How did Pelé's presence affect the popularity of football in different countries?

Jan 4, 2023 ... As a nine-year-old, Pelé listened on the radio as the Brazilian national team lost in one of the biggest upsets in soccer history to Uruguay, ... Apr 27, 2023 ... The word "Pelé" isn't just the nickname for one of soccer's greatest players but a synonym for being the best. Now a Portuguese-language dictionary is making ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Pelé, Brazilian soccer legend and king of the "beautiful game," dies at 82 ... Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World ... Dec 29, 2022 ... This is where the Brazilian pixie made fools of defenders, who suddenly became clumsy, inept and petrified when playing against him. For him, to ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Pele, who burst onto the world scene as a goal-scoring teenager and led his national team to an unprecedented three World Cup titles, died Thursday at the age ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Pelé, the Brazilian football legend, who many regard as the greatest player of all time, has died in hospital in Sao Paulo at the age of 82. Aug 22, 2017 ... There may never be another footballer as supreme as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé. The argument of who truly deserves ... Dec 29, 2022 ... His death has sent the entire soccer world — and specifically Brazil, the nation who'd nurtured and worshiped him — into a state of mourning. It ... Jan 7, 2024 ... Zagallo, who played alongside Pele in Brazil's 1958 and 1962 World Cup-winning teams and later won the trophy as a coach, died on Friday of ... Dec 30, 2022 ... Pelé ended his career on Oct. 1, 1977, in an exhibition between the Cosmos and Santos before a crowd in New Jersey of some 77,000. He played ...