The shirt worn by Brazilian football icon Pele in the 1958 World Cup final, where he scored two goals to secure victory for Brazil, has sold for $4.9 million. Sotheby’s, the auction house that facilitated the sale on Thursday, confirmed that this is the most expensive piece of Pele memorabilia ever sold.

Sotheby’s highlighted the significance of the shirt, noting that the images from the 1958 final are among the most reproduced in football history, and "this shirt was there."

Previously, the same shirt had sold at auction in 2004 for 70,505 pounds (approximately $105,600). While this sale sets a record for Pele memorabilia, it remains below the prices fetched by other sports collectibles, such as Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals jersey, which sold for $10.1 million, and Diego Maradona’s 1986 World Cup quarterfinal jersey, which sold for $9.2 million, according to auctioneers Bonhams.

In related World Cup news, the France-Spain semi-final match has been noted for its close competition, with neither side having trailed so far, though only one can advance.

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