Pelé akaberekwa Edson Arantes do Nascimento musi wa 23 Gumiguru 1940, muTres Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, mwanakomana weFluminense shasha yenhabvu Dondinho (akazvarwa João Ramos do Nascimento) naCeleste Arantes. Akatanga kutamba nhabvu achiri mudiki achitamba zita rake rekutanga nevatambi vechidiki vaviri. Akatumidzwa zita remugadziri weAmerica Thomas Edison. Vabereki vake vakasarudza kubvisa "i" ndokumudaidza kuti "Edson", asi pakave nekukanganisa pachitupa chekuzvarwa, zvichitungamira magwaro mazhinji kuratidza zita rake sa "Edison", kwete "Edson", sekudanwa kwaanoitwa. Akatumidzwa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Dico" nemhuri yake. Akagamuchira zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Pelé" panguva yechikoro chake, apo zvinonzi akaripiwa nekuda kwekududza zita remutambi wake wemuzinda, VaPaul Gama da Gama, uyo akaberekerwa kuFluminense Dondinho (akazvarwa João Ramos do Nascimento) naCeleste
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