A life size statue of Brazilian soccer legend is displayed inside a glass case at the Pele Museum, in Santos, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pele, died at a hospital in Sao Paulo on Dec. 29, at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
A girl walks among a floral arrangement for the late Brazilian soccer star Pele at the City Hall in Santos, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos FC, died in Sao Paulo Thursday at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
A homeless sleeps near a poster showing Brazilian soccer legend Pele embracing boxing great Muhammad Ali in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, who won a record three World Cups died Thursday at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
A boy is reflected on a glass case as he tours the Pele Museum in Santos, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
A boy poses in front of a flag of the late Brazilian soccer star Pele outside the Vila Belmiro stadium, home of the Santos FC soccer club, in Santos, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos FC, has died in Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
Maria Tereza Miridores, neighbor and close friend of the late Brazilian soccer star Pele, shows a soccer jersey autographed by him during an interview with an AP reporter on her home in Guaruja, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos FC, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
Workers prepare the staging area for the funeral of the late Brazilian soccer legend Pele on center field of the Vila Belmiro stadium, home of the Santos soccer club, in Santos, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
A caricature sculpture of Pele in a bright-yellow Brazil jersey, towers over visitors at the Pele Museum in Santos, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos FC, died in a Sao Paulo hospital on Thursday at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
People watch a drone show in homage to the late Brazilian soccer star Pele, over Gonzaga Beach in Santos, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday at the age of 82. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
“Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer star, said on Instagram. “Football and Brazil elevated their standing thanks to the King! He is gone, but his magic will endure. Pelé is eternal!”
En un día de duelo y conmemoración, decenas de miles de aficionados despidieron a quien muchos consideran el futbolista más grande de la historia, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, el rey Pelé, quien murió 29 de diciembre a los 82 años de edad.
Los restos del único jugador que ganó tres mundiales (1958, 1962, 1970) arribaron en la madrugada en una caravana que salió desde el hospital Albert Einstein de Sao Paulo, donde estuvo internado desde el 29 de noviembre hasta su fallecimiento.
On a day of mourning and commemoration, tens of thousands of fans paid their respects to whom many consider to be the greatest soccer player in history, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the king Pelé, who died December 29 at the age of 82.
The remains of the only player who won three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970) arrived in early hours of the morning in a caravan leaving from the Hospital Albert Einstein of Sao Paulo, where he was confined since November 29 until his death.
MATÍAS DELACROIX
Matías Delacroix nació en 1989 en Buenos Aires (Argentina) y creció en Chile, donde estudió diseño gráfico e historia del arte en la UTEM. Actualmente reside en Venezuela y trabaja en agencias internacionales cubriendo las noticias más importantes de América Latina y el Caribe. Colabora con Associated Press, Médicos Sin Fronteras (ONG), UNOCHA (Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios) y Bloomberg. Se centra en temas de migración, vida cotidiana, disturbios sociales, protestas y elecciones presidenciales en Chile y Brasil. También cubrió las secuelas del asesinato del presidente haitiano Jovenel Moise y el terremoto de Haití.
Su trabajo fue galardonado con el primer premio de la Federación Internacional de Baloncesto (FIBA), y Pictures of the Year (POY) reconoció su portafolio de 2021 con un Premio a la Excelencia en la categoría de Fotógrafo del Año.
Matías Delacroix was born in 1989 in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and grew up in Chile where he studied graphic design and art history in UTEM. Nowadays, he is living in Venezuela and works for international agencies covering the most important news of Latin America and the Caribbean. He collaborates with Associated Press, Doctors without Borders (NGO), UNOCHA (the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) and Bloomberg. He focuses on issues of migration, daily life, social unrest, protests, and presidential elections in Chile and Brazil. He also covered the consequences of the Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s assassination and the earthquake in Haiti.
His work was awarded first prize of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), and Pictures of the Year (POY) recognized his 2021 portfolio with an Award of Excellence in the category of Photographer of the Year.
