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Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern soccer or Brazil without him

Following the death of arguably the greatest soccer player of all time, Prof José Paulo Florenzano of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo considers Pelé’s incredible legacy off the field. This article was originally written in Portuguese.

Just hours after Brazil's new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was officially sworn in, the wake began on Monday for the football legend Pelé on the field at Santos FC's Vila Belmiro stadium where he played for most of his storied career.

Between left-wing leader Lula returning to power and the death of football legend Pelé, it's been a hugely significant New Year for Brazil. Marieke Riethof, a senior lecturer in Latin American Politics at the University of Liverpool, joined us for Perspective to give some insight into this new chapter. Riethof…

Pele's funeral will take place at the stadium of Brazilian football club Santos after the legendary three-time World Cup winner died in December at the age of 82

Pelé, whose full name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, will be buried at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenical, a vertical cemetery in Santos, with only his family present

Mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown of Santos on Monday. Watch FRANCE 24’s special programme on the passing of Brazil’s football legend.

He remains the face of a purity in soccer that existed long before big money and global geopolitics infiltrated

Football legend Pele always denied he was there grandfather to two men but DNA tests proved it and they were allowed to see him for the first time just 48 hours before he died