PELE: FOOTBALL LEGEND'S FUNERAL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY

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The burial of the late football legend Pele has been set for Monday and Tuesday.

The wake will be held on Monday and his body will be laid to rest on Tuesday at his Santos home, where he enchanted the world, according to his former club.

“The wake for the greatest footballer of all time will be held in Urbano Caldeira Stadium, better known as the Vila Belmiro, where he enchanted the world,” Santos football club said in a Thursday statement, adding that Pele would then get a funeral procession through the city’s streets before a private burial ceremony.

The wake is set to start at 10 a.m. on Monday at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Vila Belmiro after the body of Pele, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 82, is transported there from the Albert Einstein Hospital.

The ceremony, according to reports, will continue until 10am on Tuesday, January 3, when the parade will take place through the streets of Santos.

Pele, who had been in hospital since late November, died at the age of 82 following a long battle with colon cancer.

The legend’s daughter, Kely Nascimento, confirming Pele’s passing wrote in a social media post, “Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace.”

There was a message to the three million followers on Pele’s official Twitter account, too: “Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pele, who peacefully passed away today. Love, love and love, forever.”

Tributes have continued to flow in for the only man to win the World Cup three times, first as a 17-year-old in 1958, again in Chile four years later and then the iconic third win in Mexico in 1970.

Pele scored 1,282 goals in 1,366 games in his football career, which included 77 in 92 appearances for his country.