Brazil’s Pele celebrates after scoring the opening purpose in Brazil’s last match towards Italy on the 1970 FIFA World Cup. File
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Factbox on the career statistics of former Brazil ahead Pelé, who has died on the age of 82:
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* Won three World Cup titles with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 – the one participant to have received the showpiece event 3 times.
* Became the youngest-ever participant to win the World Cup trophy at 17, a file that also stands.
* Scored 757 targets in 812 official matches for membership and nation, a file that stood for many years till Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo eclipsed his tally.
* Brazil’s soccer affiliation (CBF) and Santos say Pelé scored a complete of 1,283 targets in 1,367 matches whereas FIFA places the determine at 1,281 targets in 1,366 video games. Other sources give various figures relying on the varieties of video games included.
* Netted 77 targets in 92 official matches for Brazil – the nation’s all-time main purpose scorer, alongside Neymar, who netted his 77th purpose in the 2022 World Cup.
* Scored 12 targets in World Cups.
* Registered six assists at Mexico 1970 – a file for one World Cup.
* Scored 92 hat-tricks throughout official and unofficial video games.
* Scored 127 targets for Santos in 1959, regarded as probably the most targets scored by a membership participant in one calendar 12 months.
* Finished as Santos’ high scorer with 643 targets in 659 aggressive matches.
* Won Brazil’s Serie A six occasions with Santos (1961-1965 and 1968).
* Led Santos to 2 Copa Libertadores titles (1962 and 1963).