Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Brazilian player, who scored 77 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
  
Caps  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1   1   1    7/ 7/57   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       1-2     Roca Cup
  2   1   2   10/ 7/57   São Paulo       Argentina       2-0     Roca Cup
  3   1   3    4/ 5/58   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        5-1     Cruz Cup
  4       3   14/ 5/58   Rio de Janeiro  Bulgaria        4-0
  5   2   5   18/ 5/58   São Paulo       Bulgaria        3-1
  6       5   15/ 6/58   Göteborg        Soviet Union    2-0     World Cup
  7   1   6   19/ 6/58   Göteborg        Wales           1-0     World Cup
  8   3   9   24/ 6/58   Stockholm       France          5-2     World Cup
  9   2  11   29/ 6/58   Stockholm       Sweden          5-2     World Cup
 10   1  12   10/ 3/59   Buenos Aires    Peru            2-2     Copa America
 11   2  14   15/ 3/59   Buenos Aires    Chile           3-0     Copa America
 12   1  15   21/ 3/59   Buenos Aires    Bolivia         4-2     Copa America
 13      15   26/ 3/59   Buenos Aires    Uruguay         3-1     Copa America
 14   3  18   29/ 3/59   Buenos Aires    Paraguay        4-1     Copa America
 15   1  19    4/ 4/59   Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-1     Copa America
 16      19   13/ 5/59   Rio de Janeiro  England         2-0
 17   3  22   17/ 9/59   Rio de Janeiro  Chile           7-0     O'Higgins Cup
 18      22   20/ 9/59   São Paulo       Chile           1-0     O'Higgins Cup
 19      22   29/ 4/60   Cairo           Egypt           5-0
 20   3  25    1/ 5/60   Alexandria      Egypt           3-1
 21      25    6/ 5/60   Cairo           Egypt           3-0
 22      25   10/ 5/60   København       Denmark         4-3
 23      25    9/ 7/60   Montevideo      Uruguay         0-1     Atlantico Cup
 24   1  26   12/ 7/60   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       5-1     Atlantico Cup
 25   1  27   21/ 4/62   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        6-0     Cruz Cup
 26   2  29   24/ 4/62   São Paulo       Paraguay        4-0     Cruz Cup
 27      29    6/ 5/62   São Paulo       Portugal        2-1
 28   1  30    9/ 5/62   Rio de Janeiro  Portugal        1-0
 29   1  31   12/ 5/62   Rio de Janeiro  Wales           3-1
 30   2  33   16/ 5/62   São Paulo       Wales           3-1
 31   1  34   30/ 5/62   Viña del Mar    Mexico          2-0     World Cup
 32      34    2/ 6/62   Viña del Mar    Czechoslovakia  0-0     World Cup
 33      34   13/ 4/63   São Paulo       Argentina       2-3     Roca Cup
 34   3  37   16/ 4/63   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       5-2     Roca Cup
 35      37   21/ 4/63   Lisboa          Portugal        0-1
 36   3  40   28/ 4/63   Paris           France          3-2
 37      40    2/ 5/63   Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-1
 38   1  41    5/ 5/63   Hamburg         West Germany    2-1
 39      41   12/ 5/63   Milano          Italy           0-3
 40   1  42   30/ 5/64   Rio de Janeiro  England         5-1     Nations Cup
 41      42    3/ 6/64   São Paulo       Argentina       0-3     Nations Cup
 42   1  43    7/ 6/64   Rio de Janeiro  Portugal        4-1     Nations Cup
 43   3  46    2/ 6/65   Rio de Janeiro  Belgium         5-0
 44   1  47    6/ 6/65   Rio de Janeiro  West Germany    2-0
 45      47    9/ 6/65   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       0-0
 46   1  48   17/ 6/65   Oran            Algeria         3-0
 47      48   24/ 6/65   Porto           Portugal        0-0
 48   1  49   30/ 6/65   Stockholm       Sweden          2-1
 49   2  51    4/ 7/65   Moskva          Soviet Union    3-0
 50   1  52   21/11/65   Rio de Janeiro  Soviet Union    2-2
 51      52   19/ 5/66   Rio de Janeiro  Chile           1-0
 52   1  53    4/ 6/66   São Paulo       Peru            4-0
 53      53    8/ 6/66   Rio de Janeiro  Poland          2-1
 54   2  55   12/ 6/66   Rio de Janeiro  Czechoslovakia  2-1
 55   1  56   15/ 6/66   Rio de Janeiro  Czechoslovakia  2-2
 56      56   25/ 6/66   Glasgow         Scotland        1-1
 57      56   30/ 6/66   Göteborg        Sweden          3-2
 58   1  57   12/ 7/66   Liverpool       Bulgaria        2-0     World Cup
 59      57   19/ 7/66   Liverpool       Portugal        1-3     World Cup
 60   2  59   25/ 7/68   Asunción        Paraguay        4-0     Cruz Cup
 61      59   28/ 7/68   Asunción        Paraguay        0-1     Cruz Cup
 62      59   31/10/68   Rio de Janeiro  Mexico          1-2
 63   1  60    3/11/68   Belo Horizonte  Mexico          2-1
 64      60    6/11/68   Rio de Janeiro  FIFA            2-1
 65      60   14/12/68   Rio de Janeiro  West Germany    2-2
 66   1  61   17/12/68   Rio de Janeiro  Yugoslavia      3-3
 67      61    7/ 4/69   Porto Alegre    Peru            2-1
 68   1  62    9/ 4/69   Rio de Janeiro  Peru            3-2
 69      62   12/ 6/69   Rio de Janeiro  England         2-1
 70      62    6/ 8/69   Bogotá          Colombia        2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 71   2  64   10/ 8/69   Caracas         Venezuela       5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 72      64   17/ 8/69   Asunción        Paraguay        3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 73   1  65   21/ 8/69   Rio de Janeiro  Colombia        6-2     World Cup Qualifier
 74   2  67   24/ 8/69   Rio de Janeiro  Venezuela       6-0     World Cup Qualifier
 75   1  68   31/ 8/69   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 76      68    4/ 3/70   Porto Alegre    Argentina       0-2
 77   1  69    8/ 3/70   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       2-1
 78   2  71   22/ 3/70   São Paulo       Chile           5-0
 79      71   26/ 3/70   Rio de Janeiro  Chile           2-1
 80      71   12/ 4/70   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        0-0
 81      71   26/ 4/70   São Paulo       Bulgaria        0-0
 82      71   29/ 4/70   Rio de Janeiro  Austria         1-0
 83   1  72    3/ 6/70   Guadalajara     Czechoslovakia  4-1     World Cup
 84      72    7/ 6/70   Guadalajara     England         1-0     World Cup
 85   2  74   10/ 6/70   Guadalajara     Romania         3-2     World Cup
 86      74   14/ 6/70   Guadalajara     Peru            4-2     World Cup
 87      74   17/ 6/70   Guadalajara     Uruguay         3-1     World Cup
 88   1  75   21/ 6/70   Cd. de México   Italy           4-1     World Cup
 89      75   30/ 9/70   Rio de Janeiro  Mexico          2-1
 90   1  76    4/10/70   Santiago        Chile           5-1
 91   1  77   11/ 7/71   São Paulo       Austria         1-1
 92      77   18/ 7/71   Rio de Janeiro  Yugoslavia      2-2

NB: in January 2001 (!) FIFA decided not to recognize the match on 6/11/1968
    as full international, but the CBD kept it in the records.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    92    67   14   11  235-  87     148      80.43

77 Goals in 92 Matches (0.84 per match)

Types of Goals

Friendlies             34      
World Cup Qualifier     6
World Cup              12
Copa America            8
Other Tournaments      17

Total                  77    



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