The great Brazilian striker was asked who the greatest footballer of all time was - to which he gave a humorous response.

History for Lionel Messi: He breaks a tie with Pelé for the most goals at a single club. No. 644 for Leo at Barcelona Messi had pulled even with Pelé in Barcelona's 2-2 draw vs. Valencia over ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Pele traveled the world with his club team Santos and his national team Brazil, entertaining crowds with his magical brand of soccer. He scored 1,281 goals in his 22-year ...

However, it is widely accepted hundreds of those goals came during tour or friendly matches. Pele would have told you otherwise! The icon passed away in 2022 but his legacy lives on in the ...

Brazil call up teenage forward Endrick to replace Neymar for this month's World Cup qualifiers after the Santos attacker ...

A record not officially recognised by FIFA, there are names who have made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for scoring the most number of goals in a calendar year. While Lionel Messi scored ...

Basingstoke Town FC are through to the North Hants Senior Cup Final after beating Andover New Street 3-0, with goals from Pele and Brissett.

Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?

Edson Arantes do Nascimento won three world titles for national teams, two for clubs and scored 1283 goals in his career Rarely has it been so simple to describe football as a phenomenon.

He'd go on to score 643 goals over 19 years in a golden era for ... Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during an international friendly at Milan's San Siro stadium in ...