“I’m not better than Pele

With two goals against Boliviathis Friday (8), at Mangueirão, in Belém, Neymar surpassed Pelé in the number of goals scored in official matches wearing the Brazilian team’s shirt.

Now with 79 goals on his personal score, two more than the King of Football, the 31-year-old striker received Ednaldo Rodriguespresident of the CBF, a plaque in honor of his achievement.

“I’m very happy, I’m speechless, I never imagined reaching this record. I’m no better than Pelé or any other player who played for the national team. I always wanted to write my name in the history of Brazilian football and the Brazilian national team and today I did I thank my family and all my teammates”, said Neymar, surrounded by his teammates in the press room.

The record was broken according to FIFA criteria, which only considers duels with national teams and does not count goals in games against clubs and combined matches. CBF already has matches of this type and accounts for 95 goals for Pelé.

See the 10 greatest scorers of the Brazilian team

1st Neymar (79 goals in 125 games)

2nd Pelé (77 goals in 91 games)

3rd Ronaldo (62 goals in 98 games)

4th Romário (55 goals in 95 games)

5th Zico (48 goals in 71 games)

6th Bebeto (39 goals in 76 games)

7th Rivaldo (35 goals in 75 games)

8th Jairzinho (33 goals in 81 games)

9th Ronaldinho (33 goals in 97 games)

10th Ademir de Menezes (32 goals in 39 games) and Tostão (32 goals in 54 games)