Pelé’s biorhythm

Footballer · Born October 23, 1940

Pelé won three World Cups with Brazil and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

The big day: June 19, 1958

First World Cup goal against Wales. In the World Cup quarter-final in Sweden, the 17-year-old scored the only goal of the game against Wales – his first World Cup goal. Days later Brazil were world champions.

Biorhythm on June 19, 1958

Age 17 · day 6,448 of life

Physical
+82 %
↘ falling
Emotional
+97 %
↘ falling
Intellectual
+62 %
↘ falling

On this day all three curves were positive – strongest: Emotional at +97 %.

Ten days before and after the event

Mo9Tu10We11Th12Fr13Sa14Su15Mo16Tu17We18Th19Fr20Sa21Su22Mo23Tu24We25Th26Fr27Sa28Su29June 11, 1958: Critical day (Physical)June 11, 1958: Critical day (Emotional)June 22, 1958: Critical day (Physical)June 22, 1958: Critical day (Intellectual)June 25, 1958: Critical day (Emotional)

The highlighted day is June 19, 1958.

To be clear: these days were deliberately chosen – they are moments of success on which the curves were favourable. It is a fun bit of detective work, not scientific proof. Everyone also achieves great things on “weak” biorhythm days.