Olympic swimming champion, five-time Brazilian world champion Ana Marcela Cunha said on “” that the legendary footballer who died Pele has made his name a household name and synonymous with success in any sport.
Pelé died Thursday at the age of 82 after battling colon cancer. Earlier it became known that the Brazilian’s body stopped responding to chemotherapy.
Pelé will never die. People will never stop being Pelé. I think his professionalism lies in the fact that he changed football, which is the most popular sport today, had an impact on athletes in general. Everyone wanted to be Pelé in their own sport. It ended up being a joke! – Kunya said on .
Pele’s former club Santos have announced that the legendary player’s body will be sent directly from Albert Einstein Hospital to the club’s stadium at dawn on Monday January 2, with the coffin placed in the center of the pitch. Mass farewells are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. local time. The next day, Pelé will be buried on the territory of the Ekumenika necropolis.
Pelé is the only three-time football world champion (1958, 1962, 1970). He played 92 games for Brazil and scored 77 goals. At club level, the striker played for Brazilian Santos and New York Cosmos.
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