# Locations: Pelé, the wiki

> Where his story happened: towns, cities, countries and stadiums.

- [Argentina](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/argentina-country): Host of the 1959 South American Championship, where Pelé was top scorer and best player.
- [Bauru](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/bauru): A city in the interior of São Paulo state where Pelé grew up and learned the game.
- [Brazil](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/brazil-country): The country Pelé was born in, played for and served as its first Minister of Sport.
- [Canada](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/canada): Home to several clubs of the North American Soccer League in Pelé's time.
- [Chile](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/chile): Host of the 1962 World Cup, where Pelé was injured in Brazil's second match.
- [Civic Stadium, Portland](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/civic-stadium-portland): Portland stadium, now Providence Park, where the Cosmos won Soccer Bowl '77.
- [Downing Stadium](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/downing-stadium): A stadium on Randalls Island in New York City, since demolished, where Pelé made his Cosmos debut in 1975.
- [East Rutherford](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/east-rutherford): New Jersey town in the Meadowlands, home of Giants Stadium.
- [England](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/england-country): Host of the 1966 World Cup, where rough treatment from defenders cut short Pelé's tournament.
- [Estadio Azteca](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/estadio-azteca): Mexico City stadium where Brazil beat Italy 4–1 in the 1970 World Cup final in front of 107,412 people.
- [Estádio da Luz (1954)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/estadio-da-luz-1954): Benfica's former stadium in Lisbon, scene of Santos's 5–2 win in October 1962.
- [Estadio Jalisco](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/estadio-jalisco): Guadalajara stadium where Brazil played its 1970 group games, quarter-final and semi-final.
- [Giants Stadium](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/giants-stadium): The Cosmos' home from 1977 and the scene of Pelé's farewell match on 1 October 1977.
- [Goodison Park](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/goodison-park): Everton's long-time ground in Liverpool, where Brazil played Bulgaria, Hungary and Portugal in 1966.
- [Gothenburg](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/gothenburg): Swedish city where Brazil played the Soviet Union and Wales at the 1958 World Cup.
- [Guadalajara](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/guadalajara): Mexican city where Brazil played five of its six matches at the 1970 World Cup.
- [Italy](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/italy-country): Home of AC Milan, Santos's opponents in the 1963 Intercontinental Cup, and of the side Brazil beat in the 1970 final.
- [Lagos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/lagos): Nigerian city where Santos drew 2–2 with Stationery Stores in 1969, the match linked to the ceasefire story.
- [Lisbon](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/lisbon): Portugal's capital, where Pelé scored a hat-trick against Benfica in the 1962 Intercontinental Cup.
- [Liverpool](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/liverpool): English city where Brazil played all three group matches at the 1966 World Cup.
- [Maracanã Stadium](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/maracana): Rio de Janeiro's great stadium, scene of Pelé's Brazil debut, the gol de placa, the 1,000th goal and his Brazil farewell.
- [Mexico](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/mexico-country): Host of the 1970 World Cup, Pelé's fourth and last, which Brazil won.
- [Mexico City](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/mexico-city): Mexico's capital, where the 1970 World Cup final was played.
- [New York City](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/new-york-city): Home of the New York Cosmos, the club Pelé joined in June 1975.
- [Nigeria](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/nigeria): Where Santos toured in 1969 during the civil war, the setting of a much-repeated but disputed ceasefire story.
- [Portland, Oregon](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/portland-oregon): Host city of Soccer Bowl '77, the last competitive match of Pelé's career.
- [Portugal](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/portugal-country): Country of Benfica and Eusébio, rivals of Pelé in 1962 and 1966.
- [Råsunda Stadium](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/rasunda-stadium): Sweden's former national stadium, where Brazil beat France and then Sweden in the 1958 semi-final and final.
- [Rio de Janeiro](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/rio-de-janeiro): The city of the Maracanã, where Pelé scored his gol de placa, his 1,000th goal and played his last match for Brazil.
- [Santo André](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/santo-andre): A city in Greater São Paulo; Pelé made his Santos debut against its club Corinthians de Santo André in 1956.
- [Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/santos-city): The port city in São Paulo state that is home to Santos FC, Pelé's club for 18 years, and where he is buried.
- [São Paulo](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/sao-paulo): Brazil's largest city, where Pelé died at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in December 2022.
- [Sausalito Stadium](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/sausalito-stadium): Viña del Mar stadium where Pelé scored against Mexico and was injured against Czechoslovakia in 1962.
- [Solna](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/solna): Municipality in the Stockholm area, home of the Råsunda Stadium.
- [Sweden](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/sweden): Host of the 1958 World Cup, where a 17-year-old Pelé became known to the world.
- [Três Corações](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/tres-coracoes): A town in the south of Minas Gerais state where Pelé was born on 23 October 1940.
- [Ullevi](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/ullevi): Gothenburg stadium built for the 1958 World Cup; Pelé's first World Cup match and first World Cup goal came here.
- [United States](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/united-states): Where Pelé played his last three seasons, for the New York Cosmos from 1975 to 1977.
- [Vila Belmiro (Estádio Urbano Caldeira)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/vila-belmiro): Santos FC's home ground, where Pelé played his last official match for the club in 1974 and lay in state in 2023.
- [Viña del Mar](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/vina-del-mar): Chilean coastal city where Brazil played its 1962 World Cup group matches.