The 79-year-old has rarely been in public recently
having struggled with his rehabilitation from a hip
operation Brazil legend Pele is depressed and is too embarrassed to leave his house due to poor health,
according to his son Edinho. The former striker will turn 80 in October, and
requires a frame to help him walk after suffering
from years of hip trouble. Many of his recent public appearances have been in
a wheelchair, with his son saying that his father is
reluctant to leave the house due to his shame about
being unwell. MORE TEAMS  "He’s pretty fragile," Edinho told Globoesporte . "He had a hip replacement and didn’t have an adequate
or ideal rehabilitation. "So he has this problem with mobility and that has
set off a kind of depression. Imagine, he’s the king,
he was always such an imposing figure, and today
he can no longer walk properly. Only with help. He
is very shy, very embarrassed about it. "It improved a little compared to that recent time
when he was in a wheelchair, but he still has a lot of
difficulty walking. "He’s embarrassed, he doesn’t want to go out, be
seen, or do practically anything that involves
leaving the house. He is reclusive." The 79-year-old’s ill-health has previously been
reported by Brazilian media. It was claimed that he had his right kidney
removed in 1977, before also stating more recently
that he had underwent surgery to remove kidney
stones. Pele appeared in a wheelchair at the 2018 World
Cup draw in Moscow, with it also reported that he
had collapsed from exhaustion a month later. The former Santos and New York Cosmos striker
played an influential role in Brazil’s domination at
international level from 1958-1970, where the
country lifted the World Cup on three occasions. This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of
Pele’s third and final World Cup title, where he was
a key part of what many believe to be the greatest
team of all time when Brazil became world
champions in Mexico in 1970. Pele spent 18 years at Santos, making 1,281
appearances and scoring 1,091 goals – though not
all of those came in official matches. He remains Brazil's leading goalscorer with 77 and
is considered one of the greatest footballers of all
time.

Life is a Phase..

Pele be strong. Great man you are

Our own Pele Pele took sniper because he no blow

I thought an athlete should be strong even when they are very old.
Look at those very aged people who still walk around in the villages, we believe they are strong because they were farmers, walked long distances and rode bicycles.
Look at Soyinka for example, that man will be 86 this year but he can still march and speak with his senses intact

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Officialgarri:
I thought an athlete should be strong even when they are very old.
Look at those very aged people who still walk around in the villages, we believe they are strong because they were farmers, walked long distances and rode bicycles.
Look at Soyinka for example, that man will be 86 this year but he can still march and speak with his senses intact

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He must be feeling bad especially when he remembers when he was young and how fit he was back then.

He must feel like a shadow of his former self.