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Pelé in São Paulo hospital after back operation, say Brazilian media

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Pelé at Anfield in March 2015, being awarded a plaque by Ian Ayre, Liverpool's chief executive, and Kenny Dalglish. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images

Pelé has undergone surgery on his back in São Paulo, according to reports.

Mirtes Bogea, a press officer for the city’s Albert Einstein hospital, said she could only confirm that Pelé was a patient but Globo.com reported that he had had back surgery on Thursday.

The 74-year-old underwent prostate surgery at the same hospital in May. The procedure was to treat a condition that creates urinary problems because of an enlarged prostate, doctors said at the time. Tests conducted after that surgery showed there were no tumours.

The former Brazil star spent two weeks in hospital last December because of a urinary tract infection that stemmed from surgery to remove kidney stones the previous month.

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