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Pele: The greatest – Ask many
Brazilians who is the greatest footballer of all time and their answer will be
simple: “Pele.” The striker (pictured) here in 2014, won three World Cups with
Brazil between 1958 and 1970. (Image source: CNN)
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Pele, arguably the greatest footballer in history, had
prostate surgery at the Albert Einstein Hospital, officials at the facility
said Thursday.
The three-time World Cup
winner is in stable condition, hospital officials said in a statement.
Doctors performed a
transurethral resection of the prostate, according to the hospital. The surgery
is done to relieve moderate to severe urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged
prostate.
CNN reports:
The U.S. National Library
of Medicine says on its website the inside part of the prostate gland is
removed during the procedure. It says the patient usually remains in the
hospital one to three days after the surgery.
Pele, born Edson Arantes
do Nascimento, was hospitalized in November at Albert Einstein, where he
received kidney dialysis for several days. He was hospitalized for about two
weeks.
The 74-year-old icon had
one kidney removed during his days as a player, his aide, Jose Fornos
Rodrigues, said last year.
Known as "The Black
Pearl" and simply "The King," Pele is one of the best known
names in all of sports.
He burst onto the scene
as a teenager, helping lead his native Brazil to the 1958 World Cup
championship. Pele went on to star on two other World Cup title teams as well, in
1962 and 1970, in addition to a breakthrough career with the Brazilian club
Santos and later with the New York Cosmos of the now-defunct North American
Soccer League.
In 2000, he and
Argentina's Diego Maradona were named Co-Players of the Century by FIFA, the
international soccer governing body.
Even after retiring from
football, Pele has remained in the public eye as a product pitchman, ambassador
for the sport of football and advocate for Brazil's poor, having grown up among
them in Tres Coracoes.
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