List of international goals scored by Pelé

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Pelé scored 77 goals in 92 international appearances for Brazil

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 and scored his first international goal in the same game.[6]

12 of his goals came during his 14 FIFA World Cup appearances, including six in his first World Cup in 1958, and four in his last World Cup in 1970.[7] Pelé is one of the five players, along with Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, who have scored in four separate World Cups.[7]

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 [8]
2 2 10 July 1957 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Argentina 1–0 2−0
(a.e.t.) 		1957 Roca Cup [9]
3 3 4 May 1958 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 4–1 5–1 1958 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [10]
4 5 18 May 1958 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Bulgaria 2–1 3–1 Friendly [11]
5 3–1
6 7 19 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Wales 1–0 1–0 1958 FIFA World Cup [12]
7 8 24 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  France 3–1 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup [13]
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 [14]
11 5–2
12 10 10 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Peru 2–0 2–2 1959 South American Football Championship [15]
13 11 15 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Chile 1–0 3–0 1959 South American Football Championship [15]
14 2–0
15 12 21 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, [ [Argentina]]  Bolivia 1–1 4–2 1959 South American Football Championship [15]
16 14 29 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Paraguay 1–1 4–1 1959 South American Football Championship [15]
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 [15]
20 17 17 September 1959 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Chile 1–0 7–0 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins [16]
21 3–0
22 4–0
23 20 1 May 1960 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt  United Arab Republic 1–0 3–1 Friendly [17]
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 [18]
27 25 21 April 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 2–0 6–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [19]
28 26 24 April 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Paraguay 2–0 4–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [20]
29 3–0
30 28 9 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Portugal 1–0 1–0 Friendly [21]
31 29 12 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Wales 3–1 3–1 Friendly [22]
32 30 16 May 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Wales 2–1 3–1 Friendly [23]
33 3–1
34 31 30 May 1962 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Mexico 2–0 2–0 1962 FIFA World Cup [24]
35 34 16 April 1963 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Argentina 1–0 5−2
(a.e.t.) 		1963 Roca Cup [25]
36 3–1
37 4–1
38 36 28 April 1963 Stade de Colombes, Paris, France  France 1–0 3–2 Friendly [26]
39 2–1
40 3–2
41 38 5 May 1963 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany  West Germany 2–1 2–1 Friendly
42 40 30 May 1964 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  England 3–1 5–1 Taça das Nações
43 42 30 May 1964 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Portugal 1–0 4–1 Taça das Nações
44 43 2 June 1965 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Belgium 1–0 5–0 Friendly [27]
45 2–0
46 3–0
47 44 6 June 1965 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany  West Germany 2–0 2–0 Friendly
48 46 17 June 1965 Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Oran, Algeria  Algeria 1–0 3–0 Friendly
49 48 30 June 1965 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 1–1 2–1 Friendly
50 49 4 July 1965 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union  Soviet Union 1–0 3–0 Friendly
51 3–0
52 50 21 November 1965 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Soviet Union 2–0 2–2 Friendly
53 52 4 June 1966 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil Peru 1–0 4–0 Friendly
54 54 12 June 1966 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–1 Friendly
55 2–0
56 55 15 June 1966 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
57 58 12 July 1966 Goodison Park, Liverpool, England  Bulgaria 1–0 2–0 1966 FIFA World Cup
58 60 25 July 1968 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0 4–0 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
59 2–0
60 63 3 November 1968 Mineirão, Belo Horizante, Brazil  Mexico 2–0 2–1 Friendly
61 66 17 December 1968 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Yugoslavia 2–2 3–3 Friendly
62 68 9 April 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Peru 1–2 3–2 Friendly
63 71 10 August 1969 Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas, Venezuela  Venezuela 2–0 5–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
64 5–0
65 73 21 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Colombia 4–1 6–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
66 74 24 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Venezuela 5–0 6–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
67 6–0
68 75 31 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 1–0 1–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
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 [13]
2  Paraguay 3 – (1–1, 3–1, 4–1) 4–1 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1959 South American Football Championship 29 March 1959 [15]
3  Chile 3 – (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) 7–0 Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 17 September 1959 [16]
4  United Arab Republic 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 3–1 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Friendly 1 May 1960 [17]
5  Argentina 3 – (1–0, 3–1, 4–1) 5–2 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1963 Roca Cup 16 April 1963 [25]
6  France 3 – (1–0, 2–1, 3–2) 3–2 Stade de Colombes, Paris, France Friendly 28 April 1963 [26]
7  Belgium 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 5–0 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friendly 2 June 1965 [27]

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

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b "A tribute to record-breaking Neymar". FIFA. 9 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ Mackey, Ed (6 December 2022). "Why Brazil believe Neymar has not surpassed Pele's national goal record". The Athletic. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ Mackey, Ed; Garrick, Omar. "Neymar breaks Pele record to become Brazil's record goalscorer – but FIFA, Brazil numbers differ". The Athletic. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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  11. ^ "Friendlies 1958 » May » Brazil - Bulgaria 3:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Brazil v Wales, 19 June 1958". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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  14. ^ "Sweden v Brazil, 29 June 1958". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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  19. ^ "Friendlies 1962 » April » Brazil - Paraguay 6:0". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Friendlies 1962 » April » Brazil - Paraguay 4:0". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Brazil v Portugal, 09 May 1962". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Friendlies 1962 » May » Brazil - Wales 3:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Friendlies 1962 » May » Brazil - Wales 3:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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  27. ^ a b "Brazil v Belgium, 02 June 1965". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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