An alarming report from Brazil. After his cancer treatments were unsuccessful, the legend of the past Pele suffers further deterioration in his health and suffers from heart and kidney failure.
According to the report, the Brazilian’s illness continues to deteriorate. The 82-year-old former footballer is still staying at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he has been hospitalized for a long time.
Earlier today, Kelly Nascimento, the home of Pele, confirmed that the Brazilian will not celebrate Christmas at home, but in the hospital. The decision on this was made together with the doctors treating her father.
In a statement from the hospital where Pele is staying, it was stated that there is no expected date for his release.
Pele is considered the greatest Brazilian player of all time, and many consider him the greatest footballer in history. He starred between 1956 and 1974, where he scored 618 goals in 636 appearances. He then moved to the American New York Cosmos (1975-1977), in Media he scored 37 times in 64 games.
As mentioned, Pele’s greatest achievements were in the national uniform. With 77 goals in 92, he is the all-time leading scorer along with Neymar in the Selecao. He won the World Cup three times (1958, 1962 and 1970), when in the first and last he was the main player and led the team (in 1962 he was injured at the start of the tournament).