Former Brazilian footballer and senator Romario de Souza was admitted to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where he underwent emergency surgery to remove the gallbladder, hospital sources confirmed on Friday.
Romario, 55, was hospitalized Thursday in hospital Copacabana Star Cup, In the southern part of the capital of Fluminense, and remains under the accompaniment of the medical team, according to the hospital, although he did not give further details about his state of health.
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For its part, the senator’s press office confirmed that the former footballer, champion with the Brazilian national team, scorer and best player of the World Cup of the United States in 1994, he underwent an operation for the removal of the gallbladder and that the procedure “occurred without complications.”
“Romario is under observation and should be discharged in the next few days,” his team said in a note.
The former footballer and idol of clubs such as Spanish Barcelona rose to politics in 2010 as a federal deputy for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and, four years later, was the most voted candidate for senator by the state of Rio of Janeiro, with 63.43% of the votes.
As a legislator, he has been characterized by his anti-corruption campaigns in the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), although he was investigated by the authorities for indications of money laundering in banking operations, as well as by the irregular use of resources for parliamentary activity.
In 2018 he launched as a candidate to contest the Governorate of the state of Rio de Janeiro for the Podemos party, but was defeated in the first round.