July 16 (Reuters) - The ⁠shirt worn by Brazil great Pele ⁠when he scored twice in the ‌1958 World Cup final has sold for $4.9 million at auction, becoming the most valuable piece of ​memorabilia linked to the football ⁠legend, Sotheby's said ⁠on Thursday.

• The number 10 shirt, worn by ⁠the ‌then 17-year-old as Brazil beat hosts Sweden 5-2 in Stockholm ⁠to win their first world title, attracted ​10 bids ‌from more than five bidders, the ⁠auction house ​said.

• The sale made it the second-most expensive football shirt sold at auction, behind ⁠the $9.3 million paid in 2022 ​for the shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his "Hand of God" goal ⁠for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup.

• Pele, who died in 2022 aged 82, scored twice in the ​1958 showpiece and remains the ⁠youngest player to score in a World ​Cup final.

• The shirt ‌had previously sold at ​auction in 2004 for 70,505 pounds ($105,600), according to Sotheby's.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot)