Three world national titles, two club titles and 1283 career goals could end any comparison, but Brazil’s genius was much more than that. It represents the beauty of the game, the wonder of the ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Pele traveled the world with his club team Santos and his national team Brazil, entertaining crowds with his magical brand of soccer. He scored 1,281 goals in his 22-year ...

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 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?

Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during an international friendly at Milan's San Siro stadium in 1962. Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during ...

Messi equaled Pele's all-time club scoring tally on Saturday in a 2-2 draw with Valencia. His 643rd career goal for Barcelona since his 2004 debut matched Pele's tally for Santos from 1957-74.

Pele named Arsenal as the English team he'd most liked to have signed for if he were ever to come to the UK to play his ...