The new message from Kely Cristina do Nascimento accompanies an old photograph in which the man considered by many to be the best footballer of all time appears next to some of his daughters
The delicate state of health of the three-time world champion has been attracting attention in Brazil since last Wednesday
“Happy moments are eternal,” said one of the daughters of the former Brazilian soccer player on Tuesday. Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, in a message posted on social networks from the hospital where he accompanies the three-time world championwhose delicate state of health is cause for concern.
The new message from Kely Cristina do Nascimento accompanies an old photograph in which the man considered by many to be the best footballer of all time appears next to him of some of his daughters at a gala party for the Instituto Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, a foundation dedicated to health research for children and young people.
“Time flies… (but) happy moments are eternal,” says the ex-soccer player’s daughter about the old photograph in which Pelé appears with Kely Cristina and Jennifer, two of the daughters from his first marriage, and Flavia, the result of his relationship with another woman whom he never married.
A large part of Pelé’s children and grandchildren, as well as his wife, have spent the last few days together at the Albert Einstein Hospital ine Sao Paulo, where the 82-year-old former soccer player has been hospitalized since November 29.
The delicate state of health of the three-time world champion has been attracting attention in Brazil since last Wednesday, when Albert Einstein reported a worsening of colon cancer that was diagnosed in 2021 and said that Pelé is receiving related care with “kidney and heart dysfunctions.”
Pelé was hospitalized to evaluate a change in chemotherapy treatment that he had been receiving since the colon tumor was detected in September of last year.
Days later, the hospital reported that it was also treating him for a respiratory infection that, according to his daughters, he suffered as a result of a covid-19 infection.