After the death of Pelé this Thursday, one of the best athletes in history, his official farewell will take place on Monday at the Santos stadium, the club where he played most of his career so as not to overshadow the ceremony. inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president of Brazil, which will take place on Sunday.
Thus, the public will be able to say goodbye to the soccer star at the Vila Belmiro Stadium, who will receive his funeral on
Monday and Tuesday,
Santos said in a statement.
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Pelé, whose full name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died on Thursday at the age of 82 after a long battle with colon cancer.
By order of the family, his body will remain in the morgue for 48 more hours after his death, since Sunday, January 1, is Lula's inauguration ceremony in Brasilia, according to the sports newspaper As.
The Government of Jair Bolsonaro decreed this Thursday three days of official mourning that came into force on the same Thursday, which will expire on December 31.
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Santos indicated that the coffin with the three-time World Cup champion will leave the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo on Monday morning and will be placed on the field of the stadium in the city of Santos, 50 miles (80 km) from Sao Paulo.
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The coffin will be located in the stadium's midfield at the
public wake
and
visits will begin at 10 am
Monday and end the following day at the same time.
At the end of the wake,
Pelé's coffin will be carried through the streets of Santos
and
past the home of his 100-year-old mother, Celeste.
Recent reports in the Brazilian press indicated that Pelé's mother cannot leave her bed and she is not lucid.
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The burial, which will only be attended by the family, will take place on the 3rd at the Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, a vertical cemetery in Santos, the highest in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records, just 0.5 miles (850 meters) from the Santos stadium.
Pelé chose this place 19 years ago to be buried;
He will occupy floor number nine, in honor of his father, who wore that number for years as a soccer player, according to the aforementioned media.
Pelé had a house in Santos,
where he lived for most of his life.
He spent his last years in the city of Guarujá.
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In September 2021, Pelé had a colon tumor removed and on November 29 of this year he returned to the Albert Einstein hospital for COVID-19 and a respiratory infection.
Last week the hospital acknowledged in a statement that the cancer had advanced.
Pelé led Brazil to World Cup wins in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and remains one of the team's all-time leading scorers with 77 goals.
Neymar tied his record during the World Cup in Qatar.