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Bauru Atlético Clube
The club in Bauru whose junior team Pelé played for as a boy, coached by Waldemar de Brito.
Bauru Atlético Clube was a football club in Bauru, in the interior of São Paulo state. Pelé played for its junior side as a teenager, under the coaching of the former Brazil forward Waldemar de Brito. Wikipedia records that he led the juniors to two São Paulo state youth titles. It was de Brito who took him to Santos for a trial in 1956.
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Which clubs did Pelé play for?
Pelé played professionally for only two clubs: Santos in Brazil, from 1956 to 1974, and the New York Cosmos in the United States, from 1975 to 1977. As a boy he played for the junior team of Bauru Atlético Clube.