This is confirmed by his agent, Joe Fraga, to the AP news agency.
Pelé has recently been admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo.
Pelé was admitted to hospital on 29 November for a re-evaluation of the chemotherapy he received to fight the colon cancer for which he was operated on in February. He followed Brazil’s matches during the Qatar World Cup from his hospital bed.
Last week his condition worsened, the hospital said.
Pelé’s daughter, Kely Nascimento, has published an Instagram post, in which she writes:
“Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you endlessly. Rest in peace”.
Photo: Screenshot/Instagram
The world’s best
Pelè, or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, as he is actually called, became the youngest ever in a World Cup aged 17. He and Brazil became world champions in 1958 when they beat Sweden 5-2 in the final.
Photo: GERARD MALIE/AFP
Pelé helped win three of Brazil’s five World Cup golds. He helped his home country lift the trophy in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and is considered by many to be one of the world’s best footballers of all time.
Péle scored 77 goals in 92 international matches for Brazil. 12 of them were scored in the 14 World Cup games he played.
The club career of Péle in Brazil was for Santos. He is the all-time top scorer with 643 goals in his 659 games.
– Pelé was much more than the greatest sportsman of all time, writes the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) on Instagram.
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NORWAY CUP: Football player Pelè was in Oslo to shine on the opening of the Norway Cup in 1989. Here together with football president Per Ravn Omdal (tv) Photo: Jørn H. Moen NTB
– Fantastic person
Per Ravn Omdal, former sports director and president of the Norwegian Football Association, has met Pelé on several occasions, including when Pelé and the FIFA president were visiting the Norway Cup.
– He was a wonderful person. First and foremost a great football player. He was very interested in children, youth and the rising generation of players. Both those with great talent and those who didn’t, he tells TV 2.
– He was already a great inspiration in 1958 when he participated in his first WC. He was a great ambassador for international football. The fact that he visited Oslo and the Norway Cup and showed attention to Norwegian youth, it was absolutely fantastic.
– Big loss
The Norwegian-Brazilian Leo Doria, who is behind the Heia Brasil website, tells TV 2 that the news of Pelé’s death is expected, but sad.
– It is a great loss for Brazil, the world of football and the world of sports, he says.
According to Doria, parent club Santos has prepared a ceremony, which will be open at the stadium.
– After so many years, he is still an image of Brazilian football. He was given a very special place in the sports world. He has met many heads of state, he has met the Pope and in many cases he has been Brazil’s face on the outside, says Doria.
Eu tive o privilege que os brasileiros mais jovens não tudem: eu vi o Pelé jogar, ao vivo, no Pacaembu e Morumbi. Jogar, no. Eu vi o Pelé dar show. Porque quando pegava na bola ele semper fazia algo especial, que muitas vezes acabava em gol.
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— Lula (@LulaOfficial) December 29, 2022
– Always did something special
Brazil’s newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, writes on Twitter that he got the privilege that many young Brazilians have not had – to see Pelé on the football field.
– Playing football – no. I saw Pelé give a show, he writes.
– Because when he got the ball, he always did something special, which often ended with a goal.
Furthermore, the president writes that few Brazilians have put the country on the map like Pelé.
– He left one certainty: there had never been a number 10 like him. Thank you, Pele. The Brazilian government sends its condolences to Pele’s family and friends, they write in a statement according to the Reuters news agency.
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