Sold for $4.9 million, Pele’s 1958 FIFA World Cup final shirt became the second most expensive football jersey; what’s first | Outside of the News field

The No. 10 jersey worn by Brazil legend Pelé in the 1958 FIFA World Cup final sold for $4.9 million, Sotheby’s auction house said on Thursday.Pelé, who died in 2022, was just 17 when he scored twice in Brazil’s 5-2 win over hosts Sweden in the World Cup final at Rasunda Stadium. He remains the youngest player to score in a World Cup final.According to Sotheby’s, the shirt is now the second most expensive football jersey ever sold at auction. The most expensive left Diego MaradonaThe famous “Hand of God” jersey, which sold for $9.3 million in 2022.The auction also said the previous most valuable piece of Pelé memorabilia was a 1958 trading card that sold for $976,000 last month.After winning the World Cup in Brazil in 1958, Edson Arantes do Nascimento — better known as Pelé — gave the handmade jersey to his roommate and fellow Brazilian, Dida.The shirt remained in Dida’s family for decades before being displayed in a museum in Brazil. It was later acquired by a collector in 2004.Pelé remains the only player to have won three FIFA World Cups, lifting the trophy with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970.He scored six goals during the 1958 tournament, including two in the final against Sweden as Brazil won 5-2 to claim their first World Cup title.In the 1962 World Cup, Pelé scored a goal as Brazil retained the trophy with a 3-1 victory over Czechoslovakia in the final.He played a key role in Brazil’s victory in the 1970 World Cup, scoring the opening goal in the 4–1 victory over Italy in the final. Pelé finished the tournament with four goals.The Brazilian football legend died in 2022 at the age of 82 after a battle with cancer.