New york: Sotheby's auction house in New York announced the sale of the jersey worn by Brazilian football legend Pel© in the 1958 World Cup final for $4.88 million, making it the second most expensive football jersey ever sold at auction. The auction house stated that Pel© wore the number 10 jersey when he was 17 years old, leading Brazil to a 5-2 victory over hosts Sweden in Stockholm and securing their first World Cup title, after scoring two goals in the final match.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the jersey ranked second on the list of the most expensive football jerseys sold at auction, behind the jersey worn by Argentina's Diego Maradona when he scored his "Hand of God" goal for Argentina against England in the 1986 World Cup, which sold for $9.3 million in 2022. Pel©, who died in 2022 at the age of 82, remains the youngest player to score a goal in a World Cup final, a record he still holds since the 1958 edition.

Ownership documents reveal that Pel© gifted the jersey after the match to his teammate Dida, who later entrusted it to his family in Macei³, Alagoas. It remained in the possession of his brother, Edson Santa Rosa, between 1958 and 1992. In 1993, sports journalist Laucinai Perdigao founded the "Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa" sports museum in Macei³ in honor of Dida, who donated the jersey to the museum in recognition of its historical value. It has since become one of the museum's most prized possessions and is on display to visitors daily.

In September 2004, the shirt was auctioned by Christie's after its owner at the time documented its complete history of ownership, before it disappeared from public view for more than two decades.