As the world mourns soccer legend Pelé, here a look back at his remarkable life and career by numbers

The nation had been bracing itself for the announcement for weeks. Their hero once all powerful and seemingly infallible footballer – was clinging to life by the barest of threads.

Colon cancer had ravaged him and his condition deteriorated rapidly after he had surgery in November.

And then, on 29 December, two days after the football legend the world knew as Pelé said goodbye to his family from his hospital bed in São Paulo, Brazil, the news came: he was gone. And a little bit of magic left the world too.