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Pelé won his first major title with Santos in 1958 as the team won the Campeonato Paulista; he would finish the tournament as the top scorer, with 58 goals, [31] a record that still stands today. A year later, he would help the team earn their first victory in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo with a 3–0 over Vasco da Gama. [ 32 ]
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
Pelé, Pepe and Zito are the Santos players who have won the FIFA World Cup two consecutive times. Santos FC is a football club based in Santos, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league. The club was founded in 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names ...
In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee [20] and included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century, [21] while, in 2000, he was voted the World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics [22] and was a joint winner of the FIFA ...
The current trophy has been used since 1975. Like the FIFA World Cup trophy, the winners of each edition of the tournament has their name inscribed on the trophy; unlike the FIFA World Cup trophy, a pedestal contains a list of winners in the form of badges. The current pedestal is the fourth in the trophy's history, having been used since 2009.
Most international major trophies won: 35 – Real Madrid, 1955–2024 [106] Most national major trophies won: 118 – Celtic, 1892–2024; Most trophies won in top level competitions: 125 – Al Ahly, 1923–2024 [107] Most overall trophies won: 275 – Linfield, 1891–2024 [108] Most national championships won: 56 – Linfield, 1891–2024 [109]
Most of the teams participated used to play masters games on a regular basis and kept the quality of football on a competitive level. Brazil Masters team, which won the 1989 event and finished second to Argentina in 1987. There were two exceptions to FIFA rules: players must be 34-and-over, and teams were allowed five substitutions instead of two.
Brazilian football champions are the winners of the highest league in Brazilian football, which since 1971 is considered the national championship. In 2010, the Brazilian Football Confederation additionally recognized the winners of the Taça Brasil (1959–68) and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967–70) as Brazilian football champions l. It has also briefely recognized the controversial ...