List Of International Goals Scored By Pelé

For over 50 years, he was the all-time leading goalscorer for Brazil, with 77 international goals, which he scored in 92 appearances until Neymar broke the record in 2023. His first goal came in his debut game against Argentina, the only goal of Brazil in a 1–2 defeat in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 12 of those goals came during his 14 FIFA World Cup appearances, including six in his first World Cup in 1958, and four in his last World Cup in 1970. Pelé is one of the five players, along with Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, who have scored in four separate World Cups.

Brazil score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pelé goal

List of international goals scored by Pelé

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	7 July 1957	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1	Argentina	1–1	1–2	1957 Roca Cup
2	10 July 1957	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	2	Argentina	1–0	2−0 (a.e.t.)	1957 Roca Cup
3	4 May 1958	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3	Paraguay	4–1	5–1	1958 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
4	18 May 1958	Pacaembu Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5	Bulgaria	2–1	3–1	Friendly
5					3–1
6	19 June 1958	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	7	Wales	1–0	1–0	1958 FIFA World Cup
7	24 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	8	France	3–1	5–2	1958 FIFA World Cup
8					4–1
9					5–1
10	29 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	9	Sweden	3–1	5–2	1958 FIFA World Cup final
11					5–2
12	10 March 1959	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	10	Peru	2–0	2–2	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
13	15 March 1959	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	11	Chile	2–0	3–0	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
14					3–0
15	21 March 1959	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	12	Bolivia	1–1	4–2	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
16	29 March 1959	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	14	Paraguay	1–1	4–1	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
17					2–1
18					4–1
19	4 April 1959	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	15	Argentina	1–1	1–1	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
20	17 September 1959	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17	Chile	1–0	7–0	1959 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
21					3–0
22					4–0
23	1 May 1960	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	20	United Arab Republic	1–0	3–1	Friendly
24					2–0
25					3–0
26	12 July 1960	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	24	Argentina	2–1	5–1	1960 Taça do Atlântico
27	21 April 1962	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25	Paraguay	5–0	6–0	1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
28	24 April 1962	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	26	Paraguay	1–0	4–0	1962 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
29					4–0
30	9 May 1962	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	28	Portugal	1–0	1–0	Friendly
31	12 May 1962	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	29	Wales	3–1	3–1	Friendly
32	16 May 1962	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	30	Wales	2–1	3–1	Friendly
33					3–1
34	30 May 1962	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	31	Mexico	2–0	2–0	1962 FIFA World Cup
35	16 April 1963	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	34	Argentina	1–0	5−2 (a.e.t.)	1963 Roca Cup
36					3–1
37					4–1
38	28 April 1963	Stade de Colombes, Paris, France	36	France	1–0	3–2	Friendly
39					2–1
40					3–2
41	5 May 1963	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany	38	West Germany	2–1	2–1	Friendly
42	30 May 1964	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	40	England	3–1	5–1	Taça das Nações
43	30 May 1964	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	42	Portugal	1–0	4–1	Taça das Nações
44	2 June 1965	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	43	Belgium	1–0	5–0	Friendly
45					2–0
46					3–0
47	6 June 1965	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany	44	West Germany	2–0	2–0	Friendly
48	17 June 1965	Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Oran, Algeria	46	Algeria	1–0	3–0	Friendly
49	30 June 1965	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	48	Sweden	1–1	2–1	Friendly
50	4 July 1965	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	49	Soviet Union	1–0	3–0	Friendly
51					3–0
52	21 November 1965	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	50	Soviet Union	2–0	2–2	Friendly
53	4 June 1966	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	52	Peru	1–0	4–0	Friendly
54	12 June 1966	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	54	Czechoslovakia	1–0	2–1	Friendly
55					2–0
56	15 June 1966	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	55	Czechoslovakia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
57	12 July 1966	Goodison Park, Liverpool, England	58	Bulgaria	1–0	2–0	1966 FIFA World Cup
58	25 July 1968	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	60	Paraguay	1–0	4–0	1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
59					2–0
60	3 November 1968	Mineirão, Belo Horizante, Brazil	63	Mexico	2–0	2–1	Friendly
61	17 December 1968	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	66	Yugoslavia	2–2	3–3	Friendly
62	9 April 1969	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	68	Peru	1–2	3–2	Friendly
63	10 August 1969	Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas, Venezuela	71	Venezuela	2–0	5–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
64					5–0
65	21 August 1969	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	73	Colombia	4–1	6–2	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
66	24 August 1969	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	74	Venezuela	5–0	6–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
67					6–0
68	31 August 1969	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	75	Paraguay	1–0	1–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
69	8 March 1970	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	77	Argentina	2–1	2–1	Friendly
70	22 March 1970	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	78	Chile	4–0	5–0	Friendly
71					5–0
72	3 June 1970	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	83	Czechoslovakia	2–1	4–1	1970 FIFA World Cup
73	10 June 1970	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	85	Romania	1–0	3–2	1970 FIFA World Cup
74					3–1
75	21 June 1970	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	88	Italy	1–0	4–1	1970 FIFA World Cup final
76	4 October 1970	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	90	Chile	1–0	5–1	Friendly
77	11 July 1971	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	91	Austria	1–0	1–1	Friendly

 

No.	Date	Goals	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result[a]	Ref
1	24 June 1958	3	France	Råsunda, Solna, Sweden	1958 World Cup	5–2
2	29 March 1959	3	Paraguay	Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina	South American Championship	4–1
3	17 September 1959	3	Chile	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Copa Bernardo O'Higgins	7–0
4	1 May 1960	3	United Arab Republic	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Friendly	3–1
5	16 April 1963	3	Argentina	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Roca Cup	5–2
6	28 April 1963	3	France	Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France	Friendly	3–2
7	6 February 1964	3	Belgium	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Friendly	5–0

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Goals by year Year Apps Goals 1957 2 2 1958 7 9 1959 9 11 1960 6 2 1961 0 0 1962 8 8 1963 7 7 1964 3 2 1965 8 9 1966 9 5 1967 0 0 1968 7 4 1969 9 7 1970 15 8 1971 2 1 Total 92 77 Goals by competition Competition Apps Goals Friendlies 50 34 Copa América 6 8 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 6 FIFA World Cup 14 12 Other Tournaments 16 17 Total 92 77

Goals by opponent Opponent Goals   Paraguay 10   Argentina 8   Chile 8   France 6   Czechoslovakia 4   Venezuela 4   Wales 4   Belgium 3   Soviet Union 3   Sweden 3   United Arab Republic 3   Peru 2   Mexico 2   Portugal 2   Romania 2   West Germany 2   Algeria 1   Austria 1   Bolivia 1   Bulgaria 1   Colombia 1   England 1   Italy 1   Yugoslavia 1 Total 77