Football legend Pele has been laid to rest after having his coffin carried through the streets of Santos in Brazil, as the public paid their final respects to the sporting icon.
Thousands of fans gathered to watch the procession to say their last goodbye to the three-time World Cup winner on Tuesday ahead of his private burial.
The casket, draped in a Brazilian flag, passed through the neighbourhood where Pele’s 100-year-old mother lives, as mourners gathered.
The former Santos FC star, originally named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died on Thursday aged 82, following a battle with colon cancer.
The star, considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time, has been buried in the Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis cemetery close to the Santos stadium
