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Brazilian legend Pele released from hospital

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Published 16 April 2019

Former soccer star Pele was released on Monday from hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, after seven days in the hospital and a procedure on Saturday to remove a kidney stone.

The 78-year-old former Santos and New York Cosmos player has suffered from kidney and prostate problems and also had hip replacement surgery in recent years.

The Brazilian soccer legend had spent a week earlier this month in a hospital in Paris treating an urinary infection.

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