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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, commently refered to as Pelé (1940–2022) was a Brazilian forward who scored his first international goal at his debut against Argentina in the 1957 edition of the Roca Cup. [1] Having scored 77 goals in 92 appearances, Pelé is, as of April 2022, Brazils all-time record goal scorer. Pelé is ranked tenth on the all-time list of international goal scorers.

Pelé has participated in six major international tournaments: four FIFA World Cups ( 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970) and two Copa Américas ( 1959 in Argentina and later in the year in Ecuador). He played a total of fourteen matches in World Cups, scoring a total of twelve goals, making him the fifth most successful World Cup player and Brazil's second best-scorer in the tournament, behind Ronaldo (15). [2] Furthermore, Pelé has held the record of most World Cup wins since 1970, winning three tournaments (1958, 1962, 1970) and scoring in both the 1958 and 1970 final. [3]

Pelé remains Brazil's youngest international scorer and has held the record of youngest FIFA World Cup scorer since the June 1958 match against Sweden. [4]

International Goals

Goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 1 7 July 1957 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 1–1 1–2 1957 Roca Cup [5]
2 2 10 July 1957 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil 1–0 2–0 [6]
3 3 4 May 1958 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Paraguay 1–0 5–1 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [7]
4 5 18 May 1958 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil   Bulgaria 2–1 3–1 Friendly [8]
5 3–1
6 7 19 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden   Wales 1–0 1–0 1958 FIFA World Cup [9]
7 8 19 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   France 3–1 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup [10]
8 4–1
9 5–1
10 9 25 June 1958   Sweden 3–1 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup Final [11]
11 5–2
12 10 10 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Peru 2–1 2–2 1959 South American Championship (Argentina) [12]
13 11 15 March 1959   Chile 1–0 3–0 [13]
14 2–0
15 12 21 March 1959   Bolivia 1–0 4-2 [12]
16 14 29 March 1959   Paraguay 1–1 4–1
17 2–1
18 4–1
19 15 4 April 1959   Argentina 1–1 1–1 [14]
20 17 17 September 1959 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Chile 1–0 7–0 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins [15]
21 2–0
22 3–0
23 20 1 May 1960 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt   United Arab Republic 1–0 3–1 Friendly [12]
24 2–0
25 3–0
26 24 12 July 1960 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 2–1 5–1 Atlantico Cup [16]
27 25 21 April 1962   Paraguay 2–0 6–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [17]
28 26 24 April 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Paraguay 2–0 4–0 [18]
29 3–0
30 28 9 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Portugal 1–0 1–0 Friendly [19]
31 29 12 May 1962   Wales 3–1 3–1 [20]
32 30 16 May 1962 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil   Wales 2–1 3–1 [21]
33 3–1
34 31 30 May 1962 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile   Mexico 2–0 2–0 1962 FIFA World Cup Group 3 [22]
35 34 16 April 1963 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 1–0 5–2 1963 Roca Cup [23]
36 3–1
37 4–1
38 36 28 April 1963 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France   France 1–0 3–2 Friendly [24]
39 2–1
40 3–2
41 38 5 May 1963 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany   West Germany 2–1 2–1 [25]
42 40 30 May 1964 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   England 3–1 5–1 Taça das Nações [26]
43 42 7 June 1964   Portugal 1–0 4–1 [27]
44 43 2 June 1965   Belgium 1–0 5–0 Friendly [28]
45 2–0
46 3–0
47 44 6 June 1965   West Germany 2–0 2–0 [29]
48 46 17 June 1965 Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Oran, Algeria   Algeria 1–0 3–0 [30]
49 48 30 June 1965 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   Sweden 1–1 2–1 [31]
50 49 4 July 1965 Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union   Soviet Union 1–0 3–0 [32]
51 3–0
52 50 21 November 1965 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2–0 2–2 [33]
53 52 4 June 1966 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Peru 1–0 4–0 [34]
54 54 12 June 1966 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–1 [35]
55 2–0
56 55 15 June 1966 1–1 2–2 [36]
57 58 12 July 1966 Goodison Park, Liverpool, England   Bulgaria 1–0 2–0 1966 FIFA World Cup Group 3 [37]
58 60 25 July 1968 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay   Paraguay 1–0 4–0 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [38]
59 2–0
60 63 3 November 1968 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Mexico   Mexico 2–0 2–1 Friendly [39]
61 66 17 December 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Yugoslavia 2–2 3–3 [40]
62 68 17 December 1969   Yugoslavia 1–2 3–2 [41]
63 71 10 August 1969 Olympic Stadium, Caracas, Venezuela   Venezuela 2–0 5–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification [42]
64 5–0
65 73 21 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Colombia 2–0 6–2 [43]
66 74 24 August 1969   Venezuela 5–0 6–0 [44]
67 6–0
68 75 31 August 1969   Paraguay 2–0 1–0 [45]
69 77 8 March 1970   Argentina 2–1 2–1 Friendly [46]
70 78 22 March 1970 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Chile 4–0 5–0 [47]
71 5–0
72 83 3 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico   Czechoslovakia 2–1 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 3 [48]
73 85 10 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico   Romania 1–0 2–2 [49]
74 3–2
75 88 21 June 1970 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico   Italy 1–0 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Final [50]
76 90 4 October 1970 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile   Chile 1–0 5–1 Friendly [51]
77 91 11 July 1971 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Australia 1–0 1–1 [52]

Hat-tricks

No. Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition Ref.
1 19 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   France 3 – (52', 64', 75') 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup [53]
2 29 March 1959 Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Paraguay 3 4–1 1959 Argentinian South American Championship
3 17 September 1959 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Chile 3 7–0 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
4 1 May 1960 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt   United Arab Republic 3 3–1 [12]
5 16 April 1963 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 3 – (5', 60', 65') 3–2 1963 Roca Cup [23]
6 28 April 1963 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France   France 3 – (30', 76', 84') 5–2 Friendly [24]
7 6 February 1964 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Belgium 3 – (49', 64', 70') 5–0 [28]

International goals against clubs

Pelé scored his first two goals against a club team, Malmö FF, in May 1960.

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.

No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 8 May 1960 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden Sweden Malmö FF 4–1 7–1 Friendly [54]
2 5–1
3 3 12 May 1960 San Siro, Milan Italy Inter Milan 2–1 2–2
4 2–2
5 4 24 May 1962 Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaiso Chile Santiago Wanderers 2-0 2–2 [55]
6 6 27 May 1960 Sausalito, Viña del Mar Chile Everton 9–1 [54]
7
8 9 21 June 1966 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Spain Atlético Madrid 3–1 5–3 [56]
9 4–3
10 5–3
11 10 4 July 1966 Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm Sweden AIK 2–0 4–2
12 4–2
13 11 7 June 1966 Malmö Fotbollstadion, Malmö Sweden Malmö FF 1–0 3–1
15 3–0
16 13 7 June 1969 Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Brazil Bahia 1–0 4–0 [57]
17 15 13 July 1969 Estádio Colosso do Arrudal, Recife Brazil Pernambuco XI 4–1 6–1
17 17 3 September 1969 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Brazil Minas Gerais XI 1–1 1–2
18 19 5 April 1970 Vivaldão, Manaus Brazil Amazonas XI 4–1 4–1
19 21 5 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Mexico C.D. Guadalajara 2–0 3–0
20 22 17 May 1970 Estadio León, León Mexico Club León 1–0 5–2
21 2–0
22 24 19 December 1973 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro United Nations World XI 1–1 2–1 [58]

Goals in clubs against national teams

[59]

Pelé played his final football matches for New York Cosmos between 1975–77. He scored a single goal against China's national football team on 20 September 1977.

Scores and results list Pelé's team goal tally first.

No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
With Brazil Santos FC
1 3 23 May 1959 Levsky Stadium, Sofia   Bulgaria 1–0 3–3 Friendly [60]
2 2–1
3 4 24 May 1959 2–0 Friendly
4 5 25 May 1959 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów   Poland 0–4 5–2 Friendly [61]
5 0–5
6 6 18 January 1961 Colombia   Colombia 0–0 2–1 Friendly
7 0–0
8 7 29 January 1961 Guatemala   Guatemala 0–0 3–1 Friendly
9 0–0
10 8 11 June 1961 Israel   Israel 0–0 3–1 Friendly
11 9 10 December 1962 Soviet Union   Soviet Union 0–0 2–1 Friendly
12 10 14 February 1963 Estádio Ulrico Mursa, Santos Brazil Brazil U-23 0–0 3–1 Friendly
13 11 16 January 1965   Czechoslovakia 0–0 6–4 Friendly
14 0–0
15 0–0
16 12 28 May 1967   Senegal 0–0 4–1 Friendly
17 0–0
18 0–0
19 13 31 May 1967   Gabon 0–0 4–1 Friendly
20 14 2 June 1967   Congo 0–0 2–1 Friendly
21 15 4 June 1967   Ivory Coast 0–0 2–1 Friendly
22 16 7 June 1967   Congo 0–0 3–2 Friendly
23 0–0
24 0–0
25 19 19 January 1969   Congo 0–0 3–2 Friendly
26 0–0
27 23 January 1969 0–0 2–3
28 0–0
29 21 26 January 1969   Nigeria 0–0 2–2 Friendly
30 0–0
31 10 December 1970   Hong Kong 0–0 4–1 Friendly
32 0–0
33 11 December 1970 0–0 4–0
34 0–0
35 0–0
36 13 December 1970 0–0 5–2
37 17 December 1970 0–0 4–0
38 0–0
39 23 January 1971   Martinique 0–0 4–1 Friendly
40 17 February 1972   Guadeloupe 0–0 2–1 Friendly
41 26 May 1972   Japan 0–0 3–0 Friendly
42 0–0
43 2 June 1972   South Korea 0–0 3–2 Friendly
44 10 June 1972   Thailand 0–0 6–1 Friendly
45 0–0
46 21 June 1972   Indonesia 0–0 3–2 Friendly
47 5 September 1972   Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 1–0 Friendly
48 12 February 1973   Kuwait 0–0 1–1 Friendly
49 16 February 1973   Bahrain 0–0 7–1 Friendly
50 0–0
With United States New York Cosmos
51 50 20 September 1977 Stadium?, Shanghai, China   China 2–1 1–2 Friendly [62]

Statistics

Caps and goals by year
Year Caps Goals
1957 2 2
1958 4 9
1959 6 11
1960 2 4
1961 0 0
1962 6 7
1963 3 7
1964 2 2
1965 6 9
1966 4 5
1967 0 0
1968 2 3
1969 6 8
1970 6 8
1971 2 1
Total 91 77
Caps and goals by competition
Competition Caps Goals
Friendlies 23 34
Roca Cup 3 5
FIFA World Cup 8 14
Atlantico Cup 1 1
FIFA World Cup qualification 4 6
Taça Oswaldo Cruz 3 5
Taça das Nações 2 2
Total 186 115

Weblinks

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