Pelé after retirement. The following table is a compendium of sources that include data from Santos and FIFA official websites among others. Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded by many in the sport, including football writers, players, and fans, as the greatest player of all time. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of
Francisco José do Nascimento the abolitionists. In August 30 1881, the harborworkers of Fortaleza were on strike, refusing to transport black slaves to the southern Brazil. The port authority fired Francisco and other harbor workers. Nevertheless, the state of Ceará abolished slavery in 1884, four years before the rest of Brazil. Francisco was celebrated and invited to visit Rio de Janeiro. There he was received as a hero by the local abolitionists; the writer Aluísio de Azevedo was the first to refer to him as "Dragão do Mar. Francisco José do Nascimento died in 1914, in Fortaleza. The Dragão do Mar Center of Art