A shirt worn by Pele during the 1958 World Cup final has sold for $4.9million (£3.6m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York.
It is the second most valuable football jersey sold behind the Argentina shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal against England at the 1986 World Cup – which went for £7.1m in 2022.
Having received a total of 10 bids from more than five bidders, Pele’s shirt from the 1958 final is his most valuable item of memorabilia ever sold at auction.
This very shirt sold in 2004 for $105,600 (£70,505).
Pele scored twice against Sweden as a 17-year-old in the 1958 World Cup final to win the first of his three World Cups.
