WATCH | Pele: Five great World Cup goals

Pele, arguably the greatest footballer of all time, died aged 82 on Thursday in his native Brazil.

Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five of the best goals the three-time World Cup winner scored at the global showpiece:

1958 quarter-final v Wales (1-0 win)

June 19, 1958 at Gothenburg, Sweden

The first of Pele's 12 World Cup goals came in the 1958 last eight against a strong Wales side led by John Charles. The then-17-year-old had become the youngest player ever in the tournament in Brazil's final group game against the USSR.

Pele decided a tight match with a moment of brilliance in the 66th minute. He controlled the ball inside the box with his chest, before flicking the ball over a bewildered defender and volleying a low finish into the bottom corner. Photographers swarmed onto the pitch to capture his celebrations with his teammates in the back of the Welsh net.

1958 semi-final v France (5-2 win)

June 24, 1958 at Stockholm

Pele did not waste much time in adding to his World Cup tally, decisively turning a close semi-final against France in Brazil's favour. Leading 2-1 at half-time against Just Fontaine's Les Bleus, Pele plundered a second-half hat-trick to power Brazil into the final.

He bundled in after a goalkeeping error to make it 3-1, before lashing home following some exquisite skill for his second. But the coup de grace was the goal which capped his only World Cup hat-trick, as he killed Garrincha's right-wing cross with one touch and thumped an unstoppable volley into the corner.

1958 final v Sweden (5-2 win)

June 29, 1958 at Stockholm

Pele wrote himself into footballing folklore by becoming the first teenager to score in a World Cup final, a feat only matched 60 years later by France's Kylian Mbappe. His first goal of a