Brazilian football great Pele has been released from a hospital in Sao Paulo after two weeks of treatment for a tumor and a urinary tract infection, the medical facility said Monday. The 81-year-old ex-player known as “O Rei” (The King), was “in stable clinical condition, cured of his urinary tract infection and will continue treatment for a colon tumor” following his discharge on Saturday, the Dating reports. Albert Einstein Hospital in a statement.
Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was admitted to the prestigious chemotherapy hospital on February 13 for a tumor discovered last September.
Eight days after he was admitted, doctors discovered a urinary tract infection that extended his stay.
Pele went under the knife for the tumor on Sept. 4 and spent a month in the hospital before being discharged to continue chemotherapy.
It’s the latest in a series of health issues for the aging star, whose public appearances are becoming increasingly rare.
In 2014, he was admitted to intensive care due to another urinary tract infection that required him to undergo kidney dialysis. His right kidney was removed in the 1970s due to an injury he sustained while still a player.
In 2019 he had a kidney stone removed.
Pele’s daughter Kely Nascimento has said on social media that he would be monitored monthly at the hospital while he continued his treatment.
Considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time, Pele is the only player in history to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970).
He stormed the world stage at just 17 years old, scoring staggering goals, including two in the final against host nation Sweden, when Brazil first won the World Cup in 1958.
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He had one of the most storied careers in the sport, scoring over 1,000 goals before retiring in 1977.
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