The world's greatest living footballer is 60 this year, and here is the long-awaited, fully authorised story of his life. With exclusive access to Pele, award-winning sports writer Harry Harris charts his meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Brazil to his first international at the age of sixteen. Superb athlcticism, speed of thought and execution, and astonishing ball control helped him become the only player to have appeared in three World Cup winning sides, and to have scored more than one thousand goals in his senior career. A world-class sporting hero, Pele is an inspiration to millions.