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[[Pelé]] was a Brazilian professional [[Association football|football]] player who represented the [[Brazil national football team]] as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] from 1957 to 1971. Throughout his career, Pelé scored 77 goals in 92{{efn|name=apps|This includes a match for Brazil against the [[World XI|rest of the world]], which [[FIFA]] does not recognise, played for the 10th anniversary of their [[1958 FIFA World Cup|first World Cup title]]<ref name="RSSSF" /><ref name=NeymarFIFA>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/neymar-breaks-pele-brazil-scoring-record-tribute|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=9 September 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527202739/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/neymar-breaks-pele-brazil-scoring-record-tribute|access-date=27 May 2024|title=A tribute to record-breaking Neymar}}</ref>}} international appearances.{{efn|The [[Brazilian Football Confederation]] claim Pelé scored 95 goals in 113 international appearances. They recognise the 22 matches played by the [[Brazilian national football team]] during the 1960s and 70s against club sides, in which Pelé scored 18 goals, while [[FIFA]] does not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3974634/2022/12/06/neymar-pele-brazil-record/|title=Why Brazil believe Neymar has not surpassed Pele’s national goal record|work=[[The Athletic]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527210743/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3974634/2022/12/06/neymar-pele-brazil-record/|date=6 December 2022|first=Ed|last=Mackey|access-date=27 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4844995/2023/09/09/neymar-brazil-top-goalscorer/|title=Neymar breaks Pele record to become Brazil’s record goalscorer – but FIFA, Brazil numbers differ |
[[Pelé]] was a Brazilian professional [[Association football|football]] player who represented the [[Brazil national football team]] as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] from 1957 to 1971. Throughout his career, Pelé scored 77 goals in 92{{efn|name=apps|This includes a match for Brazil against the [[World XI|rest of the world]], which [[FIFA]] does not recognise, played for the 10th anniversary of their [[1958 FIFA World Cup|first World Cup title]]<ref name="RSSSF" /><ref name=NeymarFIFA>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/neymar-breaks-pele-brazil-scoring-record-tribute|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=9 September 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527202739/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/neymar-breaks-pele-brazil-scoring-record-tribute|access-date=27 May 2024|title=A tribute to record-breaking Neymar}}</ref>}} international appearances.{{efn|The [[Brazilian Football Confederation]] claim Pelé scored 95 goals in 113 international appearances. They recognise the 22 matches played by the [[Brazilian national football team]] during the 1960s and 70s against club sides, in which Pelé scored 18 goals, while [[FIFA]] does not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3974634/2022/12/06/neymar-pele-brazil-record/|title=Why Brazil believe Neymar has not surpassed Pele’s national goal record|work=[[The Athletic]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527210743/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3974634/2022/12/06/neymar-pele-brazil-record/|date=6 December 2022|first=Ed|last=Mackey|access-date=27 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4844995/2023/09/09/neymar-brazil-top-goalscorer/|title=Neymar breaks Pele record to become Brazil’s record goalscorer – but FIFA, Brazil numbers differ |
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|work=[[The Athletic]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|first1=Ed|last1=Mackey|first2=Omar|last2=Garrick|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527211221/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4844995/2023/09/09/neymar-brazil-top-goalscorer/|access-date=27 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pele-intlg.html|title=Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches|last=Mamrud|date=23 May 2004|first=Roberto|publisher=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=28 May 2024|archive-date=6 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306113029/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pele-intlg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He remained [[Brazil national football team#Top goalscorers|Brazil's top goalscorer]] for over 60 years, before being surpassed by [[Neymar]] in 2023.<ref name=NeymarFIFA/><ref>{{cite web|work=[[BBC Sport]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66761401|title=Brazil's Neymar overtakes Pele goals record in win over Bolivia|date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321212213/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66761401|url-status=live|archive-date=21 March 2024|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> Pelé made his debut for Brazil in a 1–2 defeat against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] on 7 July 1957 |
|work=[[The Athletic]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|first1=Ed|last1=Mackey|first2=Omar|last2=Garrick|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527211221/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4844995/2023/09/09/neymar-brazil-top-goalscorer/|access-date=27 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pele-intlg.html|title=Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches|last=Mamrud|date=23 May 2004|first=Roberto|publisher=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=28 May 2024|archive-date=6 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306113029/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pele-intlg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He remained [[Brazil national football team#Top goalscorers|Brazil's top goalscorer]] for over 60 years, before being surpassed by [[Neymar]] in 2023.<ref name=NeymarFIFA/><ref>{{cite web|work=[[BBC Sport]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66761401|title=Brazil's Neymar overtakes Pele goals record in win over Bolivia|date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321212213/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66761401|url-status=live|archive-date=21 March 2024|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> Pelé made his debut for Brazil in a 1–2 defeat against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] on 7 July 1957.<ref name="firstgoal">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/pele-brazil-goal-60-years-on-how-pele-s-changed-football-a7829346.html|title=60 years ago today, Pele scored his first Brazil goal and began a career that would change football|first=Jack|last=Lang|work=[[The Independent]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192642/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/pele-brazil-goal-60-years-on-how-pele-s-changed-football-a7829346.html|archive-date=August 10, 2023|date=7 July 2017|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> In that same match, he scored his first international goal aged 16 years and eight months, and he remains Brazil's youngest ever goalscorer.<ref name="firstgoal"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/who-is-the-youngest-footballer-to-play-for-brazil/blt3eb65ea027b9e42f|url-status=live|access-date=4 June 2024|work=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|archive-date=4 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604144937/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/who-is-the-youngest-footballer-to-play-for-brazil/blt3eb65ea027b9e42f|first=Shreyas|last=Rai|date=17 November 2023|title=Who is the youngest footballer to play for Brazil?}}</ref> |
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12 of his goals came during his 14 [[FIFA World Cup]] appearances, including six in his first World Cup in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], and four in his last World Cup in [[FIFA World Cup 1970|1970]].<ref name="Records"/> Pelé is one of the five players, along with [[Uwe Seeler]], [[Miroslav Klose]], [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], and [[Lionel Messi]], who have scored in four separate World Cups.<ref name="Records">{{cite web |last=Menon |first=Anirudh |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog-espn-fc-united/story/4840429/pele-incredible-numbers-stats-1281-hundreds-of-goals-and-3-world-cups |title=Pele's incredible numbers: hundreds of goals and 3 World Cups |date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> |
12 of his goals came during his 14 [[FIFA World Cup]] appearances, including six in his first World Cup in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], and four in his last World Cup in [[FIFA World Cup 1970|1970]].<ref name="Records"/> Pelé is one of the five players, along with [[Uwe Seeler]], [[Miroslav Klose]], [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], and [[Lionel Messi]], who have scored in four separate World Cups.<ref name="Records">{{cite web |last=Menon |first=Anirudh |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog-espn-fc-united/story/4840429/pele-incredible-numbers-stats-1281-hundreds-of-goals-and-3-world-cups |title=Pele's incredible numbers: hundreds of goals and 3 World Cups |date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> |
Revision as of 14:52, 4 June 2024
Pelé was a Brazilian professional football player who represented the Brazil national football team as a forward from 1957 to 1971. Throughout his career, Pelé scored 77 goals in 92[a] international appearances.[b][1] He remained Brazil's top goalscorer for over 60 years, before being surpassed by Neymar in 2023.[2][5] Pelé made his debut for Brazil in a 1–2 defeat against Argentina on 7 July 1957.[6] In that same match, he scored his first international goal aged 16 years and eight months, and he remains Brazil's youngest ever goalscorer.[6][7]
12 of his goals came during his 14 FIFA World Cup appearances, including six in his first World Cup in 1958, and four in his last World Cup in 1970.[8] Pelé is one of the five players, along with Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, who have scored in four separate World Cups.[8]
Goals
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal.[1]
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Hat-tricks
No. | Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 3 – (3–1, 4–1, 5–1) | 5–2 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | 1958 FIFA World Cup | 24 June 1958 | [14] | |
2 | 3 – (1–1, 3–1, 4–1) | 4–1 | Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1959 South American Football Championship | 29 March 1959 | [16] | |
3 | 3 – (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) | 7–0 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins | 17 September 1959 | [17] | |
4 | 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) | 3–1 | Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | Friendly | 1 May 1960 | [18] | |
5 | 3 – (1–0, 3–1, 4–1) | 5–2 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1963 Roca Cup | 16 April 1963 | [26] | |
6 | 3 – (1–0, 2–1, 3–2) | 3–2 | Stade de Colombes, Paris, France | Friendly | 28 April 1963 | [27] | |
7 | 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) | 5–0 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Friendly | 2 June 1965 | [28] |
Statistics
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Notes
- ^ a b This includes a match for Brazil against the rest of the world, which FIFA does not recognise, played for the 10th anniversary of their first World Cup title[1][2]
- ^ The Brazilian Football Confederation claim Pelé scored 95 goals in 113 international appearances. They recognise the 22 matches played by the Brazilian national football team during the 1960s and 70s against club sides, in which Pelé scored 18 goals, while FIFA does not.[3][4]
- ^ a b Appearances in the Roca Cup
- ^ Four appearances and six goals in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, one appearance and one goal in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
- ^ Six appearances and eight goals in the 1959 South American Football Championship, two appearances and three goals in the Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
- ^ Appearances in the Taça do Atlântico
- ^ Two appearances and one goal in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, two appearances and three goals in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
- ^ Appearances in the Taça das Nações
- ^ Appearances in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
- ^ Appearances in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
- ^ Appearances in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
- ^ Appearances in the 1970 FIFA World Cup
References
- ^ a b c d e f Mamrud, Roberto (23 May 2004). "Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b "A tribute to record-breaking Neymar". FIFA. 9 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Mackey, Ed (6 December 2022). "Why Brazil believe Neymar has not surpassed Pele's national goal record". The Athletic. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Mackey, Ed; Garrick, Omar. "Neymar breaks Pele record to become Brazil's record goalscorer – but FIFA, Brazil numbers differ". The Athletic. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Brazil's Neymar overtakes Pele goals record in win over Bolivia". BBC Sport. 9 September 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b Lang, Jack (7 July 2017). "60 years ago today, Pele scored his first Brazil goal and began a career that would change football". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Rai, Shreyas (17 November 2023). "Who is the youngest footballer to play for Brazil?". Goal. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b Menon, Anirudh (30 December 2022). "Pele's incredible numbers: hundreds of goals and 3 World Cups". ESPN. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Friendlies 1957 » July » Brazil - Argentina 1:2". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1957 » July » Brazil - Argentina 2:0". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Brazil v Paraguay, 04 May 1958". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1958 » May » Brazil - Bulgaria 3:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Brazil v Wales, 19 June 1958". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Brazil v France, 24 June 1958". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Sweden v Brazil, 29 June 1958". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Tabeira, Mártin (12 August 2009). "Southamerican Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Brasil - Chile 17/09/1959 : 7 - 0". Sambafoot (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "UAR 1–3 Brazil, May 01, 1960". FootballDatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1960 » July » Brazil - Argentina 5:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1962 » April » Brazil - Paraguay 6:0". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1962 » April » Brazil - Paraguay 4:0". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Brazil v Portugal, 09 May 1962". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1962 » May » Brazil - Wales 3:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Friendlies 1962 » May » Brazil - Wales 3:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Brazil v Mexico, 30 May 1962". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Brasil - Argentina 16/04/1963 : 5 - 2". Sambafoot (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "France v Brazil, 28 April 1963". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Brazil v Belgium, 02 June 1965". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.