Pele<\/a> has been in the hospital with an \u201cundisclosed health problem\u201d for the last six days. But there appears to be some good news.<\/p>\nAccording to the report, Pele\u2019s business manager has said that there is no reason to worry. But that\u2019s not going to stop people from making tributes.<\/p>\n
In the past year, the soccer world lost two other all-time greats when Argentina\u2019s Diego Maradona and Germany\u2019s Gerd Muller passed away. Losing Pele would hit just as hard \u2013 and significantly harder in Brazil.<\/p>\n
From 1956 to the mid-1970s, Pele was the most scoring threat in the world. He scored over 500 goals in 493 league matches for Santos in Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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