PERSON
SoccerPelé
🇧🇷 Brazil • 1940–2022 (age 82)
Brazilian forward; 3× World Cup winner (1958, 1962, 1970).
- Nationality
- BR
Records
3 metrics · 3 records
Career Goals
1 recordWhat countsAll competitive club + international goals (friendly/exhibition goals excluded).
- 1977Disputed basis. 1,281 goals in 1,363 games is the FIFA-reported career figure and includes friendlies and tour matches. Official-competition counts are materially lower: 762 per IFFHS and 778 per RSSSF official-match methodology (Wikipedia, List of footballers with 500 or more goals; rsssf.org/players/prolific.html — whose friendly-inclusive top-level count is 1,274; Guinness cites 1,283). Stored at the most-cited figure per Tier-1 editorial policy. Retired-goals audit 2026-06-09.1,281countsrc
International Goals
1 recordWhat countsGoals for the senior national team in FIFA A matches (youth and B-team goals excluded).
- 197177 goals in 92 official A internationals for Brazil (1957–1971) per FIFA/Wikipedia — official-match basis (the 92 includes one non-FIFA-recognized match vs a World XI); counts that include unofficial matches are higher. Retired-goals audit 2026-06-09.77countsrc
World Cup Wins
1 record- 19701958, 1962, 1970 — the only player with three World Cup wins.3countsrc
Sources
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repoint-2026-06: was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_career_goals_by_Pel%C3%A9 (HTTP 404); repointed to live equivalent. live article #Career_statistics states the exact stored claim: "often reported by FIFA as being 1,281 goals in 1,363 games" (record: FIFA-sourced 1281), verified 2026-06-09
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