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The last farewell: where and when will Pele be buried?

2023-01-02 12:56:48Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The last farewell: where and when will Pele be buried?

The final preparations for the commemoration and final farewell of world football legend Edson Arantes Nascimente Pele are underway.

The commemoration will take place at the Urbano Caldeira stadium, also known as Vila Belmiro, in Santos where Pele began his career.

Brazilians say goodbye to the legend of world football, Pele, who died on December 29 at the "Albert Einstein" hospital in Sao Paulo after a battle with cancer at the age of 82.

Local and foreign tourists visit the Pele Museum in the city of Santos, which is located about 70 kilometers from Sao Paulo. The museum is full of exhibits related to football legend Pele.

The Brazilian government declared three days of mourning for his death and a memorial service for Pele will be held on January 3 at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, where he spent most of his career. A vigil for Pele will be held on Monday after his body leaves Sao Paulo.

The football icon will be laid to rest in a private funeral on January 3 at the Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis.

Pele, who is Brazil's all-time leading scorer with 77 goals in 92 games, became a football icon after winning the first World Cup in 1958 as a 17-year-old.

Pele, who was born into a poor family in Sao Paulo, won the World Cup with Brazil in 1962 and 1970.

Injury limited his contribution to Brazil's 1962 World Cup triumph in Chile, but eight years later he was man of the tournament after assembling one of the greatest squads of all time to lift the trophy in Mexico thanks to a 4-0 victory over Italy in the final, where he scored the first goal. This goal makes him one of only five players to score in two World Cup finals and thanks to his feat in 1958, he remains the youngest player to score in a World Cup.

His spectacular results made him a Santos legend at club level. Pele holds the home club's all-time record and helped them win two Copa Libertadores titles and six Brazilian league crowns over 18 years.

Pele, who scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 games for club and country during his career, ended his playing days with the New York Cosmos and retired from football in 1977.

After retirement, he was a football ambassador. In 2013, he received the FIFA Ballon d'Or in recognition of his career and achievements, and in 2020 he was named in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, the 11 greatest of all time.

Pele was in the hospital since November 29. He underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his colon in September 2021 and has been hospitalized several times since then.


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