Brazil s soccer legend Pele attends the opening of an exhibit about his life titled King s Marks, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 25, 2008
Brazil s Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City s Estadio Azteca, June 21, 1970
Brazil s soccer star Pele bicycle kicks a ball during a game at unknown location, Sept. 1968
Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona, left, rests in a hammock with Brazilian soccer star Pele, during a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 13, 1995
Brazil s 17-year-old Pele weeps on the shoulder of goalkeeper Gylmar Dos Santos Neves after Brazil s 5-2 victory over Sweden in the final of the soccer World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden, June 29, 1958
Brazilian soccer great Pele, and English soccer star David Beckham pose for photos during a U.S. Soccer Foundation fundraising gala, in New York, March 19, 2008.
Brazilian soccer star Pele waves to admirers, as he and his bride Rosemeri ride in a traditional horse-drawn carriage as they tour Salzburg, Austria, Feb. 25, 1966.
Brazilian soccer star Pele, and New York Cosmos coach Julio Mazzei, embrace at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., April 16, 1982.
Soccer player Neymar, left, and Brazalian soccer legend Pele, share a laugh during a centennial anniversary celebration of the team in Santos, Brazil.
Soccer player Pele embraces boxer Muhammad Ali during a ceremony honoring the Brazilian soccer star of the New York Cosmos at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 1, 1977
Former Brazilian soccer player Pele, left, celebrates at the end of the Copa Libertadores soccer final match between Brazil s Santos and Uruguay s Penarol in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 22, 2011
In this file photo taken on January 12, 1998 Brazilian soccer players Ronaldo (L) and Roberto Carlos (R) joke with Brazilian Sports Minister Pel (C), at Eurodisney leisure park in Marne la Vall e
In this file photo taken on October 31, 1990 Former Brazilian soccer star, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pel (L), plays the ball during a friendly soccer match opposing Brazil to world soccer star to celebrate Pele s fiftieth birtday in Milan.
In this file photo taken on June 21, 1970 Brazilian midfielder Pel (L) dribbles past Italian defender Tarcisio Burgnich during the World Cup final in Mexico City.
In this file photo taken on March 30, 1971 Brazilian soccer star Pel is surrounded by a huge crowd 30 March 1971 at the Champs-Elys es in Paris.
In this file photo taken on June 21, 1970 Brazilian forward Pel smiles as he holds aloft the Jules Rimet Cup after Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in the World Cup final in Mexico City.
Brazilian soccer legend Pele, center top, and his son Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, above at right, wave with children during during the centennial anniversary celebration of the team in Santos, Brazil, April 14, 2012.
Brazilian soccer star Pele, his wife Rosemeri pose for a photo with their daughter Kelly, and newborn son Edson, in an unknown location in Brazil in 1976
In this file photo taken on September 25, 1977 Brazilian soccer champion Pel visits a pagoda in Beijing.
In this file photo taken on April 28, 1963 Brazilian football player Pel listens to the instructions of the referees at Colombes before the match France vs Brazil. - Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the beautiful game , died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82, after battling kidney problems and colon cancer.
In this file photo taken on May 14, 1983 shows Brazilian football player Pel and his partner Brazilian singer and TV host Maria das Gra as Meneghel aka Xuxa during the 36th Cannes International Film Festival.