THE Brazilian greatest Footballer of all time, Pele is dead at 82.
The striker is credited with scoring a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 career appearances.
He is the only man to have won the World Cup three times – in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
Pele had surgery to remove a tumour from his colon in September 2021 at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, after the tumour was detected in routine tests. He was readmitted to hospital in late November 2022.
His daughter Kely Nascimento has kept fans updated on her father’s condition with regular social media updates from hospital.
On Thursday she posted a picture of what appeared to be Pele’s family’s hands on his body in hospital and wrote: “Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely.
Res,t in peace.”
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