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[[Pelé]] was a Brazilian professional [[Association football|footballer]] 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|footballer]] 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=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|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 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> Pelé scored seven international [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-tricks]], the most of any Brazilian player.<ref name="RSSSF"/> |
|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=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|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 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> Pelé scored seven international [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-tricks]], the most of any Brazilian player.<ref name="RSSSF"/> |
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Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 [[FIFA World Cup]] appearances spanning four separate World Cups.<ref name="RSSSF"/> He is the only footballer to have won three World Cups and is one of only five players, the others being [[Uwe Seeler]], [[Miroslav Klose]], [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], and [[Lionel Messi]], to have scored in four separate ones.<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]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708160437/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37635141/pele-incredible-numbers-stats-1281-hundreds-goals-3-world-cups|archive-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> At the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]], Pelé was at the time the youngest player to participate in a World Cup{{efn|He was surpassed by [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]'s [[Norman Whiteside]] in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/pele-whiteside-messi-youngest-to-play-in-a-world-cup/blte59a80c37e98a263|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2024|work=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|archive-date=23 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223004813/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/pele-whiteside-messi-youngest-to-play-in-a-world-cup/blte59a80c37e98a263|first=Soham|last=Mukherjee|date=17 July 2022|title=Messi, Pele or Ronaldo - Who is the youngest-ever to play in a World Cup?}}</ref>}} and became the youngest scorer in a World Cup game.<ref name="FIFAYoungest">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/articles/pele-brazil-youngest-goal-final-scorer-sweden-1958|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=8 April 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621232045/https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/articles/pele-brazil-youngest-goal-final-scorer-sweden-1958|access-date=21 June 2024|title=The baby GOAT}}</ref> He also became the youngest footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup, doing so against [[France national football team|France]] in the semifinal.<ref name="Records"/><ref name="France1958">{{cite web |title=Brazil v France, 24 June 1958 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-france-24-june-1958-227144/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=11v11.com |publisher=[[Association of Football Statisticians]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331060327/https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-france-24-june-1958-227144/ |archive-date=31 March 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Pelé achieved the distinction of being the youngest footballer to play in a World Cup final, where he scored two goals to help Brazil beat [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] 5–2,<ref name="Records"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/flashback-no-6-sweden-1958-pele-s-genius-propels-brazil-to-first-title-1983746.html|title=Flashback No 6. Sweden 1958: Pele's genius propels Brazil to first title|first=Will|last=Hawkes|work=[[The Independent]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230113627/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/flashback-no-6-sweden-1958-pele-s-genius-propels-brazil-to-first-title-1983746.html|archive-date=30 December 2022|date=27 May 2010|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> and the youngest player to win a World Cup trophy.<ref name="FIFAYoungest"/> He finished the tournament with six goals, behind a record-breaking [[Just Fontaine]], and was named best young player of the tournament. Pelé scored one goal in the [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 edition]] and one in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]. |
Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 [[FIFA World Cup]] appearances spanning four separate World Cups.<ref name="RSSSF"/> He is the only footballer to have won three World Cups and is one of only five players, the others being [[Uwe Seeler]], [[Miroslav Klose]], [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], and [[Lionel Messi]], to have scored in four separate ones.<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]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708160437/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37635141/pele-incredible-numbers-stats-1281-hundreds-goals-3-world-cups|archive-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> At the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]], Pelé was at the time the youngest player to participate in a World Cup{{efn|He was surpassed by [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]'s [[Norman Whiteside]] in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/pele-whiteside-messi-youngest-to-play-in-a-world-cup/blte59a80c37e98a263|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2024|work=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|archive-date=23 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223004813/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/pele-whiteside-messi-youngest-to-play-in-a-world-cup/blte59a80c37e98a263|first=Soham|last=Mukherjee|date=17 July 2022|title=Messi, Pele or Ronaldo - Who is the youngest-ever to play in a World Cup?}}</ref>}} and became the youngest scorer in a World Cup game.<ref name="FIFAYoungest">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/articles/pele-brazil-youngest-goal-final-scorer-sweden-1958|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=8 April 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621232045/https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/articles/pele-brazil-youngest-goal-final-scorer-sweden-1958|access-date=21 June 2024|title=The baby GOAT}}</ref> He also became the youngest footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup, doing so against [[France national football team|France]] in the semifinal.<ref name="Records"/><ref name="France1958">{{cite web |title=Brazil v France, 24 June 1958 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-france-24-june-1958-227144/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=11v11.com |publisher=[[Association of Football Statisticians]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331060327/https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-france-24-june-1958-227144/ |archive-date=31 March 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Pelé achieved the distinction of being the youngest footballer to play in a World Cup final, where he scored two goals to help Brazil beat [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] 5–2,<ref name="Records"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/flashback-no-6-sweden-1958-pele-s-genius-propels-brazil-to-first-title-1983746.html|title=Flashback No 6. Sweden 1958: Pele's genius propels Brazil to first title|first=Will|last=Hawkes|work=[[The Independent]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230113627/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/flashback-no-6-sweden-1958-pele-s-genius-propels-brazil-to-first-title-1983746.html|archive-date=30 December 2022|date=27 May 2010|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> and the youngest player to win a World Cup trophy.<ref name="FIFAYoungest"/> He finished the tournament with six goals, behind a record-breaking [[Just Fontaine]], and was named best young player of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/sweden1958/awards/index.html|publisher=[[FIFA]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092228/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/sweden1958/awards/index.html|title=1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden – Awards FIFA|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> Pelé scored one goal in the [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 edition]] and one in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]].<ref name="RSSSF"/> |
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Pelé scored his final international goal on 11 July 1971 against [[Austria national football team|Austria]], and made his final appearance for Brazil against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] on 18 July 1971.<ref name="RSSSF" /> Pelé is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. |
Pelé scored six goals in eight appearances in the [[South American Football Championship]], all during the [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959 edition]], in which he was the top scorer and Brazil came runners-up.<ref name="1959 Copa America">{{cite web |title=Southamerican Championship 1959 (1st Tournament) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-1safull.html |access-date=3 June 2024 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004100035/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-1safull.html |archive-date=4 October 2023 |first=Mártin |last=Tabeira |date=12 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pelé scored his final international goal on 11 July 1971 against [[Austria national football team|Austria]], and made his final appearance for Brazil against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] on 18 July 1971.<ref name="RSSSF" /> Pelé is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. |
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Pelé was a Brazilian professional footballer 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 remains Brazil's youngest ever goalscorer.[6][7] Pelé scored seven international hat-tricks, the most of any Brazilian player.[1]
Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 FIFA World Cup appearances spanning four separate World Cups.[1] He is the only footballer to have won three World Cups and is one of only five players, the others being Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, to have scored in four separate ones.[8] At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Pelé was at the time the youngest player to participate in a World Cup[c] and became the youngest scorer in a World Cup game.[10] He also became the youngest footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup, doing so against France in the semifinal.[8][11] In addition, Pelé achieved the distinction of being the youngest footballer to play in a World Cup final, where he scored two goals to help Brazil beat Sweden 5–2,[8][12] and the youngest player to win a World Cup trophy.[10] He finished the tournament with six goals, behind a record-breaking Just Fontaine, and was named best young player of the tournament.[13] Pelé scored one goal in the 1962 edition and one in 1966.[1]
Pelé scored six goals in eight appearances in the South American Football Championship, all during the 1959 edition, in which he was the top scorer and Brazil came runners-up.[14] Pelé scored his final international goal on 11 July 1971 against Austria, and made his final appearance for Brazil against Yugoslavia on 18 July 1971.[1] Pelé is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
Goals
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal.[1]
Indicates Brazil won the match | |
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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 | [11] | |
2 | 3 – (1–1, 3–1, 4–1) | 4–1 | Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1959 South American Football Championship | 29 March 1959 | [14] | |
3 | 3 – (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) | 7–0 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins | 17 September 1959 | [21] | |
4 | 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) | 3–1 | Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | Friendly | 1 May 1960 | [22] | |
5 | 3 – (1–0, 3–1, 4–1) | 5–2 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1963 Roca Cup | 16 April 1963 | [30] | |
6 | 3 – (1–0, 2–1, 3–2) | 3–2 | Stade de Colombes, Paris, France | Friendly | 28 April 1963 | [31] | |
7 | 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) | 5–0 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Friendly | 2 June 1965 | [35] |
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]
- ^ He was surpassed by Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[9]
- ^ 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
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