This Thursday afternoon the star of the brazilian soccer, Pele, after fighting him colon cancer.
In social networks, his daughter Kely Nascimento He was the one who confirmed the death with a beautiful image and a heartfelt message to his father: “Everything we are is thanks to you, we love you infinitely. Rest in peace”.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU: Pelé’s funeral: Where and when will the Brazilian soccer star say goodbye?
Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born on October 23, 1940 in Three Hearts in Minas Gerais, Brazil; at the age of 16 he signed with Santos de Brazilwhere the legend of the o’rei and where he would spend most of his career.
He won his first World Cup for the Verdeamarealas in Sweden 1958 at the age of 17; while in Santos he won 10 Paulista championships, three Rio Sao Paulo tournaments, six Brazilian Serie A championships, two Copa Libertadores, two Intercontinental Cups and one Intercontinental Cup Winners’ Cup.
Being the only player who has been able to lift three World Cups with Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970. His soccer career concluded with a tribute match between Santos and the New York Cosmos (with whom he won the North American Soccer League in 1977), in front of 75,000 spectators.
PELE’S FUNERAL
His funeral honors will take held at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium, of Santos FC, where the legend began his career, next Monday, January 2, and buried on Tuesday 3.
After the tribute in the stadium of the Santos FC, Pelé’s body will be buried in the “Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial”considered the largest vertical cemetery in the world, and located in the town of Santos, in Brazil.
Brazilian media assure that Pelé would have chosen that place 19 years ago, as he said that from that point you can clearly see Santos’ house in Vila Belmiro.
