Close behind Pele as Brazil's all-time top goalscorer, Neymar is keen to break the 51-year-old record as soon as possible. SLInt MORE:
The Paris Saint-Germain superstar is currently just three goals shy of matching the football icon's record of 77 goals for the Selecao.
The 30-year-old has managed to find the back of the net 74 times in 120 appearances in a Brazil jersey to date, and is now looking to put the longstanding record under serious threat."I'm going to talk to my teammates about it and tell them to help me score so I can finally get there." Pele burst on to the international stage at a young age, making his senior Brazil debut at just 16 years of age, and had already won his first FIFA World Cup trophy when he was 17. The triumph in Sweden in 1958 would be the first of three World Cup titles he held aloft.
He was remarkably prolific for the Selecao, netting his 77 goals in just 92 outings – with his last strike for his country coming in 1971 – but heading into the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, it could be a matter of"when" and not"if" his record will be broken as Neymar looks to cement his own legacy on the world's biggest stage.
The South American side will face Tunisia in a friendly on Tuesday evening in what will be their final match before they reconvene for their trip to Qatar later this year for the World Cup.
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