Abedi Ayew Pelé Ghanaian athlete Abedi Ayew Pelé was born on November 5, 1964, in Ghana. He was the only person to win the African Player...
Abedi Ayew Pelé Ghanaian athlete
Abedi Ayew Pelé was born on November 5, 1964, in Ghana. He was the only person to win the African Player of the Year award three times in a row (1991–1993). As an attacking midfielder for Olympique de Marseille in France, Abedi Pelé was one of the first African players to make a mark on club football in Europe.
Abedi Pelé's wandering career began with Real Tamale in Ghana in 1978. He was given the nickname "Pelé" because of how good he was, which made people think of the great Brazilian player Pelé. He joined the Black Stars, Ghana's senior team, which won the 1982 African Cup of Nations in Libya.
In 1983, Saad Club won the Qatar national title under the leadership of Abedi Pelé. He later went to France and played for Chamois Niortais, Mulhouse, Marseille, and Lille between 1986 and 1993.
At Marseille (1989–90, 1991–93), he mixed attacking flair with tactical smarts and an uncanny ability to make game-winning plays, and he became a mainstay of the great team that won the French League in 1991 and 1992 and the Champions League in 1993. Abedi Pelé went to Olympique Lyonnais in 1993, after a scandal about bribery broke up the Marseille club. He then played in Italy, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. In 1998, he decided to stop playing. In the same year, the Order of Volta (civil division), Ghana's greatest honour, was given to him by a grateful government.
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