now, if you're not sure Pelé was the best ever, it's because you didn't see enough of him.
I like guys like Cruyff, Maradona and Garrincha much more as 'icons' or 'characters' but Pelé was the best by a fair share. of course it was another era. he was the only one with the shape of a player of today, sometimes playing against semi-amateur opponents, but what did he do? he kicked their asses and won everything and scored over 1000 goals, no one else did it at ant other time.
The cuantity of goals doesn`t make you a better player, by the way Pelé had high qualified players with him. Pelé was the best player ever until Maradona had come to Argentina, Maradona was the best by far in his team, he was almost the only player playing in a 11 player team. He had to do everything on his own. And Maradona is regarded as the best player ever, second Pelé. And remember you told us although you are from Brazil you like Maradona more than Pelé. Maradona is too far from being an "icon" or "character", he skipped 5 english players and made a goal in Mexico 86 and it is regarded as the best goal ever. And don´t forget the "hand of God".
