Today we have lost one of the greatest players to ever play the game. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Also known as 'Pele' and 'Black pearl' has won 3 world cups in his elusive career. From being the youngest player to ever score at a FIFA WC final to being one of the first players to score from a bicycle kick, today we will be looking at some of his records and most importantly, the world cup finals he has been a part of. Let's go!

first of all, he has played in three world cup finals, winning all three, They were in 1958, 1962 and 1970. In the 1958 finals, the most famous one of the three, he scored two goals, one a neat finish and the other goal a header. Brazil won 5-2 against tournament hosts Sweden in the finals of the 1958 world cup.

In the 1962 finals, which was being held at Chile, Brazil played Czechoslovakia in the finals which Brazil again won 3-1. Although Pele was at his peak around this time, he suffered a thigh injury forcing him to sit out the entire tournament after their second group stage game.

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We are at the last world cup final Pele played and it's the 1970 final between Brazil and Italy held at Mexico. Brazil thumped Italy 4-1 in the match out of which 1 goal was scored by Pele himself. This turned out to be his last world cup goal. It was a precise header as he buried the ball in the bottom right corner. He had won his third and last world cup, which is extraordinary considering winning one world cup itself is really hard and Pele had won three of them.

That was it for today's tribut to the greatest players to ever play the game- Pele. stay tuned for the next post!