The football shirt worn by Pele when he scored his landmark 1,000th career goal is set to sell at auction for as much as £400,000 ... The auction is said to have already garnered 'significant ...

It was once acknowledged Brazil pair Pele and Romario scored over 1,000 ... upwards of £160m per year. It has proved a shrewd move. The pace has slowed but the goals have still flowed in a ...

But there is still plenty of dispute over Bican's actual numbers, with the late Brazilian icon Pele also claiming to have scored more than 1,000 career goals — though that total includes friendlies.

When Neymar left Brazil aged 21 in 2013, bound for Barcelona, he set off to establish himself as a footballing great, ...