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Overview
- Netflix released the first teaser and official images on February 25, revealing the project’s tone and scope.
- Set during the height of Brazil’s dictatorship, the story emphasizes on-field brilliance alongside locker-room pressures and off-pitch maneuvering.
- Lucas Agrícola portrays Pelé, Rodrigo Santoro appears as coach João Saldanha, and Bruno Mazzeo plays Mário Zagallo.
- The cast also features Ravel Andrade (Tostão), Hugo Haddad (Félix), Caio Cabral (Carlos Alberto), Gui Ferraz (Jairzinho), Fillipe Soutto (Gérson), Daniel Blanco (Rivellino) and Marcelo Adnet as the fictional narrator Eusébio Teixeira.
- Produced by Netflix with O2 Filmes and led by Paulo and Pedro Morelli with creators Naná Xavier and Rafael Dornellas and final scripts by Felipe Sant’Angelo, the series has no Netflix-confirmed date, though some outlets report May 29, 2026.