The stadium the place Brazilian soccer nice Pelé performed a number of the greatest matches of his profession may even maintain his funeral on Monday and Tuesday.
Santos, the membership the place Pelé performed in Brazil, mentioned in a press release mentioned that the general public will have the ability to pay their ultimate respects at Vila Belmiro Stadium, outdoors Sao Paulo.
Pelé, whose full title was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died on Thursday after a protracted battle with most cancers. He was 82.
Santos mentioned the coffin carrying the three-time World Cup champion will depart Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo early Monday morning and will probably be positioned within the heart circle of the sector.
Visitation will begin Monday at 10 a.m. and end the subsequent day on the identical time.
Pelé’s casket will probably be carried by means of the streets of Santos and can go in entrance of the house of his 100-year-old mom, Celeste. Recent stories in Brazilian media say Pelé’s mom can’t depart her mattress and isn’t lucid.
The burial will happen on the Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, a vertical cemetery in Santos. Only household will attend.
Pelé has a house in Santos, the place he lived most of his life. He spent his final years within the metropolis of Guarujá.
Pelé had a colon tumor eliminated in September 2021. Neither his household nor the hospital have mentioned whether or not it had unfold to different organs. He returned to the Albert Einstein hospital on November 29 with COVID-19 and a respiratory an infection.
Last week, the hospital mentioned in a press release his most cancers had superior.
Pelé led Brazil to World Cup victory in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and stays one of many group’s all-time main scorers with 77 objectives. Neymar tied Pelé’s document throughout this yr’s World Cup in Qatar.