1. The 1958 Football World Cup was held in Sweden. He scored his first World Cup goal for Brazil in the quarter-final against Wales. Pele was only 17 years and 239 days old at that time. Pele became the youngest goalscorer in World Cup history.
2. In the same 1958 World Cup semi-final, Pele scored a ‘hat-trick’ against France. He also became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup. And Brazil won the World Cup for the first time after defeating Sweden in the final. With this victory, Pele also created the record of being the youngest player to win the World Cup.
3. Brazil won the FIFA World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970. Pele played for Brazil in all three World Cups. Pele also became the only player to win the World Cup three times. No other player has been part of the team that won the World Cup three times.
4. He played 92 matches for Brazil and scored 77 goals. He is also the highest goalscorer for Brazil. Pele posted on his Twitter page in 2015 that he has scored 1,283 goals in various football matches in his lifetime.
