Pelé in the sport. Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on 23 October 1940, in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes. He was the elder of two siblings. He was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison. His parents decided to remove the "i" and call him "Edson", but there was a mistake on the birth certificate, leading many documents to show his name as "Edison", not "Edson", as he is called. He was originally nicknamed "Dico" by his family. He received the nickname "Pelé" during his
Marcelo Nascimento da Costa Marcelo Nascimento da Costa Marcelo Nascimento da Costa (born 24 August 1984 in Manacapuru, Amazonas) commonly known as Marcelinho, is a Brazilian-born naturalized Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad and the Bulgaria national team. He is currently the foreign player with the second most goals in the A PFG. Marcelinho joined São Paulo as a seventeen-year-old, but he failed to break into the first-team. Since leaving São Paulo in early 2005 he has played for Cascavel, Santacruzense, São Caetano and Catanduvense. In 2008, Marcelinho joined Al Nasr in Dubai. After one season, Marcelinho