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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|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 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 and scored his first international goal in the same game.<ref>{{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> |
|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 and scored his first international goal in the same game.<ref>{{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> |
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Source: <ref name="RSSSF"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Afinal, quantos gols Pelé tem pela Seleção Brasileira? |url=http://esporteinterativo.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/afinal-quantos-gols-pele-tem-pela-selecao-brasileira/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171428/http://esporteinterativo.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/afinal-quantos-gols-pele-tem-pela-selecao-brasileira/ |archivedate=3 March 2016 |publisher=Esporte Interativo |language=Portuguese}}</ref> |
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|+ Appearances and goals by year<ref name="RSSSF"/> |
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|1957 |
|1957 |
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|2{{efn|name=Roca|Appearances in the [[Roca Cup]]}} |
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|2 |
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|2 |
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|1958 |
|1958 |
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|5{{efn|Four appearances and six goals in the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]], one appearance and one goal in the [[Taça Oswaldo Cruz]]}} |
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|7 |
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|2 |
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|2 |
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|7 |
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|9 |
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|1959 |
|1959 |
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|8{{efn|Six appearances and eight goals in the [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959 South American Football Championship]], two appearances and three goals in the [[Copa Bernardo O'Higgins]]}} |
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|11 |
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|1 |
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|0 |
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|9 |
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|11 |
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|1960 |
|1960 |
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|2{{efn|Appearances in the [[Taça do Atlântico]]}} |
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|1 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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|6 |
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|4 |
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|1961 |
|1961 |
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| colspan="2" |— |
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|0 |
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|0 |
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|1962 |
|1962 |
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|4{{efn|Two appearances and one goal in the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]], two appearances and three goals in the [[Taça Oswaldo Cruz]]}} |
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|4 |
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|4 |
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|4 |
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|8 |
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|8 |
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|1963 |
|1963 |
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|2{{efn|name=Roca}} |
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|3 |
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|5 |
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|4 |
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|7 |
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|7 |
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|1964 |
|1964 |
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|3{{efn|Appearances in the [[Taça das Nações]]}} |
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|2 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1965 |
|1965 |
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|8 |
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|9 |
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|8 |
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|9 |
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|1966 |
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|2{{efn|Appearances in the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]]}} |
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|1 |
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|7 |
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|4 |
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|9 |
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|5 |
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|1967 |
|1967 |
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| colspan="2" |— |
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|0 |
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|0 |
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|1968 |
|1968 |
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|2{{efn|Appearances in the [[Taça Oswaldo Cruz]]}} |
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|2 |
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|5 |
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|2 |
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|7{{efn|name=apps}} |
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|4 |
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|1969 |
|1969 |
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|6{{efn|Appearances in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup qualification]]}} |
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|6 |
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|3 |
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|1 |
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|9 |
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|7 |
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|1970 |
|1970 |
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|6{{efn|Appearances in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]}} |
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|4 |
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|9 |
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|4 |
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|15 |
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|8 |
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|1971 |
|1971 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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!77 |
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Revision as of 15:18, 2 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 and scored his first international goal in the same game.[6]
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.[7] 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.[7]
Goals
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal.[1]
Indicates Brazil won the match | |
Indicates the match ended in a draw | |
Indicates Brazil lost the match |
Hat-tricks
No. | Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 3 | 5–2 | Råsunda, Solna, Sweden | 1958 World Cup | 24 June 1958 | [12] | |
2 | 3 | 4–1 | Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina | South American Championship | 29 March 1959 | [13] | |
3 | 3 | 7–0 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Copa Bernardo O'Higgins | 17 September 1959 | [14] | |
4 | 3 | 3–1 | Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | Friendly | 1 May 1960 | [15] | |
5 | 3 | 5–2 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Roca Cup | 16 April 1963 | [16] | |
6 | 3 | 3–2 | Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France | Friendly | 28 April 1963 | [17] | |
7 | 3 | 5–0 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Friendly | 6 February 1964 | [18] |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André; Woods, Dennis David (10 August 2020). "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1957-1958". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Luis Pierrend, José (9 June 2021). "Copa Julio Roca". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Brazil–France 24th June 1958" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Brazil-Paraguay 29th March 1959" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Brazil-Chile 17th September 1959" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Brazil-United Arab Republic 1st May 1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Brazil-Argentina 16th April 1963" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Brazil-France 28th April 1963" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Brazil-Belgium 2nd June 1964". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2017.