PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Football's most famous number 10 has enjoyed a kickabout at another famous 10 - Downing Street.
Brazilian star Pele dropped in for a game of footie in the Prime Minister's garden with a group of youngsters.
Pele met eight young people aged from 16 to 25 who are part of Street League, a Downing Street-backed charity which aims to help youngsters gain qualifications, find jobs and stay away from crime.
The 70-year-old World Cup winner watched the eight Street League players put through their paces on Downing Street's immaculate, manicured pitch, where nervous aides looked helplessly as footballs flew into flower beds and narrowly missed windows.
Pele said: "I'm proud to be here, it's fantastic. I'm very honoured. In Brazil, we start playing football in the street, so to support the kids here is great. Many kids from the street see the game of football and they turn away from the drugs and from the bad scene, which is very important."
Street League's Marco Dejesus, 19, from Tulse Hill, south London, spoke to Pele in the footballer's native Portuguese.
He said: "Meeting him was fantastic, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and something I can tell my grandchildren. I had a little conversation with him in Portuguese - both my parents are from Madeira.
"He gave me a big hug and was happy I spoke the language. He's a huge hero of anyone who plays football. He's the world's greatest."
Pele, an ambassador for his former club the New York Cosmos, is in the UK to attend the American side's Friday night clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford to mark the Red Devils' midfielder Paul Scholes' testimonial.
But Pele, who wore the number 10 of his country's famous yellow shirts, took time out of his busy schedule to present a signed jersey to Deputy Commons Speaker Nigel Evans and Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, who stood in for Prime Minister David Cameron while he holidays in Tuscany.