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Samuel Meade

Pele's goals and stats compared to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

Pele died last week at the age of 82 but his legend lives on around the globe.

The Brazilian icon was the game's first superstar and truly made his name on the World Cup stage. His three triumphs, beginning in 1958 and ending in 1970, have marked him out as arguably the greatest player of all time. In the modern age, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have challenged that theory.

Much of the debate revolves around player and generational preference, but one thing the trio have in common is their appetite for goals. Ronaldo and Messi began as wide players before morphing into relentless goalscorers. Pele began as a centre-forward - and his tally shows that.

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