Wake and funeral plans for soccer King Pelé

EFE , Sao Paulo, Brazil – The Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, considered by many the best soccer player of all time, died Thursday, December 29 at the age of 82, due to complications from cancer.

Pelé’s wake will take place at the Santos stadium next Monday and his mortal remains will be buried on Tuesday, January 3, the club where he played most of his career reported Thursday.

Pelé’s mortal remains will be transferred from Sao Paulo to Santos, a city located some 80 kilometers away, at dawn next Monday.

The coffin will be located in the center of the field of the Vila Belmiro stadium at the public wake, which will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday and 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.

At the end of the wake, on Tuesday, January 3, there will be a procession through the streets of Santos, the port city where Pelé was enshrined.

The procession will pass through the Channel 6 area, where his 100-year-old mother Celeste Arantes, lives before heading to the Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial Cemetery, where he will be buried in a ceremony reserved for family members.

Pelé died Thursday at the Sao Paulo hospital where he had been admitted for a month due to multi-organ failure caused by colon cancer that was diagnosed in 2021.