FOOTY legend Pele is to get a statue at the Brazilian Congress, The Sun can reveal. Known as “O Rei” or the King of Football, Edson Arantes do Nascimento died aged 82 last month after battling colo…
This isn't the first statue to the soccer star. A Pele statue has also been erected at the Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica cemeteryFraga said he has also been contacted by the local governments of Sao Paulo, Santos - where Pele made his name as a player - and Gaurujá where he lived regarding statues and the naming of parks after Pele.Some 230,000 mourners including the new Brazilian president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva filed past his coffin to pay their respects.
Pele's coffin was carried through the streets and passed in front of the home of his 100-year-old mother, Celeste.Pele is said to have chosen the burial site on the ninth floor of the cemetery to allow him to "watch over" the Santos stadium.
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