List of international goals scored by Pelé
Pelé is a retired Brazilian football player who represented the Brazil national football team as a forward from 1957 to 1971. He is widely considered to be the greatest football player of all time.[1] He is currently the all-time top goalscorer for Brazil with 77 international goals, which he scored in 92 appearances. 12 of those goals came during his 14 World Cup appearances, including 4 goals in 1970.[2] Pelé is one of the four players (the others are Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, and Cristiano Ronaldo), that scored in four separate World Cup tournaments.[3][4]
International appearances and goals
Pelé is the top scorer of the Brazil national football team with 77 goals in 92 official appearances. His first goal came in his debut game against Argentina, the only goal of Brazil in a 1–2 defeat in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5] In addition, he scored 18 times in 22 unofficial (not full "A" international) games. This makes a tally of 114 games and 95 goals. He also scored 12 goals and is credited with 10 assists in 14 World Cup appearances, including 4 goals and 7 assists in 1970.[2] In 1970, Pelé was the second player (with just a few minutes of difference from the German Uwe Seeler) that managed to score in four separate World Cup tournaments. The German Miroslav Klose and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo repeated that achievement in 2014 and 2018 respectively.[3][6]
Source:[5]
Non-full international appearances (24) and goals (22) | ||||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Host team | Result | Away team | Goals | Cumulative Goals | Notes |
1 | 1958-05-21 | São Paulo | 5–0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 1960-05-08 | Malmö | 1–7 | 2 | 2 | |||
3 | 1960-05-12 | Milan | 2–2 | 2 | 4 | |||
4 | 1960-05-16 | Lisbon | 0–4 | 0 | 4 | |||
5 | 1962-05-24 | Valparaiso | 2–2 | 1 | 5 | [7] | ||
6 | 1962-05-27 | Viña del Mar | 1–9 | 2 | 7 | [7] | ||
7 | 1963-05-03 | Eindhoven | 0–1 | 0 | 7 | |||
8 | 1966-05-01 | Rio de Janeiro | 2–0 | 0 | 7 | |||
9 | 1966-06-21 | Madrid | 3–5 | 3 | 10 | |||
10 | 1966-07-04 | Stockholm | 2–4 | 2 | 12 | |||
11 | 1966-07-06 | Malmö | 1–3 | 2 | 14 | |||
12 | 1968-11-13 | Curitiba | 1–2 | 0 | 14 | |||
13 | 1969-07-06 | Salvador | 0–4 | 1 | 15 | |||
14 | 1969-07-09 | Aracaju | 2–8 | 0 | 15 | |||
15 | 1969-07-13 | Recife | 1–6 | 1 | 16 | |||
16 | 1969-08-01 | Bogotá | 0–2 | 0 | 16 | |||
17 | 1969-09-03 | Belo Horizonte | 2–1 | 1 | 17 | |||
18 | 1970-03-14 | Rio de Janeiro | 1–1 | 0 | 17 | |||
19 | 1970-04-05 | Manaus | 1–4 | 1 | 18 | |||
20 | 1970-04-19 | Belo Horizonte | 1–3 | 0 | 18 | |||
21 | 1970-05-06 | Guadalajara | 0–3 | 1 | 19 | |||
22 | 1970-05-17 | León | 2–5 | 2 | 21 | |||
23 | 1970-05-24 | Irapuato | 0–3 | 0 | 21 | |||
24 | 1973-12-19 | Rio de Janeiro | 2–1 | 1 | 22 | [8][9][10] |
Non-full International appearances (playing for club teams)
Non-full International appearances (playing for club teams) (47) and goals (51) | ||||||
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# | Date | Pelé's team | Result | Opponent | Goals | Cumulative Goals |
1 | 21/01/1959 | 3–1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 17/02/1959 | 3–2 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 23/05/1959 | 3–3 | 2 | 2 | ||
4 | 24/05/1959 | 2–0 | 1 | 3 | ||
5 | 25/05/1960 | 5–2 | 2 | 5 | ||
6 | 18/01/1961 | 2–1 | 2 | 7 | ||
7 | 29/01/1961 | 3–1 | 2 | 9 | ||
8 | 11/06/1961 | 3–1 | 1 | 10 | ||
9 | 10/12/1962 | 2–1 | 1 | 11 | ||
10 | 14/02/1963 | 3–1 | 1 | 12 | ||
11 | 16/01/1965 | 6–4 | 3 | 15 | ||
12 | 28/05/1967 | 4–1 | 3 | 18 | ||
13 | 31/05/1967 | 4–0 | 1 | 19 | ||
14 | 02/06/1967 | 2–1 | 1 | 20 | ||
15 | 04/06/1967 | 2–1 | 1 | 21 | ||
16 | 07/06/1967 | 3–2 | 3 | 24 | ||
17 | 13/01/1968 | 4–1 | 0 | 24 | ||
18 | 26/01/1969 | 2–2 | 2 | 26[11] | ||
19 | 09/02/1969 | 1–1 | 0 | 26 | ||
20 | 19/01/1969 | 3–2 | 2 | 28 | ||
21 | 21/01/1969 | 2–0 | 0 | 28 | ||
22 | 23/01/1969 | 2–3 | 2 | 30 | ||
23 | 10/12/1970 | 4–1 | 2 | 32 | ||
24 | 11/12/1970 | 4–0 | 3 | 35 | ||
25 | 13/12/1970 | 5–2 | 1 | 36 | ||
26 | 17/12/1970 | 4–0 | 2 | 38 | ||
27 | 23/01/1971 | 4–1 | 1 | 39 | ||
28 | 31/01/1971 | 1–1 | 0 | 39 | ||
29 | 26/01/1971 | 2-1 | 1 | 40 | ||
30 | 17/02/1971 | 2–0 | 0 | 40 | ||
31 | 26/05/1972 | 3–0 | 2 | 42 | ||
32 | 02/06/1972 | 3–2 | 1 | 43 | ||
33 | 10/06/1972 | 6–1 | 2 | 45 | ||
34 | 17/06/1972 | 2–2 | 0 | 45 | ||
35 | 21/06/1972 | 3–2 | 1 | 46 | ||
36 | 05/09/1972 | 1–0 | 1 | 47 | ||
37 | 12/02/1973 | 1–1 | 1 | 48 | ||
38 | 16/02/1973 | 7–1 | 2 | 50 | ||
39 | 23/05/1976 | 0–4 | 0 | 50 | ||
40 | 28/05/1976 | 0–2 | 0 | 50 | ||
41 | 31/05/1976 | 1–3 | 0 | 50 | ||
42 | 08/09/1976 | 1–1 | 0 | 50 | ||
43 | 10/09/1976 | 1–3 | 0 | 50 | ||
44 | 25/09/1976 | 2–2 | 0 | 50 | ||
45 | 14/09/1977 | 1–3 | 0 | 50 | ||
46 | 17/09/1977 | 1–1 | 0 | 50 | ||
47 | 20/09/1977 | 1–2 | 1 | 51 |
FIFA World Cup goals
Source:[5]
Statistics
Team | Year | Tournament | Friendly | Total | Goal average | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Brazil | 1957 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
1958 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1.13 | |
1959 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | |
1960 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0.89 | |
1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
1962 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | |
1963 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0.88 | |
1964 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | |
1965 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | |
1966 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0.85 | |
1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
1968 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0.63 | |
1969 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0.71 | |
1970 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 0.57 | |
1971 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | |
Total | 41 | 43 | 51 | 34 | 92 | 77 | 0.84 | |
Career total (incl. unofficial matches)[14] | 41 | 43 | 69 | 56 | 114 | 95 | 0.83 |
Source:[5]
Competition | Apps | Goals |
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Friendlies | 50 | 34 |
Copa América | 6 | 8 |
FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 | 6 |
FIFA World Cup | 14 | 12 |
Other Tournaments | 16 | 17 |
Total | 92 | 77 |
Source:[5]
Hat-tricks
No. | Date | Goals | Opponent | Venue | Competition | Result[a] | Ref |
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1 | 24 June 1958 | 3 | Råsunda, Solna, Sweden | 1958 World Cup | 5–2 | [15] | |
2 | 29 March 1959 | 3 | Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina | South American Championship | 4–1 | [16] | |
3 | 17 September 1959 | 3 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Copa Bernardo O'Higgins | 7–0 | [17] | |
4 | 1 May 1960 | 3 | Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | Friendly | 3–1 | [18] | |
5 | 16 April 1963 | 3 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Roca Cup | 5–2 | [19] | |
6 | 28 April 1963 | 3 | Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France | Friendly | 3–2 | [20] | |
7 | 6 February 1964 | 3 | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Friendly | 5–0 | [21] |
Source:[5]
References
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- ^ a b Alsos, Jan. "Legends – Uwe Seeler". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in the last 4 World Cups". RealMadrid.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Mamrud, Roberto. "Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo historic night". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ a b "El día en que Brasil no pudo con Wanderers" (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaiso. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 19 December 1973". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "O JOGO DE DESPEDIDA DE GARRINCHA, QUE COMPLETARIA 82 ANOS". terceirotempo.bol.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "THIS MATCH WAS NOT OF THE OFFICIAL BRAZILIAN TEAM, BUT OF AN UNOFFICIAL TEAM OF FUGAP". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "How Brazilian football legend Pelé stopped a major Nigerian war for two days". face2faceafrica.com. 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Raio-X de todos os gols de Pelé em sua carreira profissional". futdatos.com (in Portuguese). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Pelé all goals". Pelé.olé (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Afinal, quantos gols Pelé tem pela Seleção Brasileira?" (in Portuguese). Esporte Interativo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "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.
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External links
- Mamrud, Roberto. "Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 May 2011.