10 football legends' autobiographies every fan must read

#6 Pele - The Autobiography

You can’t have a list of greatest football autobiographies and not include possibly the most iconic footballer of all time.

We journey through the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pele, in this masterfully constructed piece of literature. Told to us in Pele’s characteristic modesty and understatedness, we learn about his struggles growing up in the Brazilian favelas where he learned the bulk of his almost unnatural talent for ball control by practicing using oranges since footballs were too expensive for him.

The book also then goes on to describe his playing days for Santos and the New York Cosmos in depth while naturally throwing light upon his immaculate international career which saw him win three World Cups with the Seleção.