Pele's 1958 World Cup shirt to be auctioned

LONDON (Reuters) -- The shirt worn by 17-year-old Pele when he scored two goals for Brazil in the 1958 World Cup final against Sweden is set to raise up to £100,000 ($180,000) when it is sold at auction next week.

The blue, short-sleeved, v-necked shirt with Pele's number 10 on the back will be sold at Christie's in London on Tuesday.

Although Brazil usually wear yellow shirts, they played in their change colour of blue in the 1958 final so as not to clash with Sweden.

The number 10 shirt Pele wore in the 1970 World Cup final was sold for a record £157,750 ($283,100) at Christie's in March 2002 to a telephone bidder.

Among the other items for sale is the shirt worn by Roberto Baggio of Italy when he missed a penalty in the shootout in the 1994 World Cup final against Brazil in Pasadena.

So too is the England shirt Paul Gascoigne wore in the 1990 World Cup semi-final against West Germany and an FA Cup winners medal from 1906.

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