{"id":70711,"date":"2014-12-02T17:45:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=70711"},"modified":"2014-12-02T17:45:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T17:45:38","slug":"pele-brazil-legend-continues-improve-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/pele-brazil-legend-continues-improve-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Pele: Brazil legend continues to improve in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brazil legend Pele has left intensive care as he continues to recover from a urinary infection.<\/p>\n
The three-time World Cup winner was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital on 24 November.<\/p>\n
A statement from the hospital said the 74-year-old “is doing well without medical complications”.<\/p>\n
His kidney function will be assessed again on Wednesday but he is “lucid and eating well”, can walk around his room and is receiving “semi-intensive care”.<\/p>\n
A World Cup winner in 1958, 1962 and 1970, Pele was initially discharged from hospital on 13 November after surgery to remove kidney stones.<\/p>\n
Widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, he scored a world-record 1,281 goals in 1,363 games during his 21-year career.<\/p>\n
Capped 91 times by Brazil, scoring 77 goals, he was named Fifa’s Player of the Century in 2000.<\/p>\n
He made 14 appearances 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: \u00a0BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brazil legend Pele has left intensive care as he continues to recover from a urinary infection. The three-time World Cup winner was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital on 24 November. A statement from the hospital said the 74-year-old “is doing well without medical complications”. His kidney function will be assessed again on Wednesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":70714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n