Who were Pelé's childhood football heroes?

Dec 29, 2022 ... FILE - Legendary Brazilian soccer player Pele poses for a portrait with his 1958 World Cup trophy during an interview in New York, U.S., April ... Sep 26, 2023 ... He is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Brazilian national team with 77 goals in 92 games. But aside from that, he is also largely ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Pelé, widely regarded as the greatest football player of all time, has died. He was 82 and had been suffering from cancer. Pelé's unconventional style of play fit with the international public's view of Brazilian soccer as backwards, but it proved critical to his team's 1958 victory ... Jan 29, 2023 ... He was the one who made soccer into a national product. He elevated the bar in Brazil and made the nation believe that it could achieve excellence. Sep 30, 2021 ... Brazilian football legend Pelé was released from hospital Thursday after undergoing surgery for a colon tumor, but will continue undergoing chemotherapy. Dec 29, 2022 ... A natural right-footer, he honed his left-foot skills to match, and his timing in the air was peerless. He was an uninhibited passer, capable of ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Edson Arantes do Nascimento, or Pele as he was known and loved, passed away on 29 December aged 82 in Sao Paulo following a lengthy battle with ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Regarded as the sport's all-time greatest player by soccer's governing body, FIFA, Pelé is the only man to have won three World Cups (1958, 1962 ... 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, ...