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Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Três Corações, a city in the south of Minas Gerais state in Brazil , on 23 October 1940 . His childhood was typical by Brazilian standards, living in relative hardship with his family struggling to make ends meet. Yet this was no ordinary child. Under the watchful eye of his father “Dondinho”, whose football career ended... (read on)