All rights reserved. I was afraid the players would just let it in," he said.Many studies have been done on whether or not the November 19 goal was indeed his 1,000th and there are differences of opinion.Whatever the count Pele, and his entourage, have settled on a final unofficial tally of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games, though that includes the many friendlies Santos played.There is also his 1,000th goal in a Santos shirt which came against Universidad de Mexico in a friendly in Chicago July 2, 1972.International football research web site RSSSF (Rec. Brazil President Wants Football Back Despite Country Being COVID-19 HotspotCoronavirus: Bhaichung Bhutia Joins Pele, Diego Maradona In Paying Tribute To "Humanity's Heroes""I Try To Keep The Ball Rolling": Pele Says He Is "Doing Fine"Pele Depressed, Reclusive Because Of Poor Health: Son© Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2020. "A few days before the goal I was in Santos and I saw some kids trying to steal cars and I said: 'Hey boys what are you doing?' A decade later, on November 19, 2003, an embattled Jackson prepared to face One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a film about a group of patients at a mental institution, opens in theaters. "For me it is much more important to help poor children and those in need, I'm thinking above all of the kind of Christmas those people are going to spend. Folklore says there were 80,000 in the stands.Even if today there is debate over the exact number of his goals that should count in an official tally, there is no debate over Pele's sublime goal-scoring talent and the place the now 79-year-old holds in the public imagination. Change Language

Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation) put Pele's total at 767 in 831 official matches.

That puts him only third in the all-time list.Czech striker Josef Bican stands top with 805 goals in 530 games in a career interrupted by World War II. He was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison. They tried to justify it by saying they would only target cars from Sao Paulo, so I told them they shouldn't rob anyone at all. Under Pele’s leadership, Brazil won the World Cup in 1958, 1962, and 1970. Hearst’s ordeal began on the night of For the first time in eight years, the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States hold a summit conference. The penalty decision was a doubtful one. He acquired the nickname Pele during his childhood though the name has no meaning in his native Portuguese. In 1970, Brazil was granted permanent possession of the World Cup’s Jules Rimet Trophy as a tribute to its dominance. Brazilian soccer great Pele scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Pele, considered one of the greatest soccer players ever to take the field, was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in Tres Coracos, Brazil, in 1940.

Since retiring, he has acted as an international ambassador for his sport and has worked with the United Nations and UNICEF to promote peace and international reconciliation through friendly athletic competition.On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. On June 22, 1941, despite the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939, Nazi Germany launched a massive invasion against the Rumors had swirled around Michael Jackson since the first public allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor child were aired amidst a 1993 civil lawsuit that was eventually settled out of court. The penalty decision was a doubtful one. All Rights Reserved. When he was a teenager, he played for a minor league soccer club in Bauru in Sao Paulo state and in 1956 joined the major league Santos Football Club in the city of Sao Paulo, playing inside left forward. He was the elder of two siblings. "Years later, Pele would tell an anecdote about street children in Santos and how the message from his 1,000th goal was for them. That was the message from my 1,000th goal," Pele said.Pele also says he held off from scoring his 1,000th goal so he could achieve the feat on the big stage at the Maracana.In a hastily arranged friendly against Botofogo two weeks earlier he scored twice to take his tally to 999.Then, on November 16, Santos played in Salvador against Bahia. Watch: Brazil Legend Pele Scored His 1000th Goal On This Day, 50 Years Ago Brazilian soccer great Pele scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium. Pele, who was only 17 years old, scored two goals to defeat Sweden in the final.Pele was blessed with speed, balance, control, power, and an uncanny ability to anticipate the movements of his opponents and teammates. "I don't want to annoy the Baianos, but I wanted the goal to be in an official game, so I stopped shooting at goal in that game. In fewer than 275 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded The Soviet Red Army under General Georgi Zhukov launches Operation Uranus, the great Soviet counteroffensive that turned the tide in the Battle of Stalingrad. On November 19, 1969, Pele scored his 1,000th goal on a penalty kick against Vasco da Gama. Pele could sniff a cheap goal, but so too can these two. Change Font Size Directed by Milos Forman and based on a 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, the film starred Jack Nicholson and was co-produced by the actor Michael Douglas. Eighty thousand adoring fans in Maracana stadium cheered him wildly, even though Santos was the opposing team.Pele announced his retirement in 1974 but in 1975 accepted a $7 million contract to play with the During his long career, Pele scored 1,282 goals in 1,363 games.