- Title: SOCCER-PELE/HOSPITAL Soccer legend Pele leaves hospital after back surgery
- Date: 21st July 2015
- Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JULY 20, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF A REPORT RELEASED BY THE ALBERT EINSTEIN HOSPITAL STATING THAT BRAZILIAN SOCCER LEGEND PELE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM CARE
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- Location: Brazil
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Brazilian soccer legend Pele left the hospital on Monday (July 20) after undergoing back surgery, the latest in a series of health complications for the 74-year-old former star striker.
Pele, whose given name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, spent the weekend at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo after a procedure to relieve pressure on a nerve in his spine, an aide told Reuters.
The hospital announced his release in a statement.
This is the third time Pele has been hospitalised since November.
The hospital also distributed a picture, given by Pele, of the star with his girlfriend, Marcia Aoki, at the hospital just minutes before his release.
He spent two weeks in November at the Einstein facility with kidney problems and in May he underwent prostate surgery at the same hospital.
With more than 1,280 career goals and an unequalled three World Cup titles during his playing career, Pele is considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all-time. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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