Football legend Pelé, a three-time World Cup champion has died at 82 years old. He was largely considered to be one of the best players to have ever played the game.

His daughter, Kely, confirmed his death on social media.

“All that we are is thanks to you,” she wrote. “We love you forever. Rest in peace.”

Pelé had been in and out of the hospital over the past year as he fought colon cancer. Earlier this month, the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo hospital announced that his cancer had advanced and that he was in palliative care.

Pele whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento was hospitalized in December 2021 shortly after undergoing chemotherapy to treat a reported colon tumour. He had posted on Instagram that he was recovering.

Pelé was born on Oct. 23, 1940, in the town of Tres Coracoes in the southern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. His parents named him after U.S. inventor Thomas Edison. Pelé’s father, João Ramos do Nascimento, nicknamed Dondinho, was also a professional soccer player.