The photographers and other media representatives storm the square, while Pelé is carried across the square on the shoulders of fans and his teammates. The game on 19. November 1969 could only be continued after a long break. At the age of 29, “O Rei” Pelé, King Pelé, cracked the 1000-hit barrier.
In an interview, Pelé did not conceal the fact that the penalty kick was controversial: with today’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR), the penalty would probably not have been given, the flattest of the three-time world champion and player of the century of the world association FIFA.
65,157 tickets had been sold for Rio’s football temple, which no longer held 200,000 spectators as it did at the home World Cup in 1950. However, 80,000 fans are said to have been in the arena. Santos won 2-1 in the end – thanks to Pele and his penalty hit with a low shot into the lower right corner.
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“I don’t need a party to celebrate,” said Pelé after the goal, which went down in football annals: “It is much more important for me to help poor children and those in need. I think above all of the kind of Christmas that these people will spend. ”
At the end of his career, Pelé had 1,363 games and 1,281 goals. Of these, the exceptional player is said to have scored 767 in 831 official games. He is “only” third in the all-time ranking. Czech striker Josef Bican is at the top with 805 goals in 530 games in a career interrupted by World War II.
Romario, who led Brazil to a World Cup triumph in 1994, is second with 772 goals in 994 encounters. Pelé has the current superstars Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus Turin / 724 in 1018 games) and Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona / 708 in 890 games – as of November 19, 2020).
Incidentally, the German-Brazilian Arthur Friedenreich scored even more goals than Pelé between 1909 and 1935 with 1329, according to FIFA. He was also the first to break the 1000-goal barrier.
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Pelé after scoring 1000th goal in the Maracana in 1969
Fotocredit: Getty Images
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