{"id":272879,"date":"2022-12-30T03:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T03:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/30\/factbox-peles-career-in-numbers-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T03:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T03:35:35","slug":"factbox-peles-career-in-numbers-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/30\/factbox-peles-career-in-numbers-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"FACTBOX: Pele&#8217;s career in numbers | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/football\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_football\" frmappuse=\"1\">Football<\/a> legend <!-- -->Pele died<!-- --> on Thursday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 82. Pele, who is the the only player to win three FIFA World Cups, had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021.<br \/>The soccer legend scored 77 goals in 92 career matches for the national team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2pM4c\">\n<div class=\"undefined _2Gg3j video_blk \" style=\"background:\">\n<div class=\"_1HpOR\" data-ga=\"video-inline-user_initiated|msid_96611229-video_96611157\" data-setgacategory=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pele, the legend who wowed the world, dies\" msid=\"96611157\" imgsize=\"96611157\" imageclassname=\"undefined _1HpOR\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" title=\"Pele, the legend who wowed the world, dies\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\"\/><i class=\"_03dP\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_1n_40\">Pele, the legend who wowed the world, dies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\">Factbox on the career statistics of Pele:<\/span><br \/>* Won three World Cup titles with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 &#8211; the only player to have won the showpiece tournament three times.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component _2fQ7a undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-Pele-3012-Twitter\" msid=\"96611296\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-96611296,width-600,resizemode-4\/96611296.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>* Became the youngest-ever player to win the World Cup trophy at 17, a record that still stands.<br \/>* Scored 757 goals in 812 official matches for club and country, a record that stood for decades until Portugal&#8217;s Cristiano Ronaldo eclipsed his tally.<br \/>* Brazil&#8217;s football association (CBF) and Santos say <!-- -->Pele<!-- --> scored a total of 1,283 goals in 1,367 matches while FIFA puts the figure at 1,281 goals in 1,366 games. Other sources give varying figures depending on the types of games included.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component _2fQ7a undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PELE\" msid=\"96611302\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-96611302,width-600,resizemode-4\/96611302.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>* Netted 77 goals in 92 official matches for Brazil &#8211; the country&#8217;s all-time leading goal scorer, alongside Neymar, who netted his 77th goal in the 2022 World Cup.<br \/>* Scored 12 goals in World Cups.<br \/>* Registered six assists at Mexico 1970 &#8211; a record for one World Cup.<br \/>* Scored 92 hat-tricks across official and unofficial games.<br \/>* Scored 127 goals for Santos in 1959, thought to be the most goals scored by a club player in one calendar year.<br \/>* Finished as Santos&#8217; top scorer with 643 goals in 659 competitive matches.<br \/>* Won Brazil&#8217;s Serie A six times with Santos (1961-1965 and 1968).<br \/>* Led Santos to two Copa Libertadores titles (1962 and 1963). <br \/><span class=\"em \">(With inputs from Reuters)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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