{"id":4599,"date":"2022-12-30T11:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:22:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:22:25","slug":"pele-1940-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pel\u00e9 (1940-2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4600\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/topshot-fbl-uae-friendly-pele\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016-560x373.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016-260x173.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016-160x107.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-946579016.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazilian football legend Pel\u00e9 died at the age of 82 in S\u00e3o Paulo on Thursday (Photo by Karim Sahib\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brazil has lost another of its great legends &#8211; football icon Pel\u00e9, who died in hospital in S\u00e3o Paulo on Thursday, 29 December, at the age of 82 after a long battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 was admitted into the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital on 29 November with a respiratory infection and for what was described as \u2018re-evaluation of the chemotherapy treatment over colon cancer identified in September 2021\u2019, when he had a tumour removed from his colon.<\/p>\n<p>He had suffered from kidney and prostate problems since the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 and Maria Esther Bueno\u2019s careers were intertwined as both became legends in Brazil around the same time in the late 50s and early 60s, albeit it in different sports, and they made many public appearances together building a mutual admiration for one another over the ensuing years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4601\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10-27-13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-1024x638.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-768x478.png 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-560x349.png 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-260x162.png 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13-160x100.png 160w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.27.13.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Esther Bueno and Pel\u00e9, photographed on 14 January, 1961, were Brazilian icons whose paths crossed on numerous occasions (Photo via Instagram)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maria Esther loved following football at every level of the game with great attention. If she was too busy to watch matches, she would scan the newspaper for the results.<\/p>\n<p>When they met, they had plenty to talk about as Pel\u00e9 took an interest in tennis and played a little too.<\/p>\n<p>She considered him a true gentleman.<\/p>\n<p>They probably last met at Rio 2016 when both participated in the ceremonial activities of the Olympic Games, just two years before Maria Esther\u2019s death at the age of 78.<\/p>\n<p>When they first met, it was at the offices of the Gazeta Esportiva Ilustrad, after which Pel\u00e9 appeared holding a tennis racket in the iconic cover of the November 1958 edition alongside Maria Esther, who had a table tennis bat in her hand, and Palmeiras Biriba, a prodigy of table tennis with a soccer ball.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4599 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/montagem-biriba-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1725\" height=\"951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2.jpg 1725w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-300x165.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-1024x565.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-768x423.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-1536x847.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-560x309.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-260x143.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/montagem-biriba-2-160x88.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1725px) 100vw, 1725px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4607'>\n\t\t\t\tPel\u00e9, Biriba and Maria Esther Bueno in the newsroom of Gazeta Esportiva in 1958 \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10-35-25\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1230\" height=\"1036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25.png 1230w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25-300x253.png 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25-1024x862.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25-768x647.png 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25-560x472.png 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25-260x219.png 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.35.25-160x135.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4605'>\n\t\t\t\t(Photos from Collection\/Gazeta Press)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The trio composed an image with the colours of the Brazilian flag to a background of drawings in which all three are wearing crowns.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 was the first to consecrate himself in 1958, while Maria Esther Bueno was about to begin her long collection of Grand Slams at Wimbledon and, at the age of only 13, Ubiraci Rodrigues da Costa, better known as Biriba, was already gaining national idol status.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4606\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4606\" class=\"wp-image-4606 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n-768x504.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n-560x368.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n-260x171.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n-160x105.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/35043502_395468574190194_4761020961862451200_n.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the magazine &#8216;O Cruzeiro&#8217;, edition of 14 January, 1961, the 4 world champions representing Brazil at the time &#8211; Maria Esther Bueno, then 21 years old, Pel\u00e9, \u00c9der Jofre and Bruno Hermanny (Instagram)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I remember all of Pel\u00e9&#8217;s words, his way,\u201d 75-year old Biriba recalled recently. \u201cIt was even quieter, because fame was beginning, but, at the same time, very friendly and accessible. Maria Esther was a reserved but simple person. A great champion. This cover is my business card and everyone is impressed to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considered football\u2019s greatest player by many across the world, in his native Brazil, Pel\u00e9 is lauded as a god-like figure, and tributes are pouring in.<\/p>\n<p>He scored 77 goals across 92 appearances for Brazil, making him the country\u2019s joint top scorer in men\u2019s international football.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999 he was named the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athlete of the Century and, in 2016, he was presented the Olympic Order by IOC President Thomas Bach in his home town of Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Bach, in a message posted on the IOC&#8217;s social media accounts said in tribute: &#8220;With Pel\u00e9\u2019s passing, the world has lost a great sporting icon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4612\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/ioc-2016-olympic-venue-announcement-day-two\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4612\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4612\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188-768x504.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188-560x368.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188-260x171.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188-160x105.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-91338188.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pel\u00e9 (C) cried as he and the Brazilian delegation celebrated Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s success in winning the 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by John Gichigi\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As I could experience myself, he was a true believer in the Olympic values and a proud carrier of the Olympic Flame. It was a privilege to present the Olympic Order to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, won football\u2019s greatest prize in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and remains the youngest player to score in a FIFA World Cup final after netting twice at the age of 17 during Brazil\u2019s 5-2 victory over Sweden in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil goes into 3 days of national mourning for the soccer legend, with many flooding the streets or to Santos&#8217;s stadium to pay tribute to their hero, the club where Pel\u00e9 emerged to lead the Brazilian side to two Intercontinental Cup titles in 1962 and 1963.<\/p>\n<p>He will be laid to rest at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium, the home of Santos\u2019 soccer club, where a public wake is expected to take place.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the club gathered outside the stadium to hold a vigil for the icon alongside the wall mural of the legend after news of his death broke Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, standing on top of the Corcovado mountain above the city of Rio de Janeiro, was illuminated in green and yellow to honour Pel\u00e9, while the roof of the Maracana Stadium and its stands were also illuminated in yellow, with the outside concourse surrounding the stadium cast in green light, both colours of the Brazilian flag.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4608\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/fllc_rqwiamx_ms\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4608\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FlLC_RqWIAMx_MS-287x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FlLC_RqWIAMx_MS-287x300.jpeg 287w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FlLC_RqWIAMx_MS-560x585.jpeg 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FlLC_RqWIAMx_MS-260x272.jpeg 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FlLC_RqWIAMx_MS-160x167.jpeg 160w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FlLC_RqWIAMx_MS.jpeg 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pel\u00e9 was one of the greatest to ever play the beautiful game. And as one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, he understood the power of sports to bring people together. Our thoughts are with his family and everyone who loved and admired him @BarackObama (Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Federation of the Industries of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo displayed an image of their national hero on the side of its headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>In London, the Wembley arch at England&#8217;s national stadium was also lit up on Thursday evening as the &#8216;home of football&#8217; paid its respects to the three-time World Cup winner by illuminating the arch in the famous green and yellow of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9&#8217;s body will be taken from\u00a0the Albert Einstein Hospital to the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in Vila Belmiro, Santos, a neighbourhood of S\u00e3o Paulo, at dawn on Monday, and his coffin will be placed in the centre of the pitch where mourners wishing to say goodbye to the &#8216;King of Football&#8217; can enter through two gates to file past to pay their last respects.<\/p>\n<p>At 10am on Tuesday, 3 January, the coffin will be taken through the streets of Santos to\u00a0the Ecumenical Necropolis Memorial where the burial will take place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4604\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/pele-1940-2022\/screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10-34-39\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4604\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-1024x862.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-1024x862.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-300x253.png 300w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-768x647.png 768w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-560x472.png 560w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-260x219.png 260w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39-160x135.png 160w, http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-at-10.34.39.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Esther Bueno and Pel\u00e9 &#8211; 14 January, 1961 (Instagram)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil has lost another of its great legends &#8211; football icon Pel\u00e9, who died in hospital in S\u00e3o Paulo on Thursday, 29 December, at the age of 82 after a long battle with colon cancer. 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