The world-famous football player Pele's burial has been scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, according to reports.
According to his former club, the wake will take place on Monday, and his body will be buried there on Tuesday after he delighted the globe.
The Santos football club announced in a statement on Thursday that Pele's wake would be held in Urbano Caldeira Stadium, popularly known as the Vila Belmiro, where he "enchanted the globe," and that he would subsequently receive a funeral procession through the streets of the city before a private burial ceremony.
The coffin of Pele, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 82, will be positioned in the middle of the field as it is transported from the Albert Einstein Hospital to Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Vila Belmiro on Monday morning. At 10am, the wake is anticipated to start.
People who want to honor the King of Football in their final moments should enter through two separate gates from politicians and other officials.
According to a story in the Daily Mail UK, the celebration will last until 10 am on Tuesday, January 3, when the parade will pass through Santos' streets.
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.
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, according to Daily Mail UK.
Pele, who had been in hospital since late November, died at the age of 82 following a long battle with colon cancer.
The legend’s daughter, Kely Nascimento, confirming Pele’s passing wrote in a social media post, “Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace.”
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.”
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.
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