# Wales

> The team Pelé scored his first World Cup goal against, in Brazil's 1–0 quarter-final win in 1958.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/wales-national-team
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage

- Type: National team
- Country: United Kingdom

Wales reached the 1958 quarter-finals after drawing all three group games and beating Hungary in a play-off. They held Brazil until the 66th minute in Gothenburg, when Pelé scored the only goal of the match.

The match was played at Ullevi in Gothenburg before 25,923 people.

## Related

- The matches it played against him: [Brazil 1–0 Wales](https://pele.wiki/footballer/matches/brazil-1-0-wales-1958)
- The chapters it appears in: [Sweden 1958](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/sweden-1958)