Football legend Pele back in hospital two months after surgery

Sao Paulo

Brazil football legend Pele has had treatment in hospital two months after having prostate surgery. However the the 74-year-old three-time World Cup winner visited a hospital in Sao Paulo after suffering from a trapped nerve and has had back surgery at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo.

He should be released in the coming days, according to reports by local media.

Mirtes Bogea, a press officer for the Albert Einstein hospital, said she was not allowed to say when Pele was re-admitted or why.

Pele, who was named Fifa's Player of the Century, scored a world record total of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games during his 21-year career, including 77 in 91 appearances for Brazil.

He has only one kidney, having had one removed towards the end of his playing career.