Pelé

Portuguese footballer
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Summary

Pelé was born on September 14, 1987[1], in Porto[2]. He has worked as an association football player[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (525 views/month, #7,255 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Portugal[5]
  • Native language: Portuguese[6]
  • Sex or gender: male[7]
  • Member of sports team: Anorthosis Famagusta FC[8]
  • Position played on team / speciality: midfielder[9]
  • Sport: association football[10]
  • Given name: Vítor[11]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese[12]
  • Country for sport: Portugal[13]
  • Start of work period: 2005[14]
  • Height: 187 cm[15]
  • Mass: 80 kg[16]

Why It Matters

Pelé has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

Where was Pelé born?

Pelé was born in Porto[2].

What did Pelé do for work?

Pelé worked as an association football player[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . worldfootball.net. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . BDFutbol. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Nokya · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fbref player id → 54bf0bc3
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'mg', 'nl',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Fbref player id: 54bf0bc3"
  2. 29d ago · Roger.ec1 · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Vítor
    Member of sports team → Eskişehirspor, Portsmouth F.C., FC Porto +11
    Sex or gender → male
    Position played on team / speciality → midfielder
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Besoccer player id: 31479, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273559|batch #273559]]"
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