# Santos FC

> The São Paulo state club Pelé played for from 1956 to 1974, and for which he scored 643 goals in official matches.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/santos
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

- Type: Club
- Country: Brazil
- Nickname: Peixe (the Fish)
- His years: 1956–1974
- His matches: 659
- His goals: 643

Santos Futebol Clube was founded in 1912 in the port city of Santos. It was already a two-time state champion when a 15-year-old Pelé arrived for a trial in 1956, brought by his youth coach Waldemar de Brito. He signed that June and stayed for 18 seasons.

With Pelé, Coutinho, Pepe, Zito and Dorval, Santos became one of the most admired teams in the world. The side is remembered in Brazil as *Os Santásticos*. It won ten Campeonato Paulista titles, six national championships, two Copa Libertadores (1962 and 1963) and two Intercontinental Cups (1962 and 1963) with him.

Because Pelé drew crowds everywhere, the club toured Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas for lucrative friendlies. That is why his goal counts vary so much. English Wikipedia, working from RSSSF data, credits him with 643 goals in 659 official competitive matches for Santos. Counts that include friendlies are far higher, at about 1,091 goals.

He played his last official match for the club at Vila Belmiro on 2 October 1974. Santos was also where he was mourned: his coffin lay in state at Vila Belmiro in January 2023.

## Related

- Its home city or country: [Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/santos-city)
- The tournaments it played with him: [Copa Libertadores 1962](https://pele.wiki/footballer/tournaments/1962-copa-libertadores), [Intercontinental Cup 1962](https://pele.wiki/footballer/tournaments/1962-intercontinental-cup), [Copa Libertadores 1963](https://pele.wiki/footballer/tournaments/1963-copa-libertadores), [Intercontinental Cup 1963](https://pele.wiki/footballer/tournaments/1963-intercontinental-cup)
- Its matches with him: [Santos 7–1 Corinthians de Santo André](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-debut-1956), [Santos 3–1 Fluminense](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/gol-de-placa-match-1961), [Santos 5–2 Benfica](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-5-2-benfica-1962), [Santos 2–1 Vasco da Gama](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-2-1-vasco-da-gama-1969), [Santos 2–0 Ponte Preta](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/santos-2-0-ponte-preta-1974)
- The matches it played against him: [New York Cosmos 2–1 Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/pele-farewell-1977)
- Its people: [Pelé](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/pele), [Zoca](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/zoca), [Coutinho](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/coutinho), [Carlos Alberto Torres](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/carlos-alberto-torres), [Edinho](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/edinho)
- The chapters it appears in: [Santos: discovery and debut (1956–1957)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/santos-discovery-and-debut), [The peak years at Santos (1959–1965)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/the-peak-years-at-santos), [The 1,000th goal (1969)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/the-1000th-goal-1969), [Leaving Brazil and Santos (1971–1974)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/leaving-brazil-and-santos), [New York Cosmos (1975–1977)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/new-york-cosmos-years), [Illness, death and legacy](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/illness-death-and-legacy)
- The honours he won with it: [Campeonato Paulista top scorer (eleven times)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/campeonato-paulista-top-scorer), [Campeonato Paulista (ten titles)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/campeonato-paulista-titles), [Torneio Rio–São Paulo (four titles)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/torneio-rio-sao-paulo-titles), [Brazilian national championship (six titles)](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/brazilian-championship-titles), [Copa Libertadores, 1962](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/copa-libertadores-1962), [Intercontinental Cup, 1962](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/intercontinental-cup-1962), [Copa Libertadores, 1963](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/copa-libertadores-1963), [Intercontinental Cup, 1963](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/intercontinental-cup-1963), [South American Footballer of the Year, 1973](https://pele.wiki/footballer/honours/south-american-footballer-of-the-year-1973)
- The questions it answers: [How many goals did Pelé score?](https://pele.wiki/footballer/questions/how-many-goals-did-pele-score), [Which clubs did Pelé play for?](https://pele.wiki/footballer/questions/which-clubs-did-pele-play-for), [Did Pelé ever play in Europe?](https://pele.wiki/footballer/questions/did-pele-ever-play-in-europe)