Today, Friday, December 29, marks the first anniversary of the death of Brazilian legend Pele at the age of 82 after a long struggle with cancer, in addition to some heart and kidney problems.
Pele’s death
Pele began his football career early with the Santos club, when he was 15 years old, and played with the Brazilian national football team when he was 16 years old. He won three World Cup championships with his country, the Seleção, during the years 1958, 1962 and 1970, and he is the only player to achieve this achievement.
Pele led his team, the Brazilian club Santos, to the Copa Libertadores title in 1962 and 1963. He announced his retirement from football in 1977, and was then appointed a football ambassador around the world.
Pele played for Brazil, Santos and New York Cosmos. He won the World Cup three times in 1958, 1962 and 1970, an achievement that no other player has achieved.
Pele hung up his boots on October 1, 1977, after a career full of achievements and titles. We review Pele’s most important numbers during his career:
He played 21 years.
He began his career with Brazilian Santos in 1956.
Pele participated in 1,363 matches.
He scored 1283 goals.
He won the World Cup 3 times (Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970).
He played 92 matches with Brazil and scored 77 goals, the all-time top scorer
He retired in 1977 with the New York Cosmos
He played for the Brazilian teams Santos and the American New York Cosmos
He played his first match for Brazil against Argentina on July 7, 1957 at the Maracana
He retired internationally on July 18, 1971, against Yugoslavia at the Maracana
He won 11 championships with Santos between 1957 and 1974.
He won the Brazilian League 5 times, the Copa Libertadores twice, and the Club World Cup twice in 1962 and 1963.
Record numbers in his career
Pele is the only football player to win the World Cup three times: 1958, 1962, and 1970.
Pele has the most goals in football history with 1,283 goals from 1,363 matches.
He scored 92 hat-tricks in his history.
He was the youngest player to score in a World Cup after scoring a hat-trick for Brazil in the 1958 World Cup at the age of 17 years and 244 days.
The youngest player to score in the 1958 World Cup final at the age of 17 after scoring two goals.
2023-12-28 22:21:00
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