List of international goals scored by Pelé

Pelé in 1970; he 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.[1] For over 50 years, he was the all-time leading goalscorer for Brazil, with 77 international goals, which he scored in 92 appearances until Neymar broke the record in 2023.[1] His first goal came in his debut game against Argentina, the only goal of Brazil in a 1–2 defeat in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] 12 of those 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.[1] 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.[1]

Goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal.[2]
Table key
Indicates France won the match
Indicates the match ended in a draw
Indicates France 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 [3]
2 2 10 July 1957 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Argentina 1–0 2−0
(a.e.t.) 		1957 Roca Cup [3]
3 3 4 May 1958 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay 4–1 5–1 1958 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [4]
4 5 18 May 1958 Pacaembu Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, 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 Championship (Argentina)
13 11 15 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Chile 2–0 3–0 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
14 3–0
15 12 21 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Bolivia 1–1 4–2 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
16 14 29 March 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Paraguay 1–1 4–1 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
17 2–1
18 4–1
19 15 4 April 1959 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 1–1 1–1 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
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 5–0 6–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [4]
28 26 24 April 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Paraguay 1–0 4–0 1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [4]
29 4–0
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 [3]
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 Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0 4–0 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz [4]
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

Pelé had scored seven hat-tricks for Brazil.
No. Date Goals Opponent Venue Competition Result[a] Ref
1 24 June 1958 3  France Råsunda, Solna, Sweden 1958 World Cup 5–2 [5]
2 29 March 1959 3  Paraguay Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina South American Championship 4–1 [6]
3 17 September 1959 3  Chile Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 7–0 [7]
4 1 May 1960 3  United Arab Republic Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Friendly 3–1 [8]
5 16 April 1963 3  Argentina Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Roca Cup 5–2 [9]
6 28 April 1963 3  France Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France Friendly 3–2 [10]
7 6 February 1964 3  Belgium Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friendly 5–0 [11]

Source:[2]

Statistics

Source: [2][12]

Goals by year
Year Apps Goals
1957 2 2
1958 7 9
1959 9 11
1960 6 2
1961 0 0
1962 8 8
1963 7 7
1964 3 2
1965 8 9
1966 9 5
1967 0 0
1968 7 4
1969 9 7
1970 15 8
1971 2 1
Total 92 77
Goals by competition
Competition Apps Goals
Friendlies 50 34
Copa América 6 8
FIFA World Cup qualification 6 6
FIFA World Cup 14 12
Other Tournaments 16 17
Total 92 77


Goals by opponent
Opponent Goals
 Paraguay 10
 Argentina 8
 Chile 8
 France 6
 Czechoslovakia 4
 Venezuela 4
 Wales 4
 Belgium 3
 Soviet Union 3
 Sweden 3
 United Arab Republic 3
Peru 2
 Mexico 2
 Portugal 2
 Romania 2
 West Germany 2
 Algeria 1
 Austria 1
 Bolivia 1
 Bulgaria 1
 Colombia 1
 England 1
 Italy 1
 Yugoslavia 1
Total 77
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References

  1. ^ a b c d Menon, Anirudh (30 December 2022). "Pele's incredible numbers: hundreds of goals and 3 World Cups". ESPN. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Mamrud, Roberto. "Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Luis Pierrend, José (9 June 2021). "Copa Julio Roca". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; do Nascimento Pereira, André; Woods, Dennis David (10 August 2020). "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1957-1958". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Brazil–France 24th June 1958" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Brazil-Paraguay 29th March 1959" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Brazil-Chile 17th September 1959" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Brazil-United Arab Republic 1st May 1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Brazil-Argentina 16th April 1963" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Brazil-France 28th April 1963" (in Portuguese). Sambafoot. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Brazil-Belgium 2nd June 1964". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Afinal, quantos gols Pelé tem pela Seleção Brasileira?" (in Portuguese). Esporte Interativo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

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  • Mamrud, Roberto. "Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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