# Goals: Pelé, the wiki

> One of his famous goals, or a famous near-miss.

- [His first senior goal](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/first-senior-goal-1956): The first goal of Pelé's senior career, scored for Santos at 15 in a friendly against Corinthians de Santo André.
- [His first World Cup goal](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/first-world-cup-goal-1958): The only goal of the 1958 quarter-final against Wales, which made Pelé the youngest World Cup scorer to that date.
- [The volley in the 1958 final](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/1958-final-volley): Pelé's first goal in the 1958 final: he lifted the ball over a defender and volleyed it in, at 17.
- [The header that closed the 1958 final](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/1958-final-header): Pelé's second goal in the 1958 final, a header in the last minute that made the score 5–2.
- [The gol de placa](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/gol-de-placa): Pelé's solo goal against Fluminense at the Maracanã in 1961, which gave Brazil the phrase gol de placa.
- [The 1,000th goal](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/the-1000th-goal): The penalty against Vasco da Gama at the Maracanã on 19 November 1969 counted as Pelé's 1,000th goal.
- [The shot from his own half](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/halfway-line-shot-1970): Pelé's attempt to lob the Czechoslovak goalkeeper from his own half in 1970, which went just wide.
- [The header Gordon Banks saved](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/banks-save-1970): Pelé's header against England in 1970, stopped by Gordon Banks in what is often called the save of the century.
- [The dummy on Mazurkiewicz](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/mazurkiewicz-dummy-1970): Pelé's run around Uruguay's goalkeeper in the 1970 semi-final, without touching the ball, which ended with a shot just wide.
- [The header in the 1970 final](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/1970-final-header): Pelé's header that opened the scoring in the 1970 final, Brazil's 100th World Cup goal.
- [The last goal of his career](https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/last-goal-1977): The free kick Pelé scored for the Cosmos against Santos in his farewell match, the last goal of his career.