Brazil legend Pele's 1958 World Cup final shirt sells for $4.9 million

[p]The number 10 shirt, ‌worn by the then 17-year-old ⁠as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]‌Brazil[/a] beat hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] 5-2 in ​Stockholm to win their first world title, attracted ​10 bids from more than five bidders, the auction ⁠house said.[/p][p]The sale made it the second-most expensive football shirt sold at auction, behind the $9.3 ‌million paid in 2022 for the shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his "Hand of God" goal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] at the 1986 World Cup.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pele/vLlLXqRh/"]Pele[/a], who died in 2022 aged ‌82, scored twice in ​the 1958 showpiece and remains ‌the youngest player to score in a World Cup final.[/p][p]The shirt had previously sold at auction in ⁠2004 ⁠for 70,505 ‌pounds ($105,600), according to Sotheby's.[/p][embed guid="a0fc6552-553b-402b-af63-b34a661d14de" url="https://x.com/OptaJoe/status/2077693990258790607" social-type="twitter" /]