The funeral for Brazilian football legend Pelé will be held in the stadium where he competed in some of his best games.

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, passed away on December 29 after a protracted battle with cancer. He was 82.

The public will be able to pay their final respects at Vila Belmiro Stadium, outside of Sao Paulo, according to Santos, the team where Pele played.

His mother Celeste, who is 100 years old, will be honored as the coffin is brought through the Santos streets and in front of her house.

Early on Monday, the casket carrying the three-time World Cup champion will leave Albert Einstein Hospital and be positioned in the field's center circle.

From Monday at 10 a.m. to the following day, visitors will be welcome. On Tuesday, alone in the presence of his family, he will be buried at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica, a vertical cemetery in Santos.