List of international goals scored by Pelé

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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]

Pelé in 1966

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 manage 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]

# Date Venue Host team Result Away team Competition Goals Cumulative Goals
1 7 July 1957 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–2  Argentina Roca Cup 1 1
2 10 July 1957 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 2–0  Argentina Roca Cup 1 2
3 4 May 1958 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 5–1  Paraguay Taça Oswaldo Cruz 1 3
4 14 May 1958 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 4–0  Bulgaria Friendly 0 3
5 18 May 1958 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 3–1  Bulgaria Friendly 2 5
6 15 June 1958 Gothenburg, Sweden  Brazil 2–0  Soviet Union World Cup 0 5
7 19 June 1958 Gothenburg, Sweden  Brazil 1–0  Wales World Cup 1 6
8 24 June 1958 Stockholm, Sweden  Brazil 5–2  France World Cup 3 9
9 29 June 1958 Stockholm, Sweden  Brazil 5–2  Sweden World Cup 2 11
10 10 March 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 2–2 Peru Copa América 1 12
11 15 March 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 3–0  Chile Copa América 2 14
12 21 March 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 4–2 Bolivia Copa América 1 15
13 26 March 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 3–1  Uruguay Copa América 0 15
14 29 March 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 4–1  Paraguay Copa América 3 18
15 4 April 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 1–1  Brazil Copa América 1 19
16 13 May 1959 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–0  England Friendly 0 19
17 17 September 1959 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 7–0  Chile Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 3 22
18 20 September 1959 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 1–0  Chile Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 0 22
19 29 April 1960 Cairo, Egypt  United Arab Republic 0–5  Brazil Friendly 0 22
20 1 May 1960 Alexandria, Egypt  United Arab Republic 1–3  Brazil Friendly 3 25
21 6 May 1960 Cairo, Egypt  United Arab Republic 0–3  Brazil Friendly 0 25
22 10 May 1960 Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 3–4  Brazil Friendly 0 25
23 9 July 1960 Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 0–1  Brazil Atlantic Cup 0 25
24 12 July 1960 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 5–1  Argentina Atlantic Cup 1 26
25 21 April 1962 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 6–0  Paraguay Taça Oswaldo Cruz 1 27
26 24 April 1962 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 4–0  Paraguay Taça Oswaldo Cruz 2 29
27 6 May 1962 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Portugal Friendly 0 29
28 9 May 1962 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–0  Portugal Friendly 1 30
29 12 May 1962 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 3–1  Wales Friendly 1 31
30 16 May 1962 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 3–1  Wales Friendly 2 33
31 30 May 1962 Viña del Mar, Chile  Brazil 2–0  Mexico World Cup 1 34
32 2 June 1962 Viña del Mar, Chile  Brazil 0–0  Czechoslovakia World Cup 0 34
33 13 April 1963 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 2–3  Argentina Roca Cup 0 34
34 16 April 1963 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 5–2  Argentina Roca Cup 3 37
35 21 April 1963 Lisbon, Portugal  Portugal 1–0  Brazil Friendly 0 37
36 28 April 1963 Paris, France  France 2–3  Brazil Friendly 3 40
37 2 May 1963 Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–0  Brazil Friendly 0 40
38 5 May 1963 Hamburg, Germany  West Germany 1–2  Brazil Friendly 1 41
39 12 May 1963 Milan, Italy  Italy 3–0  Brazil Friendly 0 41
40 30 May 1964 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 5–1  England Taça das Nações 1 42
41 3 June 1964 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 0–3  Argentina Taça das Nações 0 42
42 7 June 1964 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 4–1  Portugal Taça das Nações 1 43
43 2 June 1965 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 5–0  Belgium Friendly 3 46
44 6 June 1965 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–0  West Germany Friendly 1 47
45 9 June 1965 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 0–0  Argentina Friendly 0 47
46 17 June 1965 Oran, Algeria  Algeria 0–3  Brazil Friendly 1 48
47 24 June 1965 Porto, Portugal  Portugal 0–0  Brazil Friendly 0 48
48 30 June 1965 Stockholm, Sweden  Sweden 1–2  Brazil Friendly 1 49
49 4 July 1965 Moscow, USSR  Soviet Union 0–3  Brazil Friendly 2 51
50 21 November 1965 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–2  Soviet Union Friendly 1 52
51 19 May 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–0  Chile Friendly 0 52
52 4 June 1966 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 4–0 Peru Friendly 1 53
53 8 June 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Poland Friendly 0 53
54 12 June 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Czechoslovakia Friendly 2 55
55 15 June 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–2  Czechoslovakia Friendly 1 56
56 25 June 1966 Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–1  Brazil Friendly 0 56
57 30 June 1966 Göteborg, Sweden  Sweden 2–3  Brazil Friendly 0 56
58 12 July 1966 Liverpool, England  Brazil 2–0  Bulgaria World Cup 1 57
59 19 July 1966 Liverpool, England  Portugal 3–1  Brazil World Cup 0 57
60 25 July 1968 Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 0–4  Brazil Taça Oswaldo Cruz 2 59
61 28 July 1968 Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0  Brazil Taça Oswaldo Cruz 0 59
62 31 October 1968 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–2  Mexico Friendly 0 59
63 3 November 1968 Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Mexico Friendly 1 60
64 6 November 1968 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1 United Nations Rest of The World Friendly 0 60
65 14 December 1968 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–2  West Germany Friendly 0 60
66 17 December 1968 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 3–3  Yugoslavia Friendly 1 61
67 7 April 1969 Porto Alegre, Brazil  Brazil 2–1 Peru Friendly 0 61
68 9 April 1969 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 3–2 Peru Friendly 1 62
69 12 June 1969 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  England Friendly 0 62
70 6 August 1969 Bogotá, Colombia  Colombia 0–2  Brazil World Cup Qualifiers 0 62
71 10 August 1969 Caracas, Venezuela  Venezuela 0–5  Brazil World Cup Qualifiers 2 64
72 17 August 1969 Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 0–3  Brazil World Cup Qualifiers 0 64
73 21 August 1969 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 6–2  Colombia World Cup Qualifiers 1 65
74 24 August 1969 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 6–0  Venezuela World Cup Qualifiers 2 67
75 31 August 1969 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–0  Paraguay World Cup Qualifiers 1 68
76 4 March 1970 Porto Alegre, Brazil  Brazil 0–2  Argentina Friendly 0 68
77 8 March 1970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Argentina Friendly 1 69
78 22 March 1970 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 5–0  Chile Friendly 2 71
79 26 March 1970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Chile Friendly 0 71
80 12 April 1970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 0–0  Paraguay Friendly 0 71
81 26 April 1970 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 0–0  Bulgaria Friendly 0 71
82 29 April 1970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–0  Austria Friendly 0 71
83 3 June 1970 Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 4–1  Czechoslovakia World Cup 1 72
84 7 June 1970 Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 1–0  England World Cup 0 72
85 10 June 1970 Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 3–2  Romania World Cup 2 74
86 14 June 1970 Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 4–2 Peru World Cup 0 74
87 17 June 1970 Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 3–1  Uruguay World Cup 0 74
88 21 June 1970 Mexico City, Mexico  Brazil 4–1  Italy World Cup 1 75
89 30 September 1970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–1  Mexico Friendly 0 75
90 4 October 1970 Santiago de Chile, Chile  Chile 1–5  Brazil Friendly 1 76
91 11 July 1971 São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil 1–1  Austria Friendly 1 77
92 18 July 1971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 2–2  Yugoslavia Friendly 0 77

Source:[5]

Non-full international appearances (24) and goals (22)
# Date Venue Host team Result Away team Goals Cumulative Goals Notes
1 1958-05-21 São Paulo Brazil Brazil 5–0 Brazil Corinthians 0 0
2 1960-05-08 Malmö Sweden Malmö FF 1–7 Brazil Brazil 2 2
3 1960-05-12 Milan Italy Inter Milan 2–2 Brazil Brazil 2 4
4 1960-05-16 Lisbon Portugal Sporting Lisbon 0–4 Brazil Brazil 0 4
5 1962-05-24 Valparaiso Chile Santiago Wanderers 2–2 Brazil Brazil 1 5 [7]
6 1962-05-27 Viña del Mar Chile Everton 1–9 Brazil Brazil 2 7 [7]
7 1963-05-03 Eindhoven Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–1 Brazil Brazil 0 7
8 1966-05-01 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil 2–0 Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul XI 0 7
9 1966-06-21 Madrid Spain Atlético Madrid 3–5 Brazil Brazil 3 10
10 1966-07-04 Stockholm Sweden AIK 2–4 Brazil Brazil 2 12
11 1966-07-06 Malmö Sweden Malmö FF 1–3 Brazil Brazil 2 14
12 1968-11-13 Curitiba Brazil Coritiba 1–2 Brazil Brazil 0 14
13 1969-07-06 Salvador Brazil EC Bahia 0–4 Brazil Brazil 1 15
14 1969-07-09 Aracaju Sergipe Sergipe XI 2–8 Brazil Brazil 0 15
15 1969-07-13 Recife Pernambuco Pernambuco XI 1–6 Brazil Brazil 1 16
16 1969-08-01 Bogotá Colombia Millonarios 0–2 Brazil Brazil 0 16
17 1969-09-03 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Minas Gerais XI 2–1 Brazil Brazil 1 17
18 1970-03-14 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Bangu 1–1 Brazil Brazil 0 17
19 1970-04-05 Manaus Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas XI 1–4 Brazil Brazil 1 18
20 1970-04-19 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Minas Gerais XI 1–3 Brazil Brazil 0 18
21 1970-05-06 Guadalajara Mexico Guadalajara XI 0–3 Brazil Brazil 1 19
22 1970-05-17 León Mexico León 2–5 Brazil Brazil 2 21
23 1970-05-24 Irapuato Mexico Irapuato 0–3 Brazil Brazil 0 21
24 1973-12-19 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil 2–1 United Nations Rest of The World 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)
# Date Pelé's team Result Opponent Goals Cumulative Goals
1 21/01/1959 Santos 3–1 Costa Rica 0 0
2 17/02/1959 Santos 3–2 Curaçao 0 0
3 23/05/1959 Santos 3–3 Bulgaria 2 2
4 24/05/1959 Santos 2–0 Bulgaria 1 3
5 25/05/1960 Santos 5–2 Poland 2 5
6 18/01/1961 Santos 2–1 Colombia 2 7
7 29/01/1961 Santos 3–1 Guatemala 2 9
8 11/06/1961 Santos 3–1 Israel 1 10
9 10/12/1962 Santos 2–1 Soviet Union 1 11
10 14/02/1963 Santos 3–1 Brazil Olympic 1 12
11 16/01/1965 Santos 6–4 Czechoslovakia 3 15
12 28/05/1967 Santos 4–1 Senegal 3 18
13 31/05/1967 Santos 4–0 Gabon 1 19
14 02/06/1967 Santos 2–1 Congo 1 20
15 04/06/1967 Santos 2–1 Côte d’Ivoire 1 21
16 07/06/1967 Santos 3–2 Congo 3 24
17 13/01/1968 Santos 4–1 Czechoslovakia 0 24
18 26/01/1969 Santos 2–2 Nigeria 2 26[11]
19 09/02/1969 Santos 1–1 Algeria 0 26
20 19/01/1969 Santos 3–2 Congo 2 28
21 21/01/1969 Santos 2–0 Congo 0 28
22 23/01/1969 Santos 2–3 Congo 2 30
23 10/12/1970 Santos 4–1 Hong Kong 2 32
24 11/12/1970 Santos 4–0 Hong Kong 3 35
25 13/12/1970 Santos 5–2 Hong Kong 1 36
26 17/12/1970 Santos 4–0 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 38
27 23/01/1971 Santos 4–1 Martinique 1 39
28 31/01/1971 Santos 1–1 Jamaica 0 39
29 26/01/1971 Santos 2-1 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 1 40
30 17/02/1971 Santos 2–0 Haiti 0 40
31 26/05/1972 Santos 3–0 Japan 2 42
32 02/06/1972 Santos 3–2 South Korea 1 43
33 10/06/1972 Santos 6–1 Thailand 2 45
34 17/06/1972 Santos 2–2 Australia 0 45
35 21/06/1972 Santos 3–2 Indonesia 1 46
36 05/09/1972 Santos 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago 1 47
37 12/02/1973 Santos 1–1 Kuwait 1 48
38 16/02/1973 Santos 7–1 Bahrain 2 50
39 23/05/1976 Team America 0–4 Italy 0 50
40 28/05/1976 Team America 0–2 Brazil 0 50
41 31/05/1976 Team America 1–3 England 0 50
42 08/09/1976 New York Cosmos 1–1 Canada 0 50
43 10/09/1976 New York Cosmos 1–3 Canada 0 50
44 25/09/1976 New York Cosmos 2–2 Japan 0 50
45 14/09/1977 New York Cosmos 1–3 Japan 0 50
46 17/09/1977 New York Cosmos 1–1 China 0 50
47 20/09/1977 New York Cosmos 1–2 China 1 51

Sources:[12][13]

FIFA World Cup goals[]

FIFA World Cup goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result World Cup Round
1 1958-06-19 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Wales 1–0 1–0 1958 Quarterfinal
2 1958-06-24 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  France 1–3 2–5 1958 Semifinal
3 1958-06-24 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  France 1–4 2–5 1958 Semifinal
4 1958-06-24 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  France 1–5 2–5 1958 Semifinal
5 1958-06-29 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 1–3 2–5 1958 Final
6 1958-06-29 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 2–5 2–5 1958 Final
7 1962-05-30 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Mexico 2–0 2–0 1962 Group stage
8 1966-07-12 Goodison Park, Liverpool, England  Bulgaria 1–0 2–0 1966 Group stage
9 1970-06-03 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Czechoslovakia 2–1 4–1 1970 Group stage
10 1970-06-10 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Romania 1–0 3–2 1970 Group stage
11 1970-06-10 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Romania 3–1 3–2 1970 Group stage
12 1970-06-21 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Italy 1–0 4–1 1970 Final

Source:[5]

Statistics[]

Team Year Tournament Friendly Total Goal average
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]

Goals by competition (Official)
Competition Apps Goals
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[]

Pelé had scored seven hat-tricks for Brazil.
No. Date Goals Opponent Venue Competition Result[a] Ref
1 24 June 1958 3  France Råsunda, Solna, Sweden 1958 World Cup 5–2 [15]
2 29 March 1959 3  Paraguay Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina South American Championship 4–1 [16]
3 17 September 1959 3  Chile Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  [pt] 7–0 [17]
4 1 May 1960 3  United Arab Republic Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Friendly 3–1 [18]
5 16 April 1963 3  Argentina Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Roca Cup 5–2 [19]
6 28 April 1963 3  France Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France Friendly 3–2 [20]
7 6 February 1964 3  Belgium Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friendly 5–0 [21]

Source:[5]

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