Late football legend, Pele is ready to be buried at his Santos home on Tuesday after the wake takes place on Monday.
This development was revealed by Santos football club, in a statement Thursday after Pele, who had been in hospital since late November, died at the age of 82 due to a long battle with colon cancer.
According to the club, Pele would get a funeral procession through the city’s streets before a private burial ceremony.
“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 club said.
The wake of Pele, who died at the age of 82 on Thursday, is expected to begin at 10am, while his body 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.
However, 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.
The ceremony, will continue until 10am on Tuesday, January 3, when the parade will take place through the streets of Santos, Daily Mail UK reports.
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.
Daily Mail UK also revealed that the press, will have access through gate 20 and prior registration will be required, by email, with the rules informed on the club’s official website.
Meanwhile, notable personalities and celebrities in different fields have Tributes have acknowledged the only man to win the World Cup three times with tributes.
He achieved this feat first as a 17-year-old in 1958, again in Chile four years later and then the iconic third win in Mexico in 1970.
“Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace,” the legend’s daughter, Kely Nascimento, confirming Pele’s passing wrote in a social media post.
There was a message to the three million followers on Pele’s official Twitter account, too: “Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pele, who peacefully passed away today. Love, love and love, forever.”
In his football career, Pele scored 1,282 goals in 1,366 games, which included 77 in 92 appearances for his country.
