09/06/2021 15:34
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 09/06/2021 3:48 PM
Pelé, one of the great legends of world sport, was operated on last Saturday for colon cancer.
The 80-year-old former soccer player had been hospitalized for six days in a hospital in São Paulo, where he had been admitted to undergo a series of routine studies, as they had allowed to transcend from his environment.
The information was confirmed by the official Instagram account of who is considered one of the best players of the 20th century along with Diego Armando Maradona.
"My friends, thank you very much for the affectionate messages. I thank God for feeling very good and for allowing Dr. Fábio and Dr. Miguel to take care of my health. Last Saturday I underwent an operation to remove a lesion suspicious in the right colon. The tumor was identified during the exams that I mentioned last week
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wrote the three-time world champion with Brazil in his social network.
And he added:
"Fortunately, I am used to celebrating great victories with you. I will face this match with a smile on my face, a lot of optimism and joy to be surrounded by the love of my family and my friends"
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento had reported on August 31 that he had gone to a São Paulo hospital to undergo a battery of routine tests that had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Then, through his social networks, he assured that he was in good health, beyond the journalistic rumors that spoke that in the previous days he had suffered a faint.
"People, I did not faint and I am in very good health. I did my routine exams that I could not do before because of the pandemic. Let them know that I will not play next Sunday!" Pele had joked on his social networks.
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However, as it became known this Monday, O Rei had been hospitalized ever since.
Hours later, the exact causes that led to his stay at the prestigious Albert Einstein Hospital were known.
Contacted by the agency, Pele's representative, Joe Fraga, had said there was no cause for concern.
"Complete battery of tests, tomographies, colonoscopy, blood tests, etc. Not everything is done in one day," said Fraga, briefly, trying to drive away the versions
However, according to various local media, during the routine examinations some alterations were detected and the medical team opted for the footballer's hospitalization.
Those versions took shape for real with the confirmation of Pelé himself on his Instagram account.
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The health of the three-time world champion was weakened in recent years, which, together with the pandemic, kept him practically confined in his home in the Jardins neighborhood of San Pablo with his closest family and friends, and away from the spotlight. media.
On October 23, Pelé will be 81 years old, and his last appearances on social networks had been to show a photograph receiving the coronavirus vaccine.
