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Classic Football Heroes: Pelé (Elite Edition)

Features a special collector's card, free eBook and free audio download!
By Matt & Tom Oldfield and Ultimate Football Heroes
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A brand-new collector's edition featuring a collector's card along with a free listen-and-read edition to download! FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! Introducing the TOP BALLERS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game. Name: Pele, or... Read More
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Meet Pele - ultimate football hero in this special, elite edition!

Meet Pelé - ultimate football hero in this special, elite edition!

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A brand-new collector's edition featuring a collector's card along with a free listen-and-read edition to download!

FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Introducing the TOP BALLERS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game.

Name: Pele, or Edson Arantes Do Nascimento
Nationality: Brazilian
Hero Rating: 95

Considered as one of the greatest players of all time, Brazilian striker Pele holds the Guinness World record for most goals scored, with a total of 1,283 goals in 1,363 matches. Raised in poverty in the state of São Paulo, Pele was taught to play football by his father - as they could not afford a ball they played with a grapefruit or a sock stuffed with newspaper. Pelé tells the incredible story of how Edson Arantes do Nascimento, nicknamed Pelé, grew up to become the greatest player of the 20th century.

Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in a fast-paced, action-packed style, these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

With an eye-catching cover, this special, elite edition contains a collector's card and a code to redeem a free audio edition of the book.

Collect them all! Also available in the TOP BALLERS range:
Messi, Neymar, Maradonna, De Bruyne, Griezemann, Foden, Firmino, Coutinho and Pogba.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789469509

Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Dino Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 132g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Matt & Tom Oldfield (Author)
Matt Oldfield is an accomplished writer and the editor-in-chief of football review site Of Pitch and Page . Tom Oldfield is a freelance sports writer and the author of biographies on Cristiano Ronaldo, Arsène Wenger and Rafael Nadal.

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