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Pelé unexpectedly hospitalized in São Paulo

2022-11-30T16:21:59.918Z


The king of soccer, who has been undergoing cancer treatment for a long time, is 82 years old Former soccer player Pelé in a file image. Stuart C. Wilson (Getty Images) Pelé, world soccer legend, was urgently hospitalized this Tuesday night in São Paulo, as it was learned this Wednesday. The Brazilian is 82 years old and has been undergoing cancer treatment for some time, but this latest admission has been unscheduled, according to the newspaper O Globo. The medical team that is treating


Former soccer player Pelé in a file image. Stuart C. Wilson (Getty Images)

Pelé, world soccer legend, was urgently hospitalized this Tuesday night in São Paulo, as it was learned this Wednesday.

The Brazilian is 82 years old and has been undergoing cancer treatment for some time, but this latest admission has been unscheduled, according to the newspaper

O Globo.

The medical team that is treating him has confirmed, according to the ESPN channel quoted by

O Globo,

that he suffers from generalized swelling of the body and suffers from an edemigenic syndrome, generalized edema, in addition to "decompensated heart failure".

He is undergoing a battery of medical tests.

One of his daughters, Kely Nascimento, has called for calm through a message on Instagram.

"My father is admitted, they are regulating his medication (...) There is no surprise or emergency."

Nascimento, who is at the World Cup in Qatar, has added that her brothers are visiting Brazil and that she is not "going to run out to catch a plane" but that she plans to travel for the New Year.

Pelé's wife and a caregiver have taken him to the Albert Einstein hospital, located in São Paulo.

Considered the best athlete of the 20th century, he lives in Guarujá, in a coastal city located about 90 kilometers from the metropolis.

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