5 He used to had kind of tricks.. sometimes with out touch the ball.. amazing. 6 . He used to jump; 1. 30 meters high from the floor.. Before his 30's , 7He already had did 1.200 goals. !8 He used to kick with both feet.. but , only he could do this ... no one can do that thing like this today.. Messy is very good, Cristiano Ronaldo is pretty good.. but there is no way to compare with Pele..
@@inaciofernandes9667 Where's your sources for this information? I'd really love to know. I'm guessing you've gathered this expert opinion from watching pele bag them in against milkmen is his backyard.
Unbelievable pele was.
3rd best player ever!
pele = overrated
@@DrewHyttinen the best ever
@@fluteisland How?
@@capa1575 facts & logic
The man that started the great football age
SIMPLY THE BEST THAT THERE HAS EVER BEEN. His balance , on his left or right foot , superb, his vision, superb. The ball was always his when he ran and when he ran at players he was waiting for a reaction to his movement then he reacted against them to create opportunities and space for himself and others . I am in my 60s and have seen plenty. Quite simply .. Edson Arantes do Nascimento... PELE EL REY!!... THE KING!!
Ronaldo: How many champions league do you have? Messi: Lol, How many ballon d'or do you have again? Pelé: Ladies, please, how many wars did you stop again?
Pele was awarded SEVEN Ballon D'Or after careful review by French Federation. THREE (3) time World Champion. Changed the way football is played. Created the moves today's players use to mesmerize young folks (Fact). Nationalized asset for his country, by Presidential Decree. That's why he never played for RM nor anyone else but Santos and National Team only. Physically he was a freak, the 'Air Jordan' of football, way before people like Ronaldo.
@@pedrobossio5440 and he played against farmers
@@BigJim_II Yeah? What about Germany, England, France, Argentina, Spain, Italy?
@@BigJim_II So you're telling me every country was shit and Pelé was the only good player until 1977?
Messi isn't even the best Argentinian player ever, let alone best in the world ever...
Pele was not just the best player in history but the best athlete in history, he could do a vertical jump over 1 meter run 100 m in 11 seconds and more, and that come from someone that do not like him!
@Football Fan GGMU ya Michael Jordan was great footballer 😂😂😂😂
@Football Fan GGMU Thank You ! . . . Just as Pele` enters the chat , every time they say this about MJ ! MJ is the Pele` of Basketball . . . ! . . . Pele` is the MJ of Football . . . ! . . . 🙂 (-;
What a legend. I think no one will win 3 world cups like Pele
No one has to. They are overrated.
Mbappe is still young and has a chance, especially if France wins in 2022.
@@tjr4459 Well, unfortunately not.
Pele deserves credit for two World cups, but not 3. In 1962, he got injured in the group stage and played no role in that World Cup, so people must stop giving him credit for that. But he deserves credit for 1958 and 1970.
@@hsafootballworld1321 Indeed.
So good to see someone put those friendlies in their proper context. Also, what? The CL is the pinnacle of the game today? No, pal. The World Cup is still football's crown jewel. As for those 500 "unofficial' goals. FIFA counts them. That makes them official. Don't start shifting the goalpost to prop up Messi and CR7.
Who needs friendly statistics when you have more World Cups titles (16 years old in the first, when he decided the final match) than all countries in the planet except Italy and Germany, while CR7 ands Messi has none and disapeared from decisive WC matches even after their 30s?
Anachronism is a pathetic thing. Millenial children tend to believe that the statistics of the unbalanced and monopolized leagues of today, where the bench of the biggest clubs arte better than 99% of the adversaries show any real merit.
Three world cup titles and then retiring voluntarily from international football before the age of 30!
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI the champions league is second-class, world cup is number 1
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI no on planet reality, the World Cup is still football's number one tournament.
When he said they stopped a war so everyone could watch him play....that's the end of any argument for goat status
Overcoming his physically abusive opponents and poor pitch conditions has to be a great achievement in itself.
2:10 this shows that we all are same. Power of a sport, which binds together ... We all are human. No race, no colour. We are ONE.
Saying Champions League is replacing World Cup is just an attempt to discredit World Cup competition from fanboys to excuse LM and CR for not having won one. The truth however is that World Cup is the real place where someone can show how worthy he is in terms of personal abilities and lidership, because now at Champions League you play with other great players in great teams, so that doesn't make you the best player by default. You have to prove that by playing with weaker teams or with your national team and win the titles. Then you show that personal diference and convince the others. Pele and Maradona both proved this at local and national levels , but not Messi and CR
pele = overrated
lmao pele's Brazil team dominated their shitty competition in all 3 world cups, hardly a challenge
@@fluteisland pele better than your idol he have 1282 goal (cry) + 7 ballon dor + 3 world cup = Gretest of all time.
The pinnacle of the football today is the World Cup and will always be! Not Champions league. Pele is without a doubt the GOAT and King of football. Maradona is number two!
No they're not lol ..they would not do shit if their teams weren't that good
@Burnt Toast Who is the G.O.A.T?
@@varinyampandey7111 who could without a good team?
@Burnt Toast if not stupid then you must be BLIND that you cannot see the greatest talent in football.
@Burnt Toast you forgot the jam fool and troll! LOL
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Pelé was the best simply because he could do anything on the pitch and was good at every skill. He scored so many goals exactly because of that. I agree that football was different but scoring 1000 goals still at age 29 is just unbelievable. Was it easy at his time? Why hasn't anybody done the same?
He didn’t even score 1000 goals, he scored around 750
@@CamDemp2008 he actually scored 1281 goals! LOL.....three world cups. There is no comparison to Pele!
Anything... Against amateurs XD. Lets be realistic - he wouldnt be in top 10 in today's football
@@ronbonora7872 Man, he was counting training goals.
@@ronbonora7872 let me guess, 600 of them were against his nephew in the backyard
Only Europeans think CL is greater than WC and that is because Pele never played in it, so they can say Pele is not the greatest. PELE IS THE GREATEST! He stopped a civil war because people wanted to watch him. He played in every country in the world. Messi was never the key man in Barca CL champ. victories.
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If Pelé had been born in 1990 he would have been much better than Messi and Ronaldo. More Athletic than Messi, and same talent. More talent and creativity than Ronaldo, not as tall, but jumped as high and flied better. With modern balls and perfect even pitches of today... Pelé would have been unbeatable.
PELE is KING. Today's players enjoy the state of the art and advanced training equipment to improve and enhance their skills;something that did NOT exist in Pele's era. Imagine if Pele used them to enhanced his skills??? He'd be on another level. Messi and Ronaldo have NEVER won 3 world cups and have NEVER scored world cup goals at the age of 17. They are no way near Pele's records and skills.
That time every player don't have that advance training his opponent also so they were equal don't compare on that basis.
@@abhishekaj2376 but Pele stood out above all.
@@mangosandpineapples4301 yeah so does ronaldo and messi it's different era its not comparable that's just my view btw.
now there are a lot of good national teams, not just brazil and a couple others
well i think world cup is a team achievement but balon dor is your achievment
He was the greatest I ever saw. He had everything, speed, close ball control and a truly sharp footballing brain. For me, there was never another footballer to compare with him
Pelé changed the game, Messi and Cristiano just mastered what Pelé had created 50 years ago
Neither Messi nor Ronaldo come even close to Maradona. Pele is football. Then, we have Maradona. Messi is surely better than Ronaldo who is so much overrated.
@@yawos9024you watch golf then
Rip Pele 🙏 Not one of the greatest but The Greatest ⚽️
Please don't compare Messi and Ronaldo with Pele. If you have seen Pele played then you know you can't compare any of these guys with him. You put Pele in any team or position you will see him shine unlike Messi or Ronaldo.
You don't make sense. Messi eludes Pele already
Fax, Pele is the goat
Messi is the greatest of all time. He plays in the hardest era of football. He's the most complete Foward ever.
@@fxckitsdeakz never won a world cup so can't be the greatest ever
@@IronHands17 pele never won the ballon dor or the champions league. Can't be the greatest ever
Un monumento al fútbol y nadie como Pelé en lo que queda del planeta paso a la inmortalidad
RIP PELE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT TIME YOU GAVE US!!!!!
A great take away Santos stopped playing in brazil so they can tour the world to play in Lucrative Friendlies. Pele was chased by all the big European teams at the time. He almost signed for inter but the government stopped it by declaring him to be a national treasure.
Pele , the legend, the innovator of skill! Pele did it FIRST, every dribble, every move, every pass! Everyone else is secondary! Pele brought recognition to football that no one else can surpass! Pele! Pele! Pele!
Pele taught the world what was possible. Maradona and Messi have pushed that envelope, but Pele was the pioneer.
Pele and Maradona will always be king's because they play during a time where people were trying to break your legs and they still accomplished what others have yet to do.
Haha don't say always ...one day always will expire
Not to mention the official balls they used back then was shit and their football boots they used was not that good either. They’re the foundation of the game we enjoy today.
@@darrylanthonybriones46 yes true infact pele is overrated too.
@tanya kimbe haha see the skills bro....that time football was just started and brazil was only the country stronger than any other.....he was good but we cannot compair 1970's nokia with todays iphone😂......
@tanya kimbe pelé didn't win a 1v11 to have those 3 world cups, BRASIL won, not Pelé
This is a well thought out put together video & in it it's assessment of Pelé against the modern day great's today, in the shape of Lionel & Cristiano Ronaldo. It took a rationally based position. I personally think Pelé is the most complete player to date. Messi cant use his right foot to a world class level ( he's not truly ambidextrous ) & he isn't a powerhouse in heading. Cristiano doesn't have midfield orchestration guile. Pelé could do all those things, these two players come up short in.
Right
I completely disagree though 🙄 Bruce Lee once said I am not scared of the fighter who learns 100 moves and practices it one time . I am scared of the fighter who practises 1 move 100 times ( this is lionel messi ) . His left leg is same as Pele both legs 😉
@@rickgamer559 bruh!! even Pelé's left foot (his weaker foot) is as good or better than Messi's left (stronger foot). Watch the videos Pelé left foot and ambidextrous Pelé if you don't believe.
@@rickgamer559 Watch this. Messi left foot shots vs Pele left foot shots: kzhead.info/sun/o9iuddiBin2nY5s/bejne.html You won't find Messi right foot shots, anywhere near Pelé right foot shots
@@rickgamer559 Messi isn't even better than maradona was, let alone compare him to pele, you should go to jail for that.
Don't forget the struggle getting there, even with best talent, he have to fight many. He and team inspired whole Brazil
the pineacle of a footballer's career is the ultime Prize it comes every 4 years.the world cup. If you win it your forever in the history books of football even if you didnt have a great club career
Yep, no one will remember the champions league, they are won by mercenaries superteams, but worldcup, you have the pride of the nation, and as a superstar, you HAVE to carry your team to victory (which Zidane, Pelé, Maradona did, and which Messi, Ronaldo, Johan Cruyff failed to do).
World cup is team effort and only hypocrite would judge player by his International trophys. Ask Pele.... he wasn't best player in his team..fact
For the majority of the time that Pele played during his career.In Brazilian football and at national level Pele was indeed regarded as the best player in those teams.Only one other Brazilian player was considered better during that time and mostly in Brazil.That footballer was Garrincha during the 1962 FIFA World Cup Finals tournament.When Pele was injured early on during the group stage.And Pele at Santos were easily the most dominant Brazilian club team during the career of Pele.And all the other great Brazilian players played in Brazilian national League football at the time.And Santos won 10 regional state league 6 Brazilian national League 2 South American club cups 2 world club cups.Which had as their focal point Pele.Which if Garrincha was really the better player why was he not dominating Brazilian football in the same way as Pele did at Santos.
@@eirtars like the guy said football is a team sport you don't win titles alone you need a whole team to back you up, which Pele was lucky playing for a team that is considered the GOAT, if you say Pele single-handedly led his team to WC wins then how do you explain the fact that in not even one of the WCs was he the best player in the tornament let alone his own team?
@@samhynnz892 Well yes, it is a team sport, and therefore it is hard to judge for single performances. You have some champions who have the chance to grow and live in a golden era for the football in their country, and some other not. But here is the thing, Zidane managed to transcend french team to make it a winning team, and Jacquet built a team around him because he thought he could be a leader for titles. Good calculation indeed. Pelée, the volume speaks for himself, i mean. It's like romario or lets say Bagio. For these players, the longevity and the volume speak for emself. And as for Pelé, it's 3 titles for world cup where he was an obvious decisiv element for his team (which were dominant teams with strong individualities, i have to agree with that). As for Messi, he failed to transcend his national selection to make it win. Maybe Maradona is quite right about his statement "hes a good guys, but not a leader". Messi was gifted and prolly the most spectacular player of his era, but he failed as a leader for his national team, this is just the reality. In the decisiv moments he didn't show up as a legend, as Maradona did for Argentina. The same can be said about Krujff. I would put Ronaldo 7 aside because i don't think Portugal ever had the dimension to win WC.
Three World Cups enough said. Maradonna is the only player who can hold a candle to Pele. To be the greatest you must show it on the biggest stage, both Pele and Maradonna took their teams to World Cup victories with awesome performances. Messi and Ronaldo, whilst being modern legends have not dominated in a World Cup.
messy>ronaldo and maradonna> every la liga player>pele
Basing a player's quality from the no. of WC they win is very stupid and oblivious..... If that is true then that would mean Mbappe, Muller or David Villa are better than Messi because they've won a WC and Messi has not.... and the assumption that because Pele has won more WC than anyone in football history hence he is the greatest is so naive and faulty, because you are over-looking the fact that he was never the best player nor the top scorer in those WCs, even among his teammates he wasn't the best... he was lucky that he played in a team that is considered the GOAT... so your statement that Pele single-handedly carried his team to WC victories is not true. Imo Pele is too overrated, but I do believe is a legend in football history just not THE legend.
Both were the outstanding players in a worldcup and drove their team to victory, 86 Maradonna was brilliant and dragged his team to the final with oustanding displays. Pele was as good at 18 in a world cupand then followed it up with great displays in subsequent ones. Both had oustanding careers with their clubs, especially Maradonna who took a also ran Naploi side and turned them into champions. I think both Ronaldo, who as been outstanding at so many clubs and Messi are great. As for your comment of being very stupid and oblivious, you are perhaps confusing me with someone who gives two hoots for your opinions .
@@samhynnz892 nah bro. 3 wc is still 3 wc. Pele >> Messi & Ronaldo
@@samhynnz892 Even people with less interest in futball follow WC. And people remember it. Not premier or champions league.
Messi and CR7 fans cannot simply cancel about 500 (all beautiful) goals from the King of Football in games out of the main leagues, by calling them unnoficial games just to make the younger ones feel good, because they were serious games in the structure of football at the time, with paid admission, full stadium, in which Pelé suffered strong marking, with a heavier ball, often against big teams like Benfica, Lazio, River Plate, Internazionale, etc ... According to Messi and Cr7 fans' way of "thinking", the goals scored in game like Santos 6x 3 Benfica in the final of the Paris Tournament in 1961, in which Pelé scored 2 goals and Euzébio 3, would not count...That is ridiculous, like ignoring and trying to bypass the history of football itself. And Pelé is the greatest not only because he is about 500 goals ahead of them, but because the whole of his career and what it represented, created, inspired. Pelé was complete, and not only 5 times the best...but he was always considered the best during all the years he played and still is until today by those who understand football. He had perfect control of the ball, played precisely with just the necessary effort. Pelé created and used tricks beautifullt with the ball not just to show off or promote himself but according to what the situation demanded. He was the most dominant, complete and impressive of all times😃
Still overrated Messi and Cr7 are better than pele
@Football Fan GGMU Pelé did not accept money to play in Europe, but he beat the Europeans in their own stadiums, with his own and only club, his beloved Santos Futebol Clube which Pelé turned into world champion twice (apart from 3 times world champion in the World Cups). Only abroad, Pelé scored 361 goals. From May 23 to July 5, 1959, Santos would travel to Europe for the first time and Pelé, still 18 years old, would play 22 games in a month and 12 days, scoring 38 goals. In other words, the team played a game every 1.9 days and Pelé, despite obeying this tiring script for any mortal, he reached an average of 1.7 goals per game. Some results of Pelé against the Europeans: Santos 5x1 Barcelona (Pelé beat Cruif) Santos 6x3 Benfica (Pelé beat Euzébio). During this period Santos, with Pelé, faced the great Benfica five times outside Brazil: once in Paris, once in Lisbon, once in Buenos Aires and twice in New York. In those games Santos de Pelé did not lose at any time and had four wins and a draw against the great European and Pelé scored five goals, an average of one per game. The match in which the King scored more times was precisely the only “official”: there were three goals in the final of the 1962 Interclub World Cup, in which Santos thrashed the powerful opponent, in Lisbon, by 5 to 2. Of the champions, Internazionale, twice world champion in 1964 and 1965, was the team that suffered the most goals from the King: no less than ten. Ex Santos 7 X Internazionale 1 (Pele 4 goals) Roma 0 X 5 Santos (Pelé 1 goal). Pelé not only beat the European champions of the time, but also impressed the best players who showed him great respect after.
@@emerson3853 Explains beautifully bravo.
@@wathtuber300 Pele 1000 times better than those overrated frauds like Messi and CR 7.
@@sukantamukherjee8729 pekle is not even better than benzemA
El más completo, talentoso y exitoso jugador de fútbol de todos los tiempos! Gracias por todo Rey Pelé 🏆🏆🏆💎✨
He is in another category
pele = overrated
@@fluteisland go idiot
@@fluteisland stfu
My coach once played against pele, he said he scored a bicycle that game
Yeah my dad is santa
@@supermax592 I actually laughed at that comment
@@unknownrabies2954 lol cheers bro have a great weekend!
Was it the Tampa Bay rowdies or Miami Toros?
I was on the sideline as a ball boy that day, yankee stadium 1976
id like to see messi and ronaldo to play with the same boots with no shin pads as pele used when he was playing in his prime and see how they compare in a official match...
@@am9302 fr
@@am9302 Don't you think that Pele would have adjusted is physics? Messi isn't that athletic and muscled BTW....
Messi’s agility is insane and he is very fast whilst dribbling the ball, No other play can math his touch at such speed.
@@bernatroure211 but youre forgetting there very different time zones and plus messi has the state of the art training facilities and his boots are lightweight while pele had raw talent and was using heavy boots that didnt have a proper shape as you see in modern football. i bet you messi wont be able to perform his best if he wore steel toe cap boots that are similar to the hard toe cap boots they used in pele's time which probably gave them blisters... pele was an all round decent player the only player i could compare him to is probably Ronaldinho in his prime. messi is quick and fast but thats all he has.
@@bernatroure211 also messi is only good because he probably studied all the legends as a kid and copied their playstyles so if messi was in pele's time period i dont think he would be as good as he is in our modern football period.
His contemporary players, people who had to face him or have Pelé on their teams, almost everyone who saw Pelé play say he was the best player ever. And we don't seem to agree even if Messi or Ronaldo is the best of this generation.
GOAT. Declared as a "national treasure" by Brazil & prevented from playing in Europe in 1961.
1000th like❤️
El dios del fútbol impresionante Pelé el mejor un mago que deslumbró y encanto al mundo fantástico rey
Your so underrated
You have no idea of what you said... all the great players and football analyst call him the best 😂
@@litozcar Hes talking about the youtuber
Nice video. Excellent comments as well. I would add two points to be considered. Pelé was really good at playing without the ball. Pelé was violently hunted down on the field, but he used to fight back. Pelé used to hurt violent player’s badly without being caught. Pure genius
True that. I did watch him doing this in two games I attended, he had it down to science! 😂🤣
@@pedrobossio5440 Hi Pedro. I am very happy for to be to attend Pelé’s game. We are fortune to experience watching his games. I am 61 years old. In early 70’s Santos supporters had to sit down next to Palmeiras or Corinthians ou São Paulo supporters. Under those rules I had never experienced any violence among supporters. Everyone knew back then if you tried to break a fight against your opponent support, you would also get hurt badly. As a result, you were able to watch unforgettable matches and have fun peacefully. Also all social classes were able to afford futebol game tickets. I was a kid back then and I was able to watch games some games free. I had to wait at the gates until 30 minutes of second half when they let supporters enter the stadium free. Those 15 minutes were precious for me. Just perfect !!!
@@eduardofreitas5764 Hi!! good to hear from someone with experience! I'm 66 years old and first watch Pele play live, from the sideline (had a pass), Santos vs Junior FC (Barranquilla Colombia). Experienced first hand his real speed, ball control and space play. Unique game which tied 2-2 and the stadium was packed to capacity with fans wanting to see Pele play! well, Pele got into an argument with the Referee at beginning of Second half and expelled Pele!! needless to say the public that came to see Pele started to get violent and were going to lynch the Referee, right in the middle of the field!! Police intervened and had to fire gunshots in the air for people to back down. Finally, police surrounded the Referee and dressed him with regular clothes and sneaked him out. One of the other Officials finished the game. Oh, Pele came back and finished the game.
@@pedrobossio5440 UAW !!!! I envy you for seeing Pelé from sideline. I am born and raised in São Paulo and I never got that close to Pelé. The game you attended is famous and it is in most documentaries about the King. Pelé was far from a walk in the park for referees in general. He was very smart in trying to use his prestige to influence referees but he was not successful in many occasions. The goal that Pelé scored against Italy in 1970 ( Final match): I was told that an Italian University made a deep study on the dynamics of Pelé’s jump to overcame Facchetti. It looks that Pelé stopped in the air to wait for the ball and advanced his had hard to score the goal. Check it out
@@eduardofreitas5764 I've seen every game from that 1970 WC and Pele's goal against Italy dozens of times, doesn't get old. His free kick goal against Romania displayed his power and technique that people think only Roberto Carlos had. Pele came first with that style of kicking. Pele was simply the best of all time.
You can't have a definitive GOAT, but (with Di Stefano perhaps) he was the first to be universally lauded in those terms. Everyone else then builds their game on their predecessors. For those reasons you can all him number one.
But Di Stefano also said that Pele is the best. Even Maradona himself said that "Pele is the best player of all time."
It's the new generation that calls into question if great athletes from the past were really that good. Pele, Babe Ruth, Jim Brown, Jim Clark, Ali, Dan Gable, Wilt Chamberlain, Wayne Gretzky, DiMaggio and Mantle to name a few. I literally laugh when these people say Lebron was better than Wilt or Abddul-Jabbar. Ditto when they say Messi or Ronaldo was better than Pele.
I have seen Pele do things these guys are yet to do on the field of play.
How old are you?
@@MACH15-20 On youtube videos you can see around 400 of his around 1250 goals and only around 30% of his total matches footage. He is the best there is no doubt! Taking individual stats, real footage and moves he is superior to Messi, both Ronaldos and Maradona.
@@gioacaalaball3590 I just wish we could know how many assists he had.
@@gioacaalaball3590 he mostly played versus bad teams just sayin.
@@kixxxo69 So how he have 3 world cups?
Beckenbauer did what all of them did only from Next to his Goalkeeper/Behind his Defence He's the Ultimate FIFA Dream Player He Dribbled 4+ Players regulary, did Perfect Platini Passes from all Areas of the Pitch, Defended, Sweeped, Playmaked like Messi/Maradona, Scored & Assisted all with Elegance like the Emperor that He is
Wow !!!!!!!!!! Finally a video about Pelé that doesn't go out of its way to insult him and try to undermine his achievements just to anyhow prove Messi Ronaldo are better. 4:53 Just a quick note here. While it's true that Pelé has a lot of friendly goals in his career, it's important to realise that the majority of these (200+ out of 526) were against 1st division teams from Europe or South America. Like it was mentioned in the video earlier at 2:08 Santos was playing tour games across the globe, even skipping official competitions, simply because it was much more lucrative for the club. His goal average in friendlies and competitive matches is actually almost identical proving that he wasn''t stat-padding, or else his average would have been much higher in friendlies.
He was a player without a weakness in any aspect of the game - and outstandingly brilliant. I don't believe any other player has ever fitted that description.
The magician Ronaldinho
@@thesavantart8480 Don’t be silly..
@@thesavantart8480 Ronaldinho and his ~19 UCL goals?😂
@@thesavantart8480 Wasn't as good as Pele defensively. Pele could go both ways, intercept a ball in his own end and make his way up the pitch. Ronaldinho was great when he had the ball.....not so great when he didn't.
EPIC!! RIP To the Brother Pele Pele..
RIP PELÉ GOAT
Pele was so good at football he delayed a war for 2 days and 2 nights.
Pelé: Best of his era Messi: Best of his era Ronaldo Phenomenon: Best of his era Maradona: Best of his era Each era has its Best player.
but pele is not the best but the god of the football itself (that includes every erra)
@@biswajitbhunia1563 Agreed
@@biswajitbhunia1563 Agree...
Players ok
@@biswajitbhunia1563 u are a kid bro😂😂😂 u think Pele is god 😂😂
I wonder why some people are downplaying Pele's greatness! Pele not playing in European leagues doesn't diminish his greatness! Even his contemporaries know he is the greatest!
Rest in peace Pele Such a legend
You should include Mustafi in the modern day legends man
How tf you have only 441 subs
Because he has 3 videos
just launched the channel mate
@@NonstopFootballyt I cant believe cause this high quality content.R u a secondary channel or a person whose channel has been deleted
@@NonstopFootballyt what program u use to edit your videos. Nice editing btw
Now look😂
I wish this channel still uploaded. I found it today.
I find it really absurd when people say another player is better than Pele. If you pick Pele from the 60's and put him on the field to play nowadays, he probably wouldn't be even the top 5 in the world. On the other hand, if you pick any player from the current era and put him on the field to play in the 60's, any of them wouldn't be top 5 in the world as well. So what's the most accurate comparison I believe we can make? I believe we must compare the difference between players from the same era. If we compare Pele with ALL players from the same era as him, we will find out that no one was even CLOSE to his technique, ability and so on, so Pele was the best by far. However, if we compare Messi or Ronaldo with the same players from their era we can't say the same thing, we can name Neymar, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Fenomeno, Thierry Henry, Zico, all these players are not that far from Messi and Ronaldo. That's why for me and for all people who had the pleasure to watch Pele playing, he is the greatest of all time by far and it's going to be really difficult to see a player to be as superior as Pele was comparing to the same players from his era.
Why Pele from the 60's would not be top 5 nowadays? If he was born in the 90's you can be sure he would, but considering that Pele from the 60's the game was so different from nowadays and that's why he wouldn't be top 5 Why Messi/Ronaldo would not be top 5 in the 60's? If they were born in the 50's they would probably be, but considering Messi/Ronaldo from this era they would suffer a lot with defenders from the 60's, with the heavy ball, the heavy jersey and so on That's why we must compare each player with other players from their era. And then we will notice Pele was much superior to any other player from the 60's than Messi/Ronaldo are from any other player from the 2000's, 2010's
Completely disagree. Pele is a generation transcending talent. He would beast in any era. He is voted the athlete of the century by the Olympic committee. He's like the Jim Brown of soccer.
@@MT-sk1ln But I mean picking him up from that Era to play nowadays, he was used to another level of speed and so on, I don't know if I am being clear on this. But if Pele was born in the 90's of course he would be the best in the world nowadays, because he would grow up with advanced training techniques, he'd be used to another speed level and so on, in my personal opinion he would be much better than any other player from nowdays, that's why for me he is the greatest of all times by far
Fiar enough👍
I feel like pele dribble is like messi, just art!
Pele was good enough to be the only player in history to win three world cups. He did all that before retiring from international football before the age of 30!
2010s: Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo 2000s: Ronaldinho 1990s: Ronaldo 1980s: Maradona 1970s: Cruyff 1960s: Pele 1950s: Di Stefano
1990s: Zidane and Ronaldo 2000s: Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho 1980s: Maradona and Platini
@@thenorseprodigy7466 You're right.
Rip a legend when I found out he died I started tearing out the goat 😢😢😭😭😭🪦god bless him
It was said recently by Brazillian footballer Neymar Jr. I believe - "Before Pele, 10 was just a number." Says it all. The true G.O.A.T. R.I.P. Edson Arantes di Nascimento - Pele. ⚽
There’s no comparison and we should not even think of the players today in the same statement as the one and only King Pele. Here is the conclusion: Pele is Football and Football is PELE! The only other player who had the potential of coming close to Pele would have been an injury free Ronaldo (Phenomenan).
Pelé simplemente lo tenía todo...velocidad,fuerza,salto impresionante,ambidiestro, goleador, cobrador de tiros libres, hacia de todo : caños,chalacas, voleas,sombreros, autopases con el contrario y el arbitro,control maravilloso ,dribling, inteligencia,destacaba en cualquier posición , si le pegaban pegaba ,pases para gol,todas las jugadas que vemos hoy el lás hizo hace 50 años...le preguntaron a zagalo cual era el mejor arquero de Brasil y contesto: pele hizo todo fue perfecto
GOAT legend iconic
I love Pelé ❤
Nowadays some people say C.Ronaldo is a GOAT and Lionel Messi is GOAT. But, Pele must have been the Greatest GOAT of ALL TIME. Record shows that; All the BIG names in football [friends or foes!]say BIG THINGS about Pele including Maradona, Cruyff, Backenbaeur, Bobby Moore, Platini, Eusebio, and many more...although Pele didn't play in Europe, but Pele beat those European players not once but 3 times in 3 World Cups.
Stop living in the past pele was not as great as many people believe. First, pele in the 62 WC only played 1 single game so even if he wasnt in the Brazil Nation Team, they would be able to conquer the trophy. Second, pele was never the best scorer in the WC not even in the so called "Great Brazilian National Team" in 1970. Third, pele lies about many of his records including the 1200 plus goals and the fact that he played in an era that football was not developed as it is today gives him some benefits including some myths about how we played at that time.
@@theentertainmentnation4694 Y’all do the same thing with Wilt Chamberlain lmao Pele is goat
Ima sub
RIP ❤⚽ Pelé
To play like Pele is to play like God 😂😂😂😂 I like that
GOAT
Messi is the goat
@@DrewHyttinen in barsa
@@DrewHyttinen no
More than anything else,, Personal Choice,,.they are all great,, have a Good day
Gone but not forgotten rest in peace
3 times World Champion ... now beat that
Right the best ever
yawn, against shitty defense? so easy
@@fluteisland what the hell you are talking
What? You are acting as if pele was transported from 2010 into 1960, pele had no advantage over the players, it was pure skill which made him dominate. Also give any great player from the 60's proper equipment and conditioning and they are just as good as players today if not better, as humans have not advanced only technology, i can comfortably say Bobby Moore or beckenbauer > ramos, because just from footage and performance a lone they have far greater positional awarness and talent then Ramos, who has as much awarness as a donkey on ice skates. Not to mention the fact dominating an older era takes far more talent and skill then today, due to the fact there was no red card, shit pitches, shit boots, and shit heavier ball. If you think its easier to stay consistent and dominate with no diet plans, conditioning or red card, then you are heavily mistaken. Also Pele was a greater athlete then Ronaldo, he was far quicker than any player today, and his vertical jump was on par with michael jordans (41') compared to ronaldos jump at 30", so peles athletic ability is good enough to play in any era. Please stfu g.
@@adhiadhila5593 facts & logic
GOAT OF FOOTBALL PERIOD.
He isn't tho
@@420yuGtahT HE IS PERIOD
@@HPmaraurders George Best is the best player
@@420yuGtahT drank himself to death and never put in 100%, he had the potential to be one of the best but wasn't.
@@PhMaCh Can we agree that Pele wasn't the goat tho
REST IN PEACE FOOTBALL LEGEND
RIP ❤ 🕊️ ❤️