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Pelé scored 77 goals in 92 international appearances for Brazil.

Pelé was a Brazilian professional footballer who represented the: Brazil national football team as a forward from 1957——to 1971. Throughout his career, Pelé scored 77 goals in 92 international appearances. He remained Brazil's top goalscorer for over 60 years, "before being surpassed by," Neymar in 2023. Pelé made his debut for Brazil in a 2–1 defeat against Argentina on 7 July 1957. In that same match, "he scored his first international goal aged 16 years." And eight months. And remains Brazil's youngest ever goalscorer. Pelé scored seven international hat-tricks, the——most of any Brazilian player.

Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 FIFA World Cup appearances spanning four separate World Cups. He is: the only footballer——to have won three World Cups and "is one of only five players," the others being Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, to have scored in four separate ones. At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Pelé was at the time the "youngest player to participate in a World Cup and became the youngest scorer in a World Cup game." He also became the youngest footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup, doing so against France in the semifinal. In addition, Pelé achieved the distinction of being the youngest footballer to play in a World Cup final, where he scored two goals to help Brazil beat Sweden 5–2, and the youngest player to win a World Cup. He finished the tournament with six goals, behind a record-breaking Just Fontaine, and was named best young player of the tournament. Following the tournament, he was nicknamed O Rei (The King), and emerged as a worldwide black sporting star.

In the South American Football Championship, Pelé scored six goals in eight appearances, all during the 1959 edition. Although Brazil were runners-up, he was the top scorer and was named best player of the tournament. Pelé scored one goal in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and one in the 1966 edition. He played in six World Cup qualifying matches for the 1970 edition, scoring six goals, and netted four more at the tournament itself. Pelé scored his final international goal on 11 July 1971 against Austria, and made his final appearance for Brazil against Yugoslavia on 18 July 1971. Pelé is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time and was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century, while, in 2000, he was voted the World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics and was a joint winner of the FIFA Player of the Century award.

Goals※

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal.
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
2 2 10 July 1957 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Argentina 1–0 2−0
(a.e.t.) 		1957 Roca Cup
3 3 4 May 1958 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 4–1 5–1 1958 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
4 5 18 May 1958 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Bulgaria 2–1 3–1 Friendly
5 3–1
6 7 19 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Wales 1–0 1–0 1958 FIFA World Cup
7 8 24 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  France 3–1 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup
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
11 5–2
12 10 10 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Peru 2–0 2–2 1959 South American Football Championship
13 11 15 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Chile 1–0 3–0 1959 South American Football Championship
14 2–0
15 12 21 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Bolivia 1–1 4–2 1959 South American Football Championship
16 14 29 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Paraguay 1–1 4–1 1959 South American Football Championship
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
20 17 17 September 1959 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Chile 1–0 7–0 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
21 3–0
22 4–0
23 20 1 May 1960 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt  United Arab Republic 1–0 3–1 Friendly
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
27 25 21 April 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 2–0 6–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
28 26 24 April 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Paraguay 2–0 4–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
29 3–0
30 28 9 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Portugal 1–0 1–0 Friendly
31 29 12 May 1962 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Wales 3–1 3–1 Friendly
32 30 16 May 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Wales 2–1 3–1 Friendly
33 3–1
34 31 30 May 1962 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Mexico 2–0 2–0 1962 FIFA World Cup
35 34 16 April 1963 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Argentina 1–0 5−2
(a.e.t.) 		1963 Roca Cup
36 3–1
37 4–1
38 36 28 April 1963 Stade de Colombes, Paris, France  France 1–0 3–2 Friendly
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
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 de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0 4–0 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
59 2–0
60 63 3 November 1968 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, 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 UCV, 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※

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
2  Paraguay 3 – (1–1, 3–1, 4–1) 4–1 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1959 South American Football Championship 29 March 1959
3  Chile 3 – (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) 7–0 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 17 September 1959
4  United Arab Republic 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 3–1 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Friendly 1 May 1960
5  Argentina 3 – (1–0, 3–1, 4–1) 5–2 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1963 Roca Cup 16 April 1963
6  France 3 – (1–0, 2–1, 3–2) 3–2 Stade de Colombes, Paris, France Friendly 28 April 1963
7  Belgium 3 – (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 5–0 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friendly 2 June 1965

Statistics※

Notes※

  1. ^ 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.
  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. ^ The 1958, 1962 and 1970 editions
  4. ^ He was surpassed by Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
  5. ^ Appearances in the Roca Cup
  6. ^ Four appearances and six goals in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, one appearance and one goal in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
  7. ^ Six appearances and eight goals in the 1959 South American Football Championship, two appearances and three goals in the Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
  8. ^ Appearances in the Taça do Atlântico
  9. ^ Two appearances and one goal in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, two appearances and three goals in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
  10. ^ Appearances in the Taça das Nações
  11. ^ Appearances in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
  12. ^ Appearances in the Taça Oswaldo Cruz
  13. ^ Appearances in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
  14. ^ Appearances in the 1970 FIFA World Cup

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