Soccer is a sport of passions and those feelings are what lead fans to do “crazy things” and among these is paying billions of euros or dollars for objects that have marked an era in the sport and have a history. amazing to tell
After Pelé’s death on December 29, several auctions of the most valuable objects of who was considered the Fifa player of the century have been announced.
Among these is the Jules Rimet trophy that was given to Pelé for being the only footballer to win 3 World Cups.
So we undertook the task of looking for other pieces of value that have been auctioned throughout history and we found that astronomical amounts have been paid for each of these.
Orlando Plata, a Colombian soccer memorabilia collector, indicates that as in any field of life there are people who have a taste for this subject and are willing to pay those figures.
“It happens with car collectors, with those who collect coins or stamps, among other types of collections. What happens is that football has things that, by themselves, tell a whole story.”
Plata is not wrong and this can be seen, for example with the captain’s armband that the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo threw to the ground after the referee disallowed a goal in the 2-2 tie between Portugal and Serbia for the Qatar qualifiers. Also, millions were paid for the guayo with which the German Mario Götze scored the goal for Argentina in stoppage time in the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil. One of the most media sales was that of the shirt with which Diego Maradona scored twice against England in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
Likewise, the cleats with which Messi surpassed Pelé’s record, and even the shirt worn by George Best with Manchester United. Anyway, as they say out there ‘every crazy person with his theme’, but it is clear that each one of these objects costs an ‘eye of the face’.
Christian’s bracelet: €75,000
Maradona’s jewels: €25,000
Diego Maradona’s shirt in 1986: USD 50,000
George Best T-shirt: €34,000
GShoes with which Messi broke Pelé’s record: USD 170,000
Trofeo Jules Rimet: €486.000
Ball with which Beckham missed a penalty at Euro 2004: €28,000
Toni Kroos’s shirt after winning the Champions League number 12 with Real Madrid: €642,000
