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7 records help Pele become GOAT

by EngFan
December 30, 2022
in American Football
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Here, let’s take a look at Sportskeeda page through 7 impressive personal records that help Pele always be on the list of candidates when discussing GOAT of the football world.

1. Youngest player to win the World Cup

World Cup 1958, the name Pele began to be famous in the football village when he and the Brazilian team lifted the title at the age of 17 years and 249 days, thereby becoming the youngest name ever to step up to the throne at the football festival. largest on the planet.

Notably, that year, Pele scored 6 goals, including a brace in the final against Sweden, thereby firmly affirming his talent for professionals and fans.

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Pele won the 1958 World Cup.

2. No. 1 goal scorer in Brazil’s history

Currently, Pele also holds the record as the number one goalscorer in the history of the Brazilian national team with 77 goals in 92 matches, an achievement that Neymar is now facing the opportunity to break, as he also has the same number of goals as the great legend of Samba.

3. King of assists at a World Cup

The World Cup seems to be the only playground for Pele to shine when currently, he also holds the record of the player with the most assists at a World Cup Final with 10 times helping his teammates score at the ball festival. The biggest stone on the planet in 1970. That was also the year that marked Pele having won the 3rd World Cup with Brazil, an unprecedented achievement in history.

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Pele had a great career playing at the World Cup.

4. The unknown about the Golden Ball

It was not until 2007 that the Organizing Committee of the Golden Ball election changed the rules so that players playing outside of Europe were also nominated for this prestigious individual award.

And in 2016, Pele received the honor of BTC awarding the Honorary Golden Ball. Accordingly, he has up to 7 times recognized to win this award, a feat that is being shared with another contemporary superstar, Lionel Messi.

5. Youngest player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup

In the 1958 World Cup, Pele scored a hat-trick against France in the quarter-finals, making him the youngest player ever to score 3 goals in a match at the biggest football festival on the planet. , a record that no one has broken so far.

6. The player with the most hat-tricks in his career

In addition, during his career, Pele also has 92 hat-tricks, an achievement recognized by FIFA and CONMEBOL.

7. First player to win 3 World Cups

Up to now, Pele is the only player in the world to win the World Football Championship three times with the national team. By the time he retired in 1977, he had scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches, a world record to this day.

In 1999, after 22 years of retirement, Pele was awarded the title of Best Player of the 20th Century by the International Association of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). In the same year, he was awarded the title of the International Olympic Committee. (IOC) voted Athlete of the Century”, and was included in TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2013, Pele was awarded the honorary Ballon d’Or by FIFA.

Lu Feng | 21:30 December 30, 2022

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