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When the 1962 World Cup started, Pelé was considered the best player in the world. [88] In the first match of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, against Mexico , Pelé assisted the first goal and then scored the second one, after a run past four defenders, to go up 2–0. [ 89 ]
The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held ...
Group 3 of the 1962 FIFA World Cup took place from 30 May to 7 ... after 73 minutes, Pele dribbled past four defenders and scored with his left foot from inside the ...
Later, he scored the opening goal in the final against Italy, his last World Cup match. In all, Pelé played 114 matches with Brazil, scoring a record 95 goals, including 77 in official matches.
Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, who won a record three World Cup titles and helped popularize the sport in the United States in the 1970s, dies at 82.
Pelé is the only player to win the World Cup three times, having been part of the Brazilian squad in 1958, 1962 and 1970. This page is a list of all players who have won the men's FIFA World Cup tournament since its inception in 1930.
Pelé was a disrupter in the way that mattered most to him: He expanded the limits of the possible. But what did he really think about what soccer had become?
The 1962 FIFA World Cup final was the deciding match of the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The match was held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, and was contested by Czechoslovakia and Brazil. Brazil won the game 3–1 to record their second consecutive World Cup victory. Both teams had played each other during the group stage which ended in a goalless ...