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]
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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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] |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Goals | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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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] |
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 2 | 8 May 1960 | Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden | Malmö FF | 4–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | [54] |
2 | 5–1 | |||||||
3 | 3 | 12 May 1960 | San Siro, Milan | Inter Milan | 2–1 | 2–2 | ||
4 | 2–2 | |||||||
5 | 4 | 24 May 1962 | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaiso | Santiago Wanderers | 2-0 | 2–2 | [55] | |
6 | 6 | 27 May 1960 | Sausalito, Viña del Mar | Everton | 9–1 | [54] | ||
7 | ||||||||
8 | 9 | 21 June 1966 | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid | Atlético Madrid | 3–1 | 5–3 | [56] | |
9 | 4–3 | |||||||
10 | 5–3 | |||||||
11 | 10 | 4 July 1966 | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm | AIK | 2–0 | 4–2 | ||
12 | 4–2 | |||||||
13 | 11 | 7 June 1966 | Malmö Fotbollstadion, Malmö | Malmö FF | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
15 | 3–0 | |||||||
16 | 13 | 7 June 1969 | Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador | Bahia | 1–0 | 4–0 | [57] | |
17 | 15 | 13 July 1969 | Estádio Colosso do Arrudal, Recife | Pernambuco XI | 4–1 | 6–1 | ||
17 | 17 | 3 September 1969 | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais XI | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
18 | 19 | 5 April 1970 | Vivaldão, Manaus | Amazonas XI | 4–1 | 4–1 | ||
19 | 21 | 5 June 1970 | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara | C.D. Guadalajara | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
20 | 22 | 17 May 1970 | Estadio León, León | Club León | 1–0 | 5–2 | ||
21 | 2–0 | |||||||
22 | 24 | 19 December 1973 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | World XI | 1–1 | 2–1 | [58] |
Scores and results list Pelé's team goal tally first.
No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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With 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 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 New York Cosmos | ||||||||
51 | 50 | 20 September 1977 | Stadium?, Shanghai, China | China | 2–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | [62] |
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 |
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 |