Pelé has been buried.
The Brazilian soccer legend, who died of most cancers on December 29 on the age of 82, was buried on the ninth flooring of the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica cemetery on Tuesday (01.03.22), overlooking the Urbano Caldeira stadium in his hometown of Santos in a non-public ceremony. after her physique was carried via the streets, the place 1000’s of individuals lined the street to pay their remaining respects to her.
Pele’s physique lay within the middle circle of the Santos stadium pitch for 24 hours earlier than a procession carried his coffin to the vertical cemetery by way of a route that handed his household’s outdated dwelling, the place his mom Celeste lived. , 100 years. and his sister watched.
He was then buried in a non-public ceremony with solely his household current.
Amongst these on the stadium, the place Pelé spent nearly his whole profession on the membership from 1956 to 1974, was the athlete’s greatest buddy and former teammate, Manoel María.
He stated: “If I had all of the wealth on the earth, I might by no means repay what this man did for me and my household.
“He was such a fantastic man as a participant, the most effective of all time. His legacy will outlive us all, and you’ll see that on this lengthy line with folks of all ages right here.”
The nation’s new president, Lula, arrived by helicopter on the stadium and spent round 30 minutes subsequent to Pelé’s coffin, which was draped with a Brazilian flag.
He instructed Santos TV: “Pele is incomparable, as a footballer and as a human being.
“Probably the most implausible factor is that Pelé by no means turned up his nostril, he handled everybody the identical.”
The previous president of Santos FC, Marcelo Teixeira, described Pelé as a “implausible human being”.
And he added: “He had a beneficiant coronary heart, not solely as a result of he was the athlete of the century. He all the time took care of individuals in a extremely honest and humble approach.”