Joao Havelange, the president of FIFA between 1974 and 1998, is in hospital for the second time in two years.
On Friday, doctors in Brazil said Havelange, 99 years old, was hospitalised with respiratory problems. According to Reuters, the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro also released a statement saying his condition was listed as "stable."
Havelange resigned as FIFA's honorary president in 2013 after the governing body's Ethics Committee published a report that served as confirmation of his complicity in a $100-million bribery scandal. He also presided as president of the Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol, and as a member of the International Olympic Committee.