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Pele holds the Guinness record of the most World Cups won by an individual. O King, as he was nicknamed, he lifted the cup three times: Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970.

The former Brazilian star, considered by many to be the best player in history, participated in four World Cups in total. In the 14 games that she played representing the canarinhascored 12 goals in total and made 8 goal passes, according to the specialized page Transfermarkt.es. They never got a yellow or red card from him.

Throughout his career he scored 1,281 goals in a total of 1,363 games, including friendlies and unofficial competitions. In the list of official competitions for elite professional players, Pelé (with 769 goals) is third behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, according to RSSSF.

In Sweden, Pelé’s performance was key: he scored the only goal for Brazil in the quarterfinals against Wales, scored a hat trick in the semifinal against France and made a double in the final against Sweden that ended 5-2, recalls the Guinness page.

Four years later, in Chile, Pelé’s participation in the World Cup was severely limited by an injury in the second match that kept him off the field for the rest of the tournament. He did score a goal in the first game, in which Brazil defeated Mexico 2-0.

Read more about Pelé in this note.