Brazil coach Dunga leaves hospital
2008-04-06 17:46:10 Xinhua English
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's coach Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri left the Mae de Deus Hospital on Sunday after Saturday's operations, the team doctor Jose Luis Runco said.
Runco said that Bledorn, better known by his nickname Dunga, had osteotomy in his left knee, a stone removed from his vesicularvia a video laparoscopy.
Runco said that operation was successful and that Dunga will begin physiotherapy within 15 days.
The 1994 World Cup winning captain replaced Carlos Alberto Parreira after Brazil was eliminated from the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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