Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture of the legendary football player in a bid to pay tribute to him along with the message "End of an Era, RIP Pele," at Puri beach on Friday.
Footballers and football clubs all around the world are expressing their grief on 'Black Pearl's death who passed away at the age of 82 after losing a long battle against cancer that had spread to several organs in his body.
Bollywood celebs like Abhishek Bachchan, Vicky Kaushal, and Malaika Arora among others, on Friday, mourned the demise of legendary Brazilian footballer Pele.
Pele went on to represent his country in four World Cups where he scored 12 goals. In 1958 he scored 6 goals and was the 2nd highest goal scorer in the tournament including two goals in the final match. In 1962 and 1966 he scored only 1 goal each and in his last world cup in 1970 he nette
Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is considered as one of the greatest to ever step a foot on a football pitch. He is the only player to have won three FIFA World Cup titles, having won the top prize in football in 1958, 1962 and 1970. The footballer also boasts of num
Brazil's three-time World-cup winning football legend, Pele passed away at the age of 82 on Friday following a cancer battle, Al Jazeera reported citing his agent Joe Fraga who confirmed the news of his demise.
According to Sky Sports, doctors have said that Pele's cancer has advanced, adding that he needs care round the clock for renal and cardiac dysfunction. His family said the football legend, who has been admitted to the hospital since late November, will stay there over the Christmas weekend.
Lionel Messi has equalled Hungarian great Sandor Kocsis and German goal-machine Jurgen Klinsmann with 11 goals. Only Pele (12), Just Fontaine (13), Gerd Muller (14), Brazil's Ronaldo (15) and Germany's Miroslav Klose (16) have scored more goals in FIFA World Cup than Messi.
He has sketched the images of his favourite footballers, including that of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele and Diego Maradona using his leaf art techniques.