Thousands of Brazilian football fans gathered on Tuesday morning to bid farewell to the body of football legend, the late Edson Arantes do Nascimento “Pele”, at a solemn funeral in the Brazilian city of Santos. Pelé passed away last Thursday at the age of 82, enriching football with his achievements. as well as his records locally with Santos and internationally with the Brazil national team.
Pele’s body arrived at the Santos Urbano Calder Stadium on Monday from the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo to say goodbye to Santos fans and the Brazilian national team.
The body of the late legend Pelé was placed in the middle of the Santos FC stadium for a final farewell before being transported to his final resting place half a mile from the club stadium on Tuesday morning.
The funeral of the legend Pelé took place from the Urbano Caldera Stadium yesterday morning, Tuesday, after which the coffin with the late Brazilian legend Pelé passed in the suburb of Santos, where Mrs. Donna Celeste lived, Pele’s mother, who still did not know that her son had died from colon cancer.
Then the coffin of the Brazilian legend Pele went to his final resting place in the cemetery, which is located half a mile from the Santos stadium.
Following the funeral, Brazil declared 3 days of mourning for the player who brought it the country’s first 3 World Cups in its history in 1958, 1962 and 1970. Pele was buried in the place through which he tried to show gratitude to his father, who inspired him to enter the world of football as recommended by Pele. Buried on the ninth floor of a vertical cemetery half a mile from the Santos stadium, in honor of the spirit of his father, a former Dondinho football player who was a player in the Brazilian team Fluminense and wore number 9.
And Pele was buried in a cemetery located half a mile from the Santos stadium, on the ninth floor, so that he could watch the team’s stadium, according to the fans of the Brazilian club.
Pele’s tomb was built in 1983 and has over 14,000 vaults, originally a tropical garden, restaurant and car museum.
The coffin of the late legend Pele was painted gold, and next to it was placed a group of sculptures and paintings of the Brazilian legend.
