# The gol de placa

> Pelé's solo goal against Fluminense at the Maracanã in 1961, which gave Brazil the phrase gol de placa.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/gol-de-placa
Reference: https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/?p=2857988

- Date: 5 March 1961
- How: Solo run from his own half
- Scored: Yes

Near the end of the first half against Fluminense, Pelé took the ball in his own half and ran at the defence. He beat several players with changes of pace and feints, then beat goalkeeper Castilho.

A bronze plaque was put up at the Maracanã to mark it. Accounts differ on who paid for it: some credit the journalist Joelmir Beting, others the journalist Mário Filho. Since then Brazilians have called any exceptional goal a *gol de placa*.

## Related

- The match it came in: [Santos 3–1 Fluminense](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/gol-de-placa-match-1961)
- The chapters it appears in: [The peak years at Santos (1959–1965)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/the-peak-years-at-santos)
- The questions it answers: [What was Pelé's best goal?](https://pele.wiki/footballer/questions/what-was-peles-best-goal)