In his first full season at Santos, he scored a league-leading 32 goals. Soon afterward, the 17-year-old was selected for Brazil's 1958 World Cup. Pele missed the first two games of the tournament ...

Pele helped Brazil win the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970. (Image: Hans-Jürgen Schmidt/HJS-Sportfotos/picture alliance) ...

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?

He made his debut against the Corinthians of Santo André scoring one goal, although his first official match was against Cubatao on September 7, 1956 at the age of 15, and another goal.

Messi equaled Pele's all-time club scoring tally on ... Central defender Ronald Araujo scored his first career goal for Barcelona with an acrobatic kick for 2-1 at Camp Nou in the 53rd. But ...

Lionel Messi broke a tie with the Brazilian legend on Tuesday, scoring his 644th goal in all competitions for Barcelona, which is now the most by any player at a single club. Pelé scored 643 with ...

Pele has been inducted into the Goal Hall of Fame, and we take a look at what some of the game's greats had to say about the legendary Brazilian ...