Stunning Pele Lot! Pele Santos Fc (Brazil) MATCH PIN for Pele First European Tour of his Career and Visit to Italy in 1959! Pin has the Brazil and Italian Flag! Stunning Museum Lot!

*Provenance: Former Collection of Santos Pele Teammate*

Story:

Altogether, Santos played 21 more matches, in nine European countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Holland, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland, and twenty cities: Sofia, Liege, Brussels, Ghent, Groningen, Milan, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Geneva, Hamburg, Hannover, Enschede, Madrid, Lisbon, La Coruña, Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, Vienna and Sevilla.


In some countries, the Santos team played matches one day after another, facing and thrashing great European teams in just over a month.


At Camp Nou, they took no notice of the strong Barcelona team, and thrashed 5-1. Dorval and Pelé scored two goals each and Coutinho scored one more. The Brazilian Evaristo de Macedo scored the consolation goal for the Spanish team.


During the tour, Santos won two trophies, Valencia and Teresa Herrera. To win the Valencia Tournament, they drew 4-4 with the home team, Valencia, and ran over Internazionale Milano by 7-1. For the Teresa Herrera Trophy, Santos also thrashed one of the greatest teams of the time, Garrincha’s Botafogo. Pepe scored twice and Coutinho and Pelé completed the score 4-1. Zagallo scored the consolation one for the carioca team.


In 22 matches, Santos scored an impressive 78 goals. They won 13, drew five and lost only four games. Pelé was the top scorer of the tour with 28 goals and Pepe the second top scorer, with 20 goals. In addition to being the first, the 1959 tour was also one of the most successful that Santos has ever done in Europe.


All matches from the 1959 tour
23/05 – Bulgarian B team 3 x 3 Santos
24/05 – Bulgarian team 0 x 2 Santos
26/05 – Royal Standard-BEL 0 x 1 Santos
27/05 – Anderlecht-BEL 2 x 4 Santos
30/05 – Gantoise-BEL 2 x 1 Santos
03/06 – Feyenoord-HOL 0 x 3 Santos
05/06 – Internazionale-ITA 3 x 2 Santos
06/06 – Fortuna Dusseldorf-GER 4 x 6 Santos
07/06 – Nuremberg-GER 3 x 3 Santos
09/06 – Servette-SWI 1 x 4 Santos
11/06 – Seleção de Hamburgo-GER 0 x 6 Santos
13/06 – Seleção de Niedersachsen-GER 1 x 7 Santos
15/06 – Enschede-HOL 0 x 5 Santos
17/06 – Real Madrid-ESP 5 x 3 Santos
19/06 – Sporting-POR 2 x 2 Santos
21/06 – Botafogo-RJ 1 x 4 Santos
24/06 – Valencia-ESP 4 x 4 Santos
26/06 – Internazionale-ITA 1 x 7 Santos
29/06 – Barcelona-ESP 1 x 5 Santos
30/06 – Genoa-ITA 2 x 4 Santos
02/07 – Wiener Sportklub-AUS 3 x 0 Santos
05/07 – Betis-ESP 2 x 2 Santos

Pin details: 4cm!