# The last goal of his career

> The free kick Pelé scored for the Cosmos against Santos in his farewell match, the last goal of his career.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/goals/last-goal-1977
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

- Date: 1 October 1977
- How: Free kick
- Scored: Yes

In the first half of his farewell match, playing for the Cosmos, Pelé scored with a free kick from about 30 yards. It was the last goal of a career that, by the widest counts, had produced well over a thousand.

## Related

- The match it came in: [New York Cosmos 2–1 Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/pele-farewell-1977)
- The chapters it appears in: [New York Cosmos (1975–1977)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/new-york-cosmos-years)