FILE - Brazil's Pele scores past Venezuela's goal keeper Fabrizio Fasano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 24, 1969. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one ...
FILE - Brazil's soccer star Pele bicycle kicks a ball during a game at unknown location, Sept. 1968. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most ...
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, remains football's greatest icon. The great Brazilian and three-time FIFA World Cup champion has fascinated fans and historians alike over the past ...
Neymar has a new place in Brazilian soccer history. The Hilal star scored twice in Brazil's 5-1 win over Bolivia on Friday, with the first goal moving him past Pelé as the all-time leading scorer of ...
While Lionel Messi scored the most goals in a calendar year for a club, when he netted 79 goals for Barcelona, he broke the previous record of 85 goals set by Gerd Muller of Germany and Bayern Munich ...
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Pele's position as one of the greatest footballers of all time has never been contested but the same cannot be said for the number of goals he scored in his star-studded career.
SAO PAULOSAO PAULO — Neymar eclipsed Pelé as the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after overtaking the three-time World Cup winner’s career total on Friday. The goal that put the 31-year-old ...
Pele, the man they called O Rei, the King, passed away on Thursday, aged 82, after a drawn-out battle with illness in Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital. Synonymous with the term 'o jogo bonito', ...
Nobody disputes Pelé’s greatness and his penchant for scoring. The exact number of goals in his career will forever be a topic for debate. Pelé often said one of the reasons he should be considered ...
Pelé made scoring look easy, getting the ball into the net in the most varied and beautiful ways — dribbling past defenders, firing powerful shots, striking well-placed free kicks or using firm ...
Nobody disputes Pelé’s greatness and his penchant for scoring. The exact number of goals in his career will forever be a topic for debate. Pelé often said one of the reasons he should be considered ...