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Publish: 15 Oct 2021, 04:10 pm
Pele Feeling 'Better' following Tumor Surgery || Photo: Collected
Football great Pele said on
Thursday he is feeling "better" and joked that he can't wait to get
back to playing the beautiful game, just two weeks after leaving hospital following
surgery on a colon tumor.
The 80-year-old spent a
month in a Sao Paulo hospital recovering from his operation, while also
receiving chemotherapy.
"Thanks to God, I'm
better, I'm even ready to play on Sunday," he joked.
"In all seriousness,
thank you for everything, thank you to everyone that has sent me hugs and given
me strength," he added in a video message published on the Instagram accounts
of two of his children.
He underwent surgery on
September 4 after a routine check-up had detected the suspicious-looking tumor.
The results of his biopsy
have not been made public and neither the player, his family, nor the medical
center where he received treatment have commented on whether the tumor was
cancerous, although chemotherapy is typically used to treat cancer.
Pele, who turns 81 in just
over a week, is widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time.
A former striker, he scored more than 1,000 goals during his career, which is
officially recognized as a record.
He is the only player in
history to have won the World Cup three times and also coined the phrase:
"the beautiful game" to describe football.
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