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Santos (SP)
Santos Futebol Clube was founded on April 14, 1912 by Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos and Argemiro de Souza Júnior and is located in Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. In 1935 the club won its first state tournament.
Pelé started his career with the club in 1956 when he was 15 years old and led the team to win the Intercontinental Cup in 1962 and 1963. During the 60’s the team was at its highest peak with players such as Pelé, Coutinho, and Pepe, however, the end of the club's golden age coincides with the substitution of the Taça Brasil with the Campeonato Brasileiro, which took the club 30 years to win, and the retirement of Pelé.
On January 20, 1998 Santos became the first and only team in football history to pass the 10,000-goal mark.
In 2002 Santos won the national championship for the first time since 1968. Santos' home stadium is the Urbano Caldeira, also known as Vila Belmiro, which was inaugurated on October 12, 1916.
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