Goal · 29 June 1958 · 55′
The volley in the 1958 final
Pelé's first goal in the 1958 final: he lifted the ball over a defender and volleyed it in, at 17.
Ten minutes after half-time, with Brazil 2–1 up, Pelé gathered the ball in the Swedish penalty area. He flicked it over the head of a defender and volleyed it past goalkeeper Kalle Svensson before it touched the ground. It is regularly listed among the best goals in World Cup history.
The match it came in
The chapters it appears in
Questions this answers
What was Pelé's best goal?
There is no agreed answer. The best known are his volley in the 1958 World Cup final and the solo run against Fluminense in 1961 that gave Brazil the phrase gol de placa.