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List of international goals scored by Pelé

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.[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 77 goals in 92 international appearances for Brazil

Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 FIFA World Cup appearances spanning four separate World Cups.[1] He is one of only five players, the others being Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, to have done so.[8]

Goals edit

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal.[1]
Table key
Indicates Brazil won the match
Indicates the match ended in a draw
Indicates Brazil lost the match
List of international goals scored by Pelé
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 [9]
2 2 10 July 1957 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil   Argentina 1–0 2−0
(a.e.t.) 		1957 Roca Cup [10]
3 3 4 May 1958 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Paraguay 4–1 5–1 1958 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [11]
4 5 18 May 1958 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil   Bulgaria 2–1 3–1 Friendly [12]
5 3–1
6 7 19 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden   Wales 1–0 1–0 1958 FIFA World Cup [13]
7 8 24 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   France 3–1 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup [14]
8 4–1
9 5–1
10 9 29 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   Sweden 3–1 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup Final [15]
11 5–2
12 10 10 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Peru 2–0 2–2 1959 South American Football Championship [16]
13 11 15 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Chile 1–0 3–0 1959 South American Football Championship [16]
14 2–0
15 12 21 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Bolivia 1–1 4–2 1959 South American Football Championship [16]
16 14 29 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Paraguay 1–1 4–1 1959 South American Football Championship [16]
17 3–1
18 4–1
19 15 4 April 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Argentina 1–1 1–1 1959 South American Football Championship [16]
20 17 17 September 1959 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Chile 1–0 7–0 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins [17]
21 3–0
22 4–0
23 20 1 May 1960 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt   United Arab Republic 1–0 3–1 Friendly [18]
24 2–0
25 3–0
26 24 12 July 1960 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 2–1 5–1 1960 Taça do Atlântico [19]
27 25 21 April 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Paraguay 2–0 6–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [20]
28 26 24 April 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Paraguay 2–0 4–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [21]
29 3–0
30 28 9 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Portugal 1–0 1–0 Friendly [22]
31 29 12 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Wales 3–1 3–1 Friendly [23]
32 30 16 May 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Wales 2–1 3–1 Friendly [24]
33 3–1
34 31 30 May 1962 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile   Mexico 2–0 2–0 1962 FIFA World Cup [25]
35 34 16 April 1963 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 1–0 5−2
(a.e.t.) 		1963 Roca Cup [26]
36 3–1
37 4–1
38 36 28 April 1963 Stade de Colombes, Paris, France   France 1–0 3–2 Friendly [27]
39 2–1
40 3–2
41 38 5 May 1963 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany   West Germany 2–1 2–1 Friendly [28]
42 40 30 May 1964 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   England 3–1 5–1 Taça das Nações [29]
43 42 30 May 1964 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Portugal 1–0 4–1 Taça das Nações [30]
44 43 2 June 1965 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Belgium 1–0 5–0 Friendly [31]
45 2–0
46 3–0
47 44 6 June 1965 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany   West Germany 2–0 2–0 Friendly [32]
48 46 17 June 1965 Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Oran, Algeria   Algeria 1–0 3–0 Friendly [33]
49 48 30 June 1965 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   Sweden 1–1 2–1 Friendly [34]
50 49 4 July 1965 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union   Soviet Union 1–0 3–0 Friendly [35]
51 3–0
52 50 21 November 1965 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Soviet Union 2–0 2–2 Friendly [36]
53 52 4 June 1966 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Peru 1–0 4–0 Friendly [37]
54 54 12 June 1966 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–1 Friendly [38]
55 2–0
56 55 15 June 1966 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–2 Friendly [39]
57 58 12 July 1966 Goodison Park, Liverpool, England   Bulgaria 1–0 2–0 1966 FIFA World Cup [40]
58 60 25 July 1968 Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción, Paraguay   Paraguay 1–0 4–0 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [41]
59 2–0
60 63 3 November 1968 Mineirão, Belo Horizante, Brazil   Mexico 2–0 2–1 Friendly [42]
61 66 17 December 1968 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Yugoslavia 2–2 3–3 Friendly [43]
62 68 9 April 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Peru 1–2 3–2 Friendly [44]
63 71 10 August 1969 Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas, Venezuela   Venezuela 2–0 5–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification [45]
64 5–0
65 73 21 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Colombia 4–1 6–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification [46]
66 74 24 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Venezuela 5–0 6–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification [47]
67 6–0
68 75 31 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Paraguay 1–0 1–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification [48]
69 77 8 March 1970 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Argentina 2–1 2–1 Friendly
70 78 22 March 1970 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Chile 4–0 5–0 Friendly
71 5–0
72 83 3 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico   Czechoslovakia 2–1 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup
73 85 10 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico   Romania 1–0 3–2 1970 FIFA World Cup
74 3–1
75 88 21 June 1970 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico   Italy 1–0 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Final
76 90 4 October 1970 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile   Chile 1–0 5–1 Friendly
77 91 11 July 1971 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Austria 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Hat-tricks edit

See also: List of Brazil national football team hat-tricks
 
Pelé scored seven hat-tricks for Brazil.
List of international hat-tricks scored by Pelé
No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date Ref.
1   France 3 – (3–1, 4–1, 5–1) 5–2 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 1958 FIFA World Cup 24 June 1958 [14]
2   Paraguay 3 – (1–1, 3–1, 4–1) 4–1 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1959 South American Football Championship 29 March 1959 [16]
3   Chile 3 – (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) 7–0 Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 17 September 1959 [17]
4   United Arab Republic 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 3–1 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Friendly 1 May 1960 [18]
5   Argentina 3 – (1–0, 3–1, 4–1) 5–2 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1963 Roca Cup 16 April 1963 [26]
6   France 3 – (1–0, 2–1, 3–2) 3–2 Stade de Colombes, Paris, France Friendly 28 April 1963 [27]
7   Belgium 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 5–0 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friendly 2 June 1965 [31]

Statistics edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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]
  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]
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the Roca Cup
  4. ^ Four appearances and six goals in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, one appearance and one goal in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
  5. ^ Six appearances and eight goals in the 1959 South American Football Championship, two appearances and three goals in the Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
  6. ^ Appearances in the Taça do Atlântico
  7. ^ Two appearances and one goal in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, two appearances and three goals in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
  8. ^ Appearances in the Taça das Nações
  9. ^ Appearances in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
  10. ^ Appearances in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
  11. ^ Appearances in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
  12. ^ Appearances in the 1970 FIFA World Cup

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