This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 5/31/2012.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, “Pelé” is widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time. In 1999, he was voted Football Player of the Century by the IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics. In 1999, the International Olympic Committee named Pelé the "Athlete of the Century". Throughout his career, he scored 760 official goals, 541 in league championships, making him the top scorer of all time. In total, Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games. After the 1972 season (his 17th with Santos), Pelé retired from Brazilian club football although he continued to occasionally suit up for Santos in official competitive matches. Two years later, he came out of semi-retirement to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1975 season and played for three seasons. There are no manufacturer’s tags present on this shirt. On the left chest is the “Cosmos” embroidered disc patch. On back is player number “10” done in white tackle twill with a yellow embroidered border. Pele has signed the front in black marker with a personalization in Portugese to a friend rating a 9. The jersey is properly tagged, was presented to us as match-used and in our opinion, shows appropriate use. Accompanied by a LOA from JSA.