He died a few days after the end of the World Cup in Qatar. pele He did not make it. The Brazilian champion’s daughter announced the tragic news for the sporting world. On social media Kelly Nascimento writes: “Everything we are we owe to you. we love you endlessly Rest in peace”.
The Brazilian soccer legend, who won the world championship three times with the Selecao (1958, 1962 and 1970), has been hospitalized with colon cancer. In the days of the World Cup, his condition had deteriorated, and the doctors who had revealed that the former footballer was no longer responding to treatment. Edson Arantes do Nascimento he was 82 years old. His hospitalization at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo at the end of November immediately worried the doctors. Faced with another chemotherapy operation, hospital staff announced on December 21 that Pelé would remain in the ward because of “a progression of the oncological disease” and would ensure “more comprehensive treatment related to kidney and heart dysfunction”.
The images shared by the family remain etched in the memory Oh Rei in his sickbed, hugged by his relatives. The champion is survived by seven children and his wife Marcia Aoki, to whom he has been married since 2016. Today the sad news. Which certainly impoverishes the world of football and sport in general. His stats are set in stone: 1,116 games and 1,091 goals for Santos, the only jersey he wore other than that of the New York Cosmos; and then 10 Paulista Championships, two Libertadores Cups and two Intercontinental Championships. With the green and gold he scored 77 goals in just 91 games.
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