Santos FC was a manager of Bauru Atlético Clube's junior squad, won three consecutive São Paulo state youth championships between 1954 and 1956 with the child. The boy, called Edson Arantes do Nascimento and who would be better known as "Pelé" in the near future, was the main driving force behind those victories. The contract between Santos and the young Pelé was finalized in June 1956. After 50 years Santos began to be seen as the best team in the world. When Pelé made his debut in the Campeonato Paulista in 1957, the team was already twice state champion (1955/56). The King
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento Francisco Manoel de Nascimento Francisco Manoel de Nascimento (December 21, 1734 – February 25, 1819), Portuguese poet, better known by the literary name of Filinto Elísio (in the old orthography "Filinto Elysio"), bestowed on him by the Marquise of Alorna, was the reputed son of a Lisbon boat-owner. In his early years he acquired a love of national customs and traditions which his humanist education never obliterated. In addition, he learnt to know the whole range of popular literature ("litteratura de cordel") songs, comedies, knightly stories and fairy tales, which were then printed in loose sheets ("folhas volantes") and sold