Pele's daughter shares a touching tribute to the soccer legend one month after his death as she thanks the Brazilian icon for sharing with her his sense of humor, work ethic - and huge head!
- Pele died at the age of 82 on December 29 after a long battle with colon cancer
- The three-time World Cup winner is considered soccer's greatest ever by many
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The daughter of soccer legend Pele shared a touching tribute to her late father one month after his death.
The Brazilian icon died at the age of 82 on December 29 at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo, after a lengthy battle with colon cancer.
Considered soccer's greatest ever by many and lauded as a god-like figure in his native Brazil, Pele was mourned across the world.
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The daughter of soccer legend Pele shared a touching tribute to her late father
![On Instagram, Kely Nascimento, paid tribute to the soccer great one month after his death](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/29/16/67095379-0-image-a-7_1675011300638.jpg)
On Instagram, Kely Nascimento, paid tribute to the soccer great one month after his death
And, one month after he passed away, his daughter, Kely Nascimento revealed she is still mourning him as she posted a series a photos of her with her father to Instagram, sharing an emotional message to him in the caption.
'One month without you,' she began. 'A month of many tributes, many tight hugs, many stories told by strangers with teary eyes, a lot of remembering, a lot of crying and a lot of laughter.
'Today and always, thank you for having shared with me our sense of humor, our enormous head (!), our optimism, our skills to take pleasure in the simple things in life, our work ethic, out love of hotels, airports and airplanes.
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She shared a series of selfie-style photos of her and the Brazilian icon alongside the caption
![The photos featured Pele and Kely smiling and laughing as she thanked him for his humor](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/29/16/67095377-0-image-a-14_1675011336137.jpg)
The photos featured Pele and Kely smiling and laughing as she thanked him for his humor
'Most of all, thank you for my brothers and sisters, for teaching us that it is more enjoyable to sleep all together in one room rather than each us in our own room, that it is more enjoyable for all of us to squeeze around one table than to eat at separate tables, finally: that it is always better when we're all together.
'Thank you, thank you, thank you, eternally thank you.'
The global icon had seven children - three from his first marriage, twins from his second and two from affairs. Kely is Pele's oldest daughter.
Pele, the young black kid from Tres Coracoes, in the southern reaches of Minas Gerais, led Brazil to their first World Cup, in Sweden in 1958, aged 17.
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She also thanked the soccer's greatest ever for her numerous brothers and sisters
He went on to win two more World Cups with the Selecao firstly in Chile four years later and then the iconic third win in Mexico in 1970, making him the only player to have won soccer's greatest honor three times.
Throughout his career, he scored 1,282 goals in 1,366 games, which included 77 in 92 appearances for his country.
Pele was admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on November 29.
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The mastermind of the beautiful game led Brazil to three World Cup wins (pictured in 1970)
He had suffered from kidney and prostate problems since surgery to remove a tumor from his colon in September 2021.
Brazil honored three days of state mourning for the King, before his coffin was brought to Santos - where he played for 18 years - and carried down the touchline at Vila Belmiro stadium.
Thousands of people queued to enter the stadium and pay their respects to soccer's greatest ever.
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