Pele’s family at his bedside in a hospital in São Paulo

Doctors said earlier this week that Pele’s cancer had progressed, adding that the three-time World Cup winner is in “tertiary care” linked to “kidney and heart abnormalities”. There has been no further statement from the hospital since.

Edson Cholpe Nascimento, one of Pele’s sons, known as Edino, arrived on Saturday after holding a press conference to deny that he had visited his father in hospital. Edinho, who works for a soccer club in southern Brazil, said only doctors could help his father.

” he is [Edson] One of Pele’s daughters, Kelly Nascimento, said in an Instagram post with a photo showing her sitting next to Edinho and two of his children in the hospital.

Hours later, Edinho, the former Santos goalkeeper, posted a picture showing his hand holding his father’s hand.

” Father […] Pele’s son said.

Edson Arantes do Nascimento’s colon tumor, known to the world as Pele, was removed in September 2021. Neither his family nor the hospital said whether it had spread to other organs.

Kelly Nascimento and his sister, Flavia Arantes do Nascimento, took to social media Friday night to post an apparently undated photo of Pele holding Kelly in one hand as he lay in his hospital bed and Flavia sleeping on the couch.

“We are still here, in this fight and with faith. Another night together,” Kelly Nascimento wrote.