How many World Cups did Pele score in?

How many World Cups did Pele score in? – Pele earned a starting spot in the first team at the start of the 1957 season and was the league’s top scorer by the age of 16 by the end of the season. The teenager was called up to the Brazilian national team ten months after his professional debut.

Following the 1958 and 1962 World Cups, wealthy European clubs such as Real Madrid, Juventus, and Manchester United unsuccessfully attempted to sign him. Inter Milan even signed him to a permanent contract in 1958, but after a fan revolt in Brazil, Angelo Moratti was forced to cancel his contract at the request of Santos’ president.

To prevent Pele from being taken out of the country, the Brazilian government, led by President Janio Cuadoros, declared him a “official national treasure” in 1961.

Pele’s first major title came in 1958, when Santos won the Campeonato Paulista. He finished the tournament as the tournament’s leading scorer, with 58 goals. Pele retired from Brazilian club football after the 1974 season (19th with Santos), but he continued to play occasionally for Santos in official competitive matches.

Two years later, he signed with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1975 season. Pele’s career ended on October 1, 1977, in an exhibition match between Cosmos and Santos. The game was played in front of a sold-out crowd at Giants Stadium and in the United States, and it was televised on ABC’s Wide World of Sports and broadcast worldwide.

Pele’s first international match was a 2-1 loss to Argentina on July 7, 1957, at the Maracana. He represented Brazil in that match at the age of 16 years and 9 months. He was Brazil’s youngest goalscorer when he scored his first goal as a player.