Pele moving ‘closer to the goal’ as Brazil great continues recovery

The
three-time
World
Cup
winner
required
an
operation
to
remove
a
colon
tumour
and
has
since
continued
undergoing
chemotherapy
as
part
of
the
rehabilitation
process.

Pele,
who
turns
81
on
October
23,
has
been
in
poor
health
but
provided
another
update
on
Wednesday
after
his
discharge
from
the
Albert
Einstein
Hospital
in
Sao
Paulo
last
month.

“I
suggest
you
start
to
catch
your
breath
to
celebrate
with
me,
because
with
each
passing
day
I
get
closer
to
the
goal,”
the
former
Santos,
New
York
Cosmos
and
Brazil
star
wrote
on
Twitter.

Sugiro
que
comece
a
pegar
fôlego
para
comemorar
comigo,
porque
a
cada
dia
que
passa
eu
estou
mais
perto
do
gol.

//

I
suggest
you
start
to
catch
your
breath
to
celebrate
with
me,
because
with
each
passing
day
I
get
closer
to
the
goal.

pic.twitter.com/lqC8oatENY

—
Pelé
(@Pele)

October
20,
2021

Pele
is
the
only
player
to
hold
three
World
Cup
winner’s
medals,
lifting
the
trophy
in
1958,
1962
and
1970.

The
80-year-old
is
also
one
of
just
four
players
to
score
in
four
different
World
Cups,
while
he
remains
Brazil’s
all-time
leading
goalscorer
–
having
found
the
back
of
the
net
77
times
in
92
appearances
for
the
Selecao.

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