Even after retiring from football , Pele has remained in the public eye as a product pitchman , ambassador for the sport of football and advocate for Brazil 's poor , having grown up as one of them in the inland city of Tres Coracoes . Soccer star Barbara Arvanitidis should be taken off dialysis early Sunday , hospital says . He went into hospital in Brazil , Sao Paulo , this week for a urinary tract infection . The hospital says the 74-year-old is getting better as he 's being treated in the North American Soccer League . Pele is a two -time World Cup champion and shared Player of the Century award .
Soccer star Barbara Arvanitidis should be taken off dialysis early Sunday , hospital says . He went into hospital in Brazil , Sao Paulo , this week for a urinary tract infection . The hospital says the 74-year-old is getting better as he 's being treated in the North American Soccer League . Pele is a two -time World Cup champion and shared Player of the Century award .