Santos Football Club Release Pele’s Burial Arrangements .
“The wake for the greatest footballer of all time will be held in Urbano Caldeira Stadium, better known as the Vila Belmiro, where he enchanted the world”
Santos football club have announced the burial arrangements for the late football legend Pele.
The club, in a statement signed Thursday, said the wake will be held on Monday, January 2, by 10 am, and his body will be laid to rest on Tuesday, January 3, at his Santos home, where he enchanted the world.
The burial arrangement, expected to count with the presence of world leaders, has been slated for Monday and Tuesday. The wake will be held on Monday and his body will be laid to rest on Tuesday at his Santos home, where he enchanted the world, according to his former club.
According to news report , important dignitaries have started flying in for the burial services , the FIFA president and members of the European Football federations , football players of high esteems , film producers , presidents of several Latin American countries , the European leaders , Arab leagues , African leaders , the American leaders , the Afro communities worldwide , actors and actresses are arriving Brazil for the kings burial services
The Santos football club, in a statement, said, “The wake for the greatest footballer of all time will be held in Urbano Caldeira Stadium, better known as the Vila Belmiro, where he enchanted the world.” The statement added that Pele would then get a funeral procession through the city’s streets before a private burial ceremony.
Burial arrangement
The body of Pele, who died at the age of 82 on Thursday, will be taken from the Albert Einstein Hospital to Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Vila Belmiro Monday morning, and the coffin will be placed in the centre of the pitch. The wake is expected to begin at 10am.
Those who want to pay their last respect to the King of Football will enter through two gates and separate to politicians and the authorities. According to a Daily Mail UK report, the ceremony will continue until 10am on Tuesday, January 3, when the parade will take place through the streets of Santos. It will pass through Canal 6, where Pele’s 100-year-old mother, Celeste, lives, before heading to the Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial for the private burial reserved for family members.
Pele, who had been in hospital since late November, died at the age of 82 following a long battle with colon cancer.
Tributes have continued to flow in for the only man to win the World Cup three times, first as a 17-year-old in 1958, again in Chile four years later and then the iconic third win in Mexico in 1970. Pele scored 1,282 goals in 1,366 games in his football career, which included 77 in 92 appearances for his country.
On Tuesday, there will be a parade carrying his coffin through the neighbourhood where his 100-year-old mother lives, followed by a private burial.
Footballers, world leaders and entertainers are among those who shared tributes to Pele.
Neymar, the Brazil forward who moved level with Pele’s record of 77 international goals during the last World Cup, said: “Before Pele football was just a sport. Pele has changed it all.” an emotional tribute on Instagram, Neymar added: “He turned football into art, into entertainment He gave voice to the poor, to the blacks and especially: He gave visibility to Brazil.
“Soccer and Brazil have raised their status thanks to the King! He’s gone but his magic remains. Pele is FOREVER!!”
Former US president Bill Clinton said Pele was “not only a football legend but also a humanitarian and global icon.
“He used his platform to empower disenfranchised children and inspire generations around the world.”
French president Emmanuel Macron said Pele’s legacy would live forever, writing on Twitter: “The game. The king. Eternity.”
The government of Jair Bolsonaro, who finishes his term as Brazil’s president on Sunday, said that Pele was “a great citizen and patriot, raising the name of Brazil wherever he went”.
Mr Bolsonaro’s successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, wrote on Twitter that “few Brazilians carried the name of our country as far as he did”.
German footballing great Franz Beckenbauer said on Twitter: “Football lost the greatest in its history today – and I lost a unique friend.
“Football will be yours forever. Rest in peace Pele.”
Former Brazil striker Ronaldo said on Instagram: “Unique. Cool. Technical. Creative. Perfect. One of a kind.
“Where Pele arrived, he stayed. Without ever leaving the top, he leaves us today. The king of football – only one The greatest of all time.
“The world of mourning. The sadness of parting mixed with the immense pride of the written history.
“What a privilege to come after you my friend. Your talent is a school every player should go through.
“Your legacy will transcend generations. And that’s how it will stay alive. Today and always, we celebrate you.”
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said: “Pele had a magnetic presence and, when you were with him, the rest of the world stopped.
“His life is about more than football. He changed perceptions for the better in Brazil, in South America and across the world.
“His legacy is impossible to summarise in words.
Today, we all mourn the loss of the physical presence of our dear Pele, but he achieved immortality a long time ago and therefore he will be with us for eternity.”
Gary Lineker tweeted: “The most divine of footballers and joyous of men.
“He played a game only a few chosen ones have come close to.”
England World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst said: “For me Pele remains the greatest of all time and I was proud to be on the the pitch with him. RIP Pele and thank you.”
Brazil’s famous Christ The Redeemer statue and the arches at Wembley Stadium in London were lit up in Brazilian colours to commemorate Pele’s life.
