The body of the Argentine soccer striker Emiliano Sala was recovered from the plane that crashed into the English Channel last month, the British authorities said late Thursday.

The body, recovered a day earlier from the channel, was identified by the coroner for the County of Dorset, England, the police said in a statement. The police said that the families of Mr. Sala and the pilot, David Ibbotson, had been informed.

“Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time,” the police said. Mr. Ibbotson was the only other person who was on the small plane.