How pelé scored his thousandth goal at maracanã stadium

Edson Arantes do Nascimento known as 'Pele' — is an absolute legend of football history. He won the World Cup three times with the Brazilian national team , , and was named the best player of the 20th century. Pele won an enormous number of team and individual trophies and awards and scored countless goals. He scored his 1,th goal in his club Santos ' match against Vasco da Gama when he netted a penalty kick.

After he scored, many of the 80, fans flocked to the pitch to be even closer to the crucial moment of football history.

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It is important to mention that these people were of course mostly home fans of Vasco da Gama, the team from Rio de Janeiro where the match was played. Pele was celebrated even by the players of the opposing team. The Vasco da Gama goalkeeper, after conceding a goal from Pele's penalty, took off his jersey to reveal a congratulatory message written on a t-shirt underneath.

Pele scored the vast majority of his goals in the jersey of Santos, a club from Sao Paolo. Later on in his career, he scored goals in the United States, where he played for the New York Cosmos and, of course, he also scored plenty of goals for the Brazilian national team. In 92 games for the Selecao, he scored 77 goals which is a ratio of 0.

In , however, Pele's record was equalled and subsequently surpassed by Neymar who currently has 79 goals in matches at a ratio of 0. Pele stopped at 1, goals in 1, matches. That is the number recognized by FIFA at least. Controversially, that also includes numerous friendly and unofficial matches. However, they were a very common and also very competitive part of football in past times.