<p><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/pele-t148407" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Pelé</strong> </a>is not one to stay quiet when someone challenges his throne as the best soccer player ever. The Brazilian icon updated his Instagram account recently in which he still claims to be the player with the most goals scored in the history of soccer.</p>
<p><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/pele-a-lifetime-of-achievements-and-records-20201023-0006.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Pelé</strong></a> claims that he has scored a total of 1,283 goals in his great career, although the Brazilian great may be counting goals scored in friendlies and non-official matches. Although in Pelé’s defense some records have been lost and it might be hard to pin-point exactly how many goals he has but accounted for Pelé has 767 official goals.</p>
<p>Meanwhile <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/cristiano-ronaldo-t2" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo</strong></a>, who scored 2 goals against Udinese to start 2021 scored 776 goals in his career, surpassing another Brazilian great Romario who scored 772. Ronaldo sits second as the sports all-time leading goal scorer behind Josef Bican who scored over 800 goals in his career.</p>
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<h2>Pelé Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi controversy</h2>
<p>In recent weeks Pelé’s records have come under review, on December 22, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/lionel-messi-t13" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Lionel Messi</strong></a> scored his goal number 644 for Barcelona making him the all-time leading scorer for a player with one club. Santos, Pelé’s former team came out with a statement which indicated as per their records Pelé had scored 1,091 goals for the club. Even though Pelé himself congratulated Messi on social media after he scored the go-ahead goal.</p>
<p>With Cristiano Ronaldo on the other hand, things seem to have gotten heated as Pelé himself has taken to social media, by updating his profile, Pelé is refuting the claim that Cristiano Ronaldo has overtaken him as the sports all-time leading goal scorer. Although with said update Pelé in turn is claiming to have scored more official goals than Romario and Josef Bican.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/pele-t148407" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pelé</a> and <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/diego-maradona-t312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diego Maradona</a></strong> will be forever linked, for almost 40 years they have been the subject of “who is the greatest of all-time”. A debate that continues today, even with the emergence of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.</p>
<p>Even though <strong>Pelé</strong> <strong>and Maradona </strong>played in different eras, both were recognized as the best of all-time for different reasons. Their relationship was rocky, at times they confronted each other with regards to choices made off the field and Pelé’s relationship to FIFA.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, Pelé did appear in Diego Maradona’s variety show “La Noche del 10” in 2005 and shared a wonderful moment. With the news of <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/diego-maradona-dead-argentine-star-passes-away-20201125-0006.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diego Maradona’s death</a>, the three-time World Cup winner <strong>took to Twitter to say goodbye to the Argentine soccer great.</strong></p>
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<h2>Pelé’s Twitter post on the death of Diego Maradona</h2>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="pt">Que notícia triste. Eu perdi um grande amigo e o mundo perdeu uma lenda. Ainda há muito a ser dito, mas por agora, que Deus dê força para os familiares. Um dia, eu espero que possamos jogar bola juntos no céu. <a href="https://t.co/6Li76HTikA">pic.twitter.com/6Li76HTikA</a></p>
<p> — Pelé (@Pele)    <a href="https://twitter.com/Pele/status/1331649438570442754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a>   </p></blockquote></div>
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<p><em>“What sad news. I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend. There is still much to be said, but for now, may God give strength to his family members. One day, I hope we can play soccer together in the sky.”</em>Were the words Pelé used to describe Diego Maradona.</p>
<p>Diego Maradona passed away in his Buenos Aireshome of an apparent heart attack, the President of Argentina has declared three days of mourning in the country which Maradona led to a World Cup in 1986.</p>
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<p><strong>When one says Pelé the word greatness comes to mind.</strong> There are other words that can also describe one of the greatest <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer-t81579" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soccer</a> players of all time, goalscorer, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/2022-World-Cup-in-Qatar-match-schedule-start-and-final-dates-20200715-0002.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Cup</a> winner, record-breaker, dribbler, fancy, ambassador, and singer.</p>
<p><strong>Pelé did it all, and he did it in a time when the exposure was more word of mouth than instantly like it is today.</strong> In fact, it was not until he came to play in the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/the-most-popular-mls-teams-ranked-by-social-media-followers-20200827-0005.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States</a> did Pelé fully get immersed in his brand and the potential of his worldwide fame outside the soccer world.</p>
<p>At the age of 82 Pelé has passed away, it was confirmed by his agent Joe Fraga, he died in the same hospital where he was receiving treatment for colon cancer the last few weeks. So just how many goals did Pelé score? How many World Cups did Pelé win? How many teams did Pelé play for? <strong>For a new generation of fans here is a quick guide to the career of one of sports’ most iconic figures, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the world would come to know him simply as… Pelé.</strong></p>
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<h2>Where was Pelé born?</h2>
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<p><strong>Pelé was born on the 23rd of October 1940, in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil,</strong> he is the son of a soccer player named Dondinho and hadtwo older siblings. He was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison and he grew up in an impoverished neighborhood.</p>
<h2>How did Pelé get his nickname?</h2>
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<figure class="image">   <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) posed sitting on a football pitch circa 1960." data-height="462" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:462" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) posed sitting on a football pitch circa 1960." src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20201023_BUS_165359_pele_xedson_arantes_do_nascimentox_posed_sitting_on_a_football_pitch_circa_1960__1_crop1603464632293.jpg_165215648_9d1169b9.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=462" width="740" height="462"></figure><figcaption>    Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) posed sitting on a football pitch circa 1960. (Getty)   </figcaption></figure>
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<p><strong>Pelé earned his nickname because he would mispronounce the name of his favorite childhood player, Bilé,</strong> a Vasco da Gama goalkeeper, Pelé himself hadsaid he has no idea what the name means but the name stuck and was with him ever since.</p>
<h2>Pelé first club Santos</h2>
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<p><strong>Pelé wasa rarity in the sports world as he played most of his career in one club. That club is Santos FC. </strong>Pelé would join the team in 1956, and the rest is history, at Santos.Pelé would score 504 goals in 496 official games. An astonishing number, <strong>Pelé hadincredible dribbling skills, heading ability as he could jump extremely high, and seemed to score goals at will.</strong></p>
<p>At Santos Pelé would win 6 Brazilian league titles, 2 Copa Libertadores, as well as 2 Intercontinental Cups (the equivalent of the Club World Cup today), 1 Intercontinental Super Cup, 10 Paulista titles, and 4 Torneio Rio-São Paulo titles.</p>
<h2>What clubs tried to sign Pelé while at Santos</h2>
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<p>Despite having a long career at Santos, Pelé’s reputation around the world grew, and at the World Cup in 1958 he amazed the world with his skill. <strong>Pelé received offers from the following clubs during his Santos stint, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/real-madrid-t23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Real Madrid</a>, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/juventus-t12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juventus</a>, and Manchester United tried to sign him, but each time a deal was not worked out.</strong></p>
<p>In 1958 it has been said that <strong>Inter Milan came the closest to signing him away from Santos but fans in Brazil got angry and Brazilian President Jânio Quadros declared Pelé an “official national treasure”</strong> and thus he could not leave to play elsewhere.</p>
<h2>Pelé joins the New York Cosmos</h2>
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<p>In 1975 Pelé would finally get an opportunity to play soccer outside of his native Brazil at the club level, the destination was the unlikely anti- soccer country of the United States.<strong> Pelé was signed as a way to give the old NASL a boost and bring the greatest player in the world to the country where soccer had been seen as a foreign sport that could not be popular in the U.S.</strong></p>
<p>Pelé played 64 games and scored 37 goals for the Cosmos. It is estimated that he earned $4 million dollars a season, making him the highest-paid athlete in the world at the time. He would win 1 NASL championship with the club, but his impact was what happened off the field. Within an instant of signing his Cosmos contract, the world knew about the NASL, and he went from playing in front of 3,000 people to 50,000 a week at Giants Stadium. He appeared on The Late Night with Johnny Carson, he met the President of the United States, and his presence at Shea Stadium for a Mets game caused a game stoppage so he can go down to the field andsay hello to the fans. Pelé showed the United States that soccer was a global game.<strong>His impact on the sport of soccer in the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/the-usmnt-european-based-starting-11-20200930-0012.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States </a>was pivotal and helped provide the foundations where MLS thrives today.</strong></p>
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<h2>How many World Cups did Pelé win?</h2>
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<p><strong>Three, Peléis the player to have won the most world titles individually, he won the World Cup in the 1958, 1962, and 1970 editions. </strong>Peléwon his first World Cup at the age of 17, and in total scored 6 times in the 1958 tournament. In the 1970 World Cup, he was a part of what many considered to be the best soccer team in history. <strong>Brazil’s 1970 World Cup squad included players like Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gérson, Carlos Alberto Torres, Tostão, and Clodoaldo.</strong></p>
<h2>How many World Cup goals did Pelé score?</h2>
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<p><strong>Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 matches across 4 World Cup competitions,</strong> he ranks 6th on the all-time leading scorer list. Miroslav Klose, of Germany, is ranked number 1 with 16.</p>
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<h2>How many goals did Pelé score?</h2>
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<figure class="image">   <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt=" Pele celebrates during an exhibition game against Newcastle at the Hong Kong Stadium" data-height="411" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:411" hspace="5" vspace="5" title=" Pele celebrates during an exhibition game against Newcastle at the Hong Kong Stadium" src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20201023_BUS_165359_pele_celebrates_during_an_exhibition_game_against_newcastle_at_the_hong_kong_stadium_crop1603465333602.jpg_21146372_dc62daea.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=411" width="740" height="411"></figure><figcaption>    Pele celebrates during an exhibition game against Newcastle at the Hong Kong Stadium. (Getty)   </figcaption></figure>
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<p>This is tricky, there are contradictingreports about the exact amount of goals Pelé scored, Pelé claimed to have scored well over 1200 goals. Which may be true if you count international friendlies, exhibitions, and official matches. In total, if you count official matches, <strong>Pelé scored 784 goals in his time with Brazil, Santos, and the Cosmos.</strong></p>
<h2>Pelé is tied as the Brazilian national teams all-time leading scorer</h2>
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<figure class="image">   <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Pele takes a shot for Brazil during a group stage match against Bulgaria at Goodison Park during the 1966 World Cup tournament" data-height="463" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:463" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Pele takes a shot for Brazil during a group stage match against Bulgaria at Goodison Park during the 1966 World Cup tournament" src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20201023_BUS_165359_pele_takes_a_shot_for_brazil_during_a_group_stage_match_against_bulgaria_at_goodison_park_during_the_1966_world_cup_tournament_crop1603465584283.jpg_166139169_7ffdd646.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=463" width="740" height="463"></figure><figcaption>    Pele takes a shot for Brazil during a group stage match against Bulgaria at Goodison Park during the 1966 World Cup tournament. (Getty)   </figcaption></figure>
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<p><strong>Pelé scored 77 goals for the Brazilian national team in 92 appearances</strong>, Neymar, tied that record during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, they are the joint all-time leading scorers.</p>
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<h2>Pelé is tied with Diego Maradona as the FIFA player of the century</h2>
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<figure class="image">   <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Pelé of Brazil shankes hands with Diego Maradona of Argentina" data-height="463" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:463" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Pelé of Brazil shankes hands with Diego Maradona of Argentina" src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20201023_BUS_165359_pelx_of_brazil_shankes_hands_with_diego_maradona_of_argentina_crop1603465689645.jpg_166139169_1bac51e1.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=463" width="740" height="463"></figure><figcaption style="background: transparent">    Pelé of Brazil shakes hands with Diego Maradona of Argentina. (Getty)   </figcaption></figure>
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<p>At the end of the 20th Century, FIFA decided to award the century’stop player, in a strange ceremony that is still talked about today.<strong> Pelé won the award based on votes from FIFA officials, journalists, and coaches. While Maradona won based on an Internet poll, which gave him a 53% overall vote.</strong> The internet poll came under scrutiny since it was said that fans were clearing cookies and voting for Maradona well over 10 times.</p>
<h2>Other awards won by Pelé</h2>
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<figure class="image">   <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Pele celebrates after receiving the FIFA Ballon d&apos;Or Prix d&apos;Honneur award next to France Football president Francois Moriniere (L) and FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the FIFA Ballon d&apos;Or Gala 2013 " data-height="413" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:413" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Pele celebrates after receiving the FIFA Ballon d&apos;Or Prix d&apos;Honneur award next to France Football president Francois Moriniere (L) and FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the FIFA Ballon d&apos;Or Gala 2013 " src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20201023_BUS_165359_celebrates_after_pele_receiving_the_fifa_ballon_dxor_prix_dxhonneur_award_next_to_france_football_president_francois_moriniere_xlx_and_fifa_president_sepp_blatter_during_the_fifa_ballon_dxor_gala_2013_crop1603465819091.jpg_22993414_1b0b4a52.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=413" width="740" height="413"></figure><figcaption>    Pele celebrates after receiving the FIFA Ballon d’Or Prix d’Honneur award next to France Football president Francois Moriniere (L) and FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2013 (Getty)   </figcaption></figure>
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<p><strong>Pelé was bigger than life and he hadreceived numerous awards, here are some of the awards he has been given.</strong> FIFA Order of Merit in 1984, Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000, Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football’s Ballon d’Or Winners in 1999, Inducted into the American National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1992, TIME: One of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century in 1999, Elected Citizen of the World, by the United Nations in 1977, and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (honorary knighthood) in 1997, among others.</p>
<h2>Pelé other individual honors</h2>
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<figure class="image">   <figure class="image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Pelé Cosmos 2" data-height="411" data-width="740" data-size="w:740,h:411" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="Pelé Cosmos 2" src="https://ds-images.bolavip.com/news/image?src=https://images.bolavip.com/webp/en/full/BUS_20201023_BUS_165359_pele_cosmos_2_crop1603465988117.jpg_21146372_0b689b87.webp&amp;width=740&amp;height=411" width="740" height="411"></figure><figcaption>    Pelé has won numerous awards and distinctions over the years. (Getty)   </figcaption></figure>
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<p>Santos: All-time leading goalscorer: 643 goals in 656 games (based off of Santos records), World record number of hat-tricks at 92, Youngest player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 244 days (Brazil v France 1958), Record Top scorer in a calendar year: in 1959 – 127 goals, among others.</p>
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<h2>The death ofPelé</h2>
<p><strong>Pelé passed away in a Sao Paulo hospital on December 29th, 2022</strong>, the legend had been battling colon cancer for almost two years and saw his health deteriorate during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Pelé is survived by several children from various marriages and out of wedlock.</p>
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