Laci’s Article – Most brilliant Footballers

In the 20th century every football fan heard the names of two brilliant football players: Pele and Maradona.

Pele is from Brazil. His full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
He played for the Brazilian national team between 1957 and 1971 and became famous for his fantastic goals.
Pele was born on 23 October 1940. His family was poor, so he was a waiter during his school years.
In those years, he started playing football. His record? (1) ………………………………………… – 1281 in 1363 games.

Diego Armando Maradona was born in Argentina on 30th October 1960 to a very poor family.
He was the fourth child in his family. He started playing football when he was very young.
At 16 he played his first professional game. His record? (2) ………………………………………… .
He got £6.5 million to play for the Italian team Napoli.