Brazilian Soccer Legend Pele Undergoes Colon Tumor Surgery

Brazilian soccer legend Pele mentioned Monday he’s in restoration after present process surgical procedure to take away a tumor from his colon.

 

Pele, 80, mentioned in a Fb submit that he his feeling nicely and is optimistic about his possibilities for restoration.

 

“My associates, thanks very a lot for the messages of affection,” he wrote. “Final Saturday I underwent suspicious damage withdrawal surgical procedure on my proper colon. The tumor has been recognized in finishing up the exams I discussed within the final week.

 

“Fortunately, I am used to celebrating large wins alongside you. I will face this match extra with a smile on my face, quite a lot of optimism and pleasure to dwell surrounded by love from my household and associates,” he mentioned.

Pele is at Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo the place he’s recovering within the intensive care unit, medical officers informed CNN and NBC Information.

 

The process got here simply days after Pele refuted reviews he had fainted.

 

In an Instagram message posted Tuesday, Pele wrote: “Guys, I did not faint and I am in excellent well being. I went for my routine exams, which I had not been in a position to do earlier than due to the pandemic. Allow them to know I do not play subsequent Sunday!”

 

Pele, whose actual title is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was a key a part of the Brazilian nationwide soccer groups that received World Cup championships in 1958, 1962 and 1970. In membership soccer, his Santos group received 9 São Paulo league championships in addition to each the Libertadores Cup and the Intercontinental Membership Cup in 1962 and 1963.

 

He scored 77 objectives for Brazil, together with 12 in World Cup matches, and racked up 1,283 objectives in first-tier league video games.