{"id":135863,"date":"2015-07-19T08:48:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T08:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=135863"},"modified":"2015-07-19T08:48:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T08:48:19","slug":"pele-back-in-hospital-two-months-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/pele-back-in-hospital-two-months-after-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pele back in hospital two months after surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brazil legend Pele has had treatment in hospital two months after having prostate surgery.<\/p>\n
Local media reports say the 74-year-old was suffering from a trapped nerve and has had back surgery at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n
Pele, a three-time World Cup winner, was treated for a urinary infection eight months ago after having kidney stones removed.<\/p>\n
He should be released in the coming days, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Mirtes Bogea, a press officer for the Albert Einstein hospital, said she was not allowed to say when Pele was re-admitted or why.<\/p>\n
Pele, who was named Fifa’s Player of the Century, scored a world record total of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games during his 21-year career, including 77 in 91 appearances for Brazil.<\/p>\n
He has only one kidney, having had one removed towards the end of his playing career.<\/p>\n
Pele played in 14 games at World Cup finals, scoring 12 goals, and was awarded the Fifa Golden Ball as the best player at the 1970 tournament.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brazil legend Pele has had treatment in hospital two months after having prostate surgery. Local media reports say the 74-year-old was suffering from a trapped nerve and has had back surgery at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo. Pele, a three-time World Cup winner, was treated for a urinary infection eight months ago after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":70714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n