# 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.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/rio-de-janeiro
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro

- Type: City
- Country: Brazil

## Related

- The place it is in: [Brazil](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/brazil-country)
- The places in it: [Maracanã Stadium](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/maracana)
- The teams based here: [Fluminense](https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/fluminense), [Vasco da Gama](https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/vasco-da-gama)
- The chapters it appears in: [The 1,000th goal (1969)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/the-1000th-goal-1969)
- The people born here: [Nílton Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/nilton-santos)