FIFA President Infantino pays respects at Pele's coffin, meets Pele's son and wife
Record ID:
1704877
FIFA President Infantino pays respects at Pele's coffin, meets Pele's son and wife
- Title: FIFA President Infantino pays respects at Pele's coffin, meets Pele's son and wife
- Date: 2nd January 2023
- Summary: SANTOS, BRAZIL (JANUARY 2, 2023) (REUTERS) FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO WALKING TOWARDS PELE'S COFFIN INFANTINO GREETING AND HUGGING PELE'S SON EDINHO COFFIN INFANTINO PAYING RESPECTS NEAR COFFIN COFFIN ON PITCH INFANTINO TALKING TO PELE'S WIFE MARCIA CIBELE AOKI
- Embargoed: 16th January 2023 14:33
- Keywords: FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO PELE SANTOS SOCCER WAKE
- Location: SANTOS, BRAZIL
- City: SANTOS, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: South America / Central America,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001994602012023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: FIFA President Gianni Infantino paid his respects before the coffin of sporting giant Pele on Monday (January 2) as he attended a memorial at the Vila Belmiro stadium, the home of Santos Football Club.
Infantino embraced Pele's son Edinho and spoke to Marcia Cibele Aoki, Pele's wife.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pele's given name - was born in 1940 in the small country town of Tres Coracoes, but moved to Santos in 1956 and lived there for most of his life.
Pele's body arrived under fireworks in Santos - a city of about 430,000 people - in the early hours of Monday from Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital.
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