Pele's career in numbers

Pele’s career in numbers

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Factbox on the career statistics of former Brazil forward Pele, who has died aged 82:

* Won three World Cup titles with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 – the only player to win the showpiece tournament three times.

* Became the youngest player to win the World Cup trophy at the age of 17, a record that still stands.

* Scored 757 goals in 812 official matches for club and country, a record that stood for decades until Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

* The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) and Santos state that Pelé scored a total of 1,283 goals in 1,367 matches, while FIFA states that he scored 1,281 goals in 1,366 matches. Other sources give different figures depending on the type of sports involved.

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