Pelé: The former football king apparently suffers from depression. The reason is probably the frailty of the 79-year-old. His son sounds the alarm.
- Big concern for the once best footballer on the planet
- The 79-year-old has major health problems and hardly ever leaves the house
São Paulo - Big concern for Brazil's football idol Pelé : As his son Edinho reports, the 79-year-old suffers from depression due to his poor health and hardly ever leaves his home.
In the past few years, the three-time world champion has repeatedly had to struggle with health problems . Similar to his long companion Franz Beckenbauer , who is also less and less visible in public.
Pelé: Great concern for football idol - son raises the alarm and speaks of depression
"He is very fragile when it comes to mobility, and that makes him fall into a kind of depression ," said Edinho to the Globoesporte Internet portal : "You have to imagine: he was the king and always such an impressive person, and now he can't walk more normally. Therefore, he has withdrawn very much, it shames him. "
Saddening to hear Pele is struggling so much emotionally and physically. Even embarrassed to leave his home Loved by ALL the football community across the world, no matter what! Stay strong king! pic.twitter.com/kMGGEkM7KH
- Ryan Evans (@ RyEvs94) February 10, 2020Pelé has repeatedly struggled with health problems in recent years, public appearances of the Brazilian have become rare.
He was in intensive care in 2014 after a urinary tract infection and was treated in Paris last April for kidney problems. His walking difficulties are due to problems with his hips.
Pelé: His star went up at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden
Pelé played a total of 638 games for Santos FC between 1956 and 1974, scoring 619 (!) Goals. Subsequently "O Rei" ("The King") worked for two years (1975-1977) for New York Cosmos , where he played together with Beckenbauer.
He is Brazil's top scorer. For the Selecao he scored 77 goals in 92 games between 1957 and 1971. Pelés Stern was at the time at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden when he played an outstanding world championship when he was 17 and Brazil almost single-handedly scored the first world title.
The World Cup 1962 in Chile missed Pelé almost entirely due to injury. Nevertheless, Brazil defended its title. For the third time, Pelé then raised the World Cup in 1970. Between 1995 and 1998 he was Minister of Sport in his home country.
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