# Matches: Pelé, the wiki

> A match that mattered in his story.

- [Santos 7–1 Corinthians de Santo André](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-debut-1956): Pelé's first match for Santos, aged 15, in which he scored the first goal of his senior career.
- [Brazil 1–2 Argentina](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-debut-1957): Pelé's first match for Brazil, at 16, in which he scored and became his country's youngest goalscorer.
- [Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-2-0-soviet-union-1958): Pelé's first World Cup match, aged 17, in which Brazil beat the Soviet Union with two goals from Vavá.
- [Brazil 1–0 Wales](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-1-0-wales-1958): The quarter-final in which Pelé scored his first World Cup goal, the only goal of the match, at 17.
- [Brazil 5–2 France](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-5-2-france-1958): The 1958 semi-final in which Pelé scored a second-half hat-trick, the youngest player ever to do so at a World Cup.
- [Brazil 5–2 Sweden](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/1958-world-cup-final): The 1958 World Cup final, Brazil's first title, in which 17-year-old Pelé scored twice against the hosts.
- [Santos 3–1 Fluminense](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/gol-de-placa-match-1961): The match at the Maracanã in which Pelé scored the solo goal that gave Brazil the phrase gol de placa.
- [Brazil 2–0 Mexico](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-2-0-mexico-1962): Brazil's first match of the 1962 World Cup, in which Pelé set up one goal and scored the other.
- [Brazil 0–0 Czechoslovakia](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-0-0-czechoslovakia-1962): The 1962 group match in which Pelé was injured, ending his tournament; Brazil went on to win it without him.
- [Santos 5–2 Benfica](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-5-2-benfica-1962): Santos's 5–2 win in Lisbon that won the 1962 Intercontinental Cup, with a Pelé hat-trick.
- [Brazil 2–0 Bulgaria](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-2-0-bulgaria-1966): Brazil's first match at the 1966 World Cup, in which Pelé scored but was fouled so often he missed the next game.
- [Brazil 1–3 Portugal](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-1-3-portugal-1966): The match that knocked Brazil out of the 1966 World Cup, remembered for the fouls on Pelé.
- [Santos 2–1 Vasco da Gama](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-2-1-vasco-da-gama-1969): The match at the Maracanã in which Pelé scored the penalty counted as his 1,000th goal.
- [Brazil 4–1 Czechoslovakia](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-4-1-czechoslovakia-1970): Brazil's first match of the 1970 World Cup, in which Pelé scored and almost scored from his own half.
- [Brazil 1–0 England](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-1-0-england-1970): The 1970 group match between the holders and Brazil, remembered for Gordon Banks's save from Pelé's header.
- [Brazil 3–1 Uruguay](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-3-1-uruguay-1970): The 1970 semi-final Brazil won 3–1, remembered for Pelé's dummy that left goalkeeper Mazurkiewicz stranded.
- [Brazil 4–1 Italy](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/1970-world-cup-final): The 1970 World Cup final, in which Pelé scored the first goal and set up two more as Brazil won a third title.
- [Brazil 2–2 Yugoslavia](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-2-2-yugoslavia-1971): Pelé's last match for Brazil, a friendly at the Maracanã that ended 2–2.
- [Santos 2–0 Ponte Preta](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-2-0-ponte-preta-1974): Pelé's last official match for Santos, at Vila Belmiro, where he knelt on the pitch to say goodbye to the crowd.
- [New York Cosmos 2–2 Dallas Tornado](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/cosmos-debut-1975): Pelé's first match for the New York Cosmos, broadcast to 22 countries, in which he scored.
- [New York Cosmos 2–1 Seattle Sounders](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/soccer-bowl-1977): The 1977 NASL final, won by the Cosmos: the last competitive match of Pelé's career.
- [New York Cosmos 2–1 Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/pele-farewell-1977): Pelé's farewell match at Giants Stadium, in which he played one half for the Cosmos and one for Santos.