Abedi Pele

Abedi Pele is one of those names that football history people speak about with real reverence. A Ghanaian attacking midfielder who captained his national team and is regularly called one of the greatest African footballers ever, he made his real mark in France, lighting up Lille and especially Marseille in Ligue 1. What strikes me is that he did this before African players were a given at Europe's top clubs, so he was effectively kicking the door open for everyone who followed. There is also the wonderful detail that his sons went on to play professionally too, so the bloodline kept giving. A genuine pioneer.

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Name (English)

Abedi Pele

Name (Japanese)

アベディ・ペレ

Reading

あべでぃ・ぺれ

Born

November 5, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Dome, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

High school

Ghana Senior High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abedi%20Pele
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336916

Tags

• Greater Accra Region
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 5, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.