The Santos Club turns off the lights at the “Villa Belmero” stadium to mourn the death of Pelé, who spent most of his playing career in the Brazilian team.
-
Pelé started his football career at Santos in 1956
The lights of the Santos club’s stadium, ‘Villa Belmero’, where Pelé played the longest period of his career, went out on Thursday night, in mourning for the club’s loss. The death of the Brazilian legend.
A few hours after announcing the news of Pelé’s death at the age of 82 from complications of colon cancer from which he was suffering, the stadium lights were turned off.
Thank you King Pele. pic.twitter.com/2Xb7XElR41
— Santos FC (@SantosFC) December 29, 2022
Eternal. pic.twitter.com/N912VpCmVK
— Santos FC (@SantosFC) December 29, 2022
And darkness prevailed in “Villa Belmero” except for the screen, in the center of which appeared the crown and the full name “Pelé”, Edison Arantes Nascimento, on one side, and the Santos club crest on the other.
Pele began his sports career at Santos in 1956, played 1116 matches for the club, scored 1091 goals and left Santos in 1974 to join the American New York Cosmos, who withdrew from their ranks after 3 years.
