Santos' Pele (10) plays in his last international match against Yugoslavia on July 18, 1971 in Rio de Janeiro. No player of Brazil’s Santos will wear the shirt the late Pelé made globally ...

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento Pele of Brazil celebrates the victory after winnings the 1970 World Cup in Mexico match between Brazil and Italy at Estadio Azteca on 21 June in Città del Messico. Mexico.

In a club career that began in 1956 for a then 16-year-old kid from Tres Coracoes, Brazil, ended in 1974 with Pelé appearing in just shy of 600 games in a Santos uniform and scoring 569 goals ...

Santos had won trophies before Pele signed, but his arrival prompted a long and sensational run of victories that over little more than a decade turned the medium-sized Brazilian club into one ...

Santos also fed the Brazil national team. There was Pele, of course, but also Pepe, Zito, Coutinho, Clodoaldo, Carlos Alberto, Mauro Ramos.Seven of the 22 players who won the World Cup in 1962 ...

Santos FC is also home to other renowned players, most of them coming from its academy long after Pelé had retired. The list includes Rodrygo, Elano, Zé Roberto, Giovanni, Robinho, Diego and ...

As Santos globe-trotted in the 1950s, '60s and ’70s to showcase its biggest star, Pelé got to measure up against teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma.

The remains of late Brazilian soccer great Pele are carried into Necropole Ecumenica Memorial Cemetery at the end of his funeral procession in Santos, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo ...