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
Filipe Nascimento over C.D. Santa Clara. He subsequently moved to the Romanian Liga I, where he represented CFR Cluj and FC Dinamo București. On 29 January 2018, Nascimento moved clubs and countries again, signing with Bulgaria's PFC Levski Sofia. Filipe Nascimento Filipe Guterres Nascimento (; born 7 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian club PFC Levski Sofia mainly as a central midfielder. Born in Loures, Lisbon District, Nascimento played youth football for S.L. Benfica. In 2014 he signed with Académico de Viseu FC, making his debut as a professional on 27 July in a 4–1 home win