How many goals did Pele score and his other career records
The number of goals Pele scored has always been a topic for hot debate. Planet Sport crunches the numbers.
3 - the record number of World Cups won by Pele, in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
17 - Pele's age in the 1958 tournament - he remains the youngest man to play in a World Cup final and to score a World Cup hat-trick.
3 - goals in World Cup finals - two against Sweden in 1958 and one against Italy in 1970.
77 - goals for Brazil, a record that was recently matched by Neymar.
1,281 - Pele's career goal tally, according to FIFA's official website. The disputed total includes friendly games.
767 - his goals in official matches, as tracked by the Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Those goals came in 831 games.
1,089 - goals for his long-time Brazilian club Santos - though again, friendlies are included. The RSSSF lists his competitive record as 643 in 659 games, the most by a player for any one club until surpassed by Lionel Messi's 672 for Barcelona.
2 - clubs represented in his career - Santos and the New York Cosmos.
6 - Brazilian league titles won with Santos - every year from 1961 to 1965, plus 1968. He added the 1977 North American Soccer League title with the Cosmos.