Pele Records

Pele during his time at Santos

We will take a look at Pele’s records in the world of football.

Edson Arantes do Nascimento known to the world as Pele did the impossible and broke several records as a player be it in the World Cup or with his team Santos and later the New York Cosmos. Let’s take a look at some of the records broken by the most iconic footballer of all time.

Pele scored a remarkable four goals on his Santos debut against Corinthians on 7 September, 1956.

Pele scored a total of 1,283 goals, 77 of which came in a Brazil shirt.

At 17, Pele became the youngest ever winner of a World Cup, which he first won in 1958. The youngster also managed to find the back of the net twice against Sweden in the final.

Pele recorded his first ever goal in the World Cup against Wales in the quarter finals of the 1958 tournament which Brazil won 1-0.

The striker scored his first hat-trick for Santos against Lavras on June 9, 1957.

Everyone knows that Pele loved scoring goals but did you know that Pele recorded three or more goals an astonishing 129 times in his career?

Pele holds the record for scoring his country’s 100th World Cup goal which came against Italy in the 1970 World Cup final.

Pele is 5th on the all time World Cup goal scorers list with 12. The top scorer is Ronaldo who is also a Brazilian.

Pele stands by a display to celebrate his 1000th professional goal

The legendary number 10 scored his 1000th goal against Vasco da Gama from a penalty kick at the iconic Maracana stadium.

Pele is the only player to be a part of three World Cup winning teams.

In his illustrious career Pele scored 92 hat-tricks, and scored four goals on 31 occasions, five on six occasions, and once scored eight goals.

Pele was given an honorary Knighthood by the United Kingdom in 1997.

The International Olympic Committee voted Pele as the ‘Athlete Of The Century’ back in 1999.