Pelé is the nickname of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, a former Brazilian footballer who is considered one of the best players of all time. Born on October 23, 1940 in Tres Coracoes, Brazil, Pelé started playing football from a very young age, being part of his country’s local football team.
Pelé achieved international success aged just 17, when he won his first world championship with the Brazilian national team in 1958. He then went on to win two more world championships, in 1962 and 1970, becoming the first player to win three world titles.
During his career, Pelé played for Santos FC, a Brazilian soccer club, becoming the most important player in the club’s history. He scored over 1,000 career goals, becoming the most prolific player in football history. Pele was also the first player to score a goal in four World Cups.
In addition to his sporting success, Pelé is also known for his activity as a football ambassador around the world. Following his retirement from professional football, Pelé continued to promote the game through his work as a football ambassador for UNESCO and for FIFA. In addition, he has received numerous awards for his commitment to peace and human rights.
Pele has also been nicknamed “King of football” and “O’Rei” (the king in Portuguese) due to his outstanding football career and his status as a global icon of the game. Even today, many years after his retirement from professional football, Pelé remains a prominent figure in the world of football and an inspirational role model for many football players around the world.
Although Pele was very focused on his career as a footballer, meeting Rosemeri dos Reis, he decided it was time to marry her. However, he had one major obstacle: his girlfriend’s father.
According to what he recalled in his biopic, before getting his hand, he had to win over his father-in-law and he did it by offering to shine his shoes.
“ The first serious relationship that made me want to start a family was when I met Rose here in Santos. At first I was a little shy, then I became friends with her father and to be a friend of her father, I said ‘if you want me to clean your shoes, I’ll clean them for you ‘” he said in front of cameras. However, he would later realize that the decision was a bit hasty.
After being married for a while, problems began to arise in Pele and Rosemeri dos Reis’ marriage. One of them was that they had nothing in common except a taste for dancing.
“ I got married because I liked it, I was young, very young. We liked each other very much, there was friendship, but that of passion, of madness, that didn’t exist ”, explained O Rei.
Another problem is that most of the time Pele was away from home, as he constantly had to travel due to his career and sponsor contracts.
“ The signatures came from all over the world, I started traveling more for that type of work than for football. And that was something very difficult for my family, for my relationship and I understood that “, he added.
The Brazilian footballer even confessed to having been, on those occasions, unfaithful to his wife, who was aware of all his extramarital adventures, which resulted in some children.
” My first wife knew everything, I never lied to anyone “, he concluded.
Finally, problems in the relationship between Pele and Rose ended up breaking up the marriage and the couple divorced in 1976. Since then, they have lived in the United States and maintained a close relationship with their children.
For his part, Pelé has had various romances with celebrities from his country. Subsequently, he married two more times with Assíria Seixas Lemos and then with Marcia Aoki, his current wife.
- Full name: Edson Arantes do Nascimento
- Birth place: Three Hearts, Minas Gerais
- Nationality: brazilian
- Birthday: October 23rd
- Year of birth: 1940
- Age: 82 years old
- Height: 1.73m
- Other nicknames: O Rei, The Black Pearl
- Position: front
Thewinner of three World Cups(1958, 1962 and 1970) underwent the removal of a colon tumor in September 2021 and has been in and out of the hospital on a regular basis for treatment ever since.
Also, in January of this year, he needed a quick hospitalization to continue your colon cancer treatment. After this operation to remove the disease, ‘O Rey’ he was hospitalized for nearly a month.MORE DETAILS HERE.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, has a net worth of about $100 million, according to a report from ElThe World.
Most of his money he earned as a professional gambler was invested in real estate. Pele has received a pension since 2014 and continues to generate money through his activities. MORE DETAILS HERE.
Pelé played for two clubs during his career. Most of his career was spent at Santos FC where he remained for 18 years: he made his debut with the first team on 7 September 1956 and played his last match for the shirt number 10 of the “Peixe” in October 1974.
The Brazilian star has won all possible national titles with the São Paulo team, which has become one of the most iconic teams in football history. In addition, it is known that they have stopped participating in official tournaments to go on tour in Europe, America or Africa.
- 1957: Scorer of the Paulista Championship
- 1958: Best Young Player of the Football World Cup
- 1959: Best player of the Copa América
- 1960: Scorer of the Paulista Championship
- 1961: Taça Brasil goalscorer
- 1962: Top scorer of the Intercontinental Cup
- 1963: Scorer of the Rio-San Paolo tournament
- 1964: Scorer of the Paulista Championship
- 1965: Copa Libertadores top scorer
- 1969: Scorer of the Paulista Championship
- 1970: Soccer World Cup All-Star Team
- 1973: South America’s Footballer of the Year
- 1975: NASL All-Star Team
- 1976: NASL Most Valuable Player
- 1977: NASL All-Star Team
- 1994: Historic FIFA World Cup squad
- 1997: Legendary brand
- 1998: World Team of the 20th Century
- 1999: IFFHS Best Player of the 20th Century
- 2000: FIFA Player of the Century
- 2002: FIFA World Cup Dream Team
- 2004: FIFA Order of Merit
- 2007: FIFA Presidential Award
- 2011: International Soccer Hall of Fame
Marcia Cybele Aoki is a Brazilian businesswoman of Japanese descent. She is dedicated to importing medical equipment and supplies to Penápolis , St. Paul .
Moreover, Aoki is recognized to be Pele’s wife. Both celebrities Brazilian they met 30 years before getting married in 1986, but it was in 2010 who have entered into a formal relationship.MORE DETAILS HERE.
Pele met Xuxa in 1980 when she was a model and just 17 years old. “It was during a rehearsal for a magazine cover [Rede Manchete]. There were four models, Luiza, Marcia Brito, me and a black woman we were supposed to do it, but he didn’t want to. At that time they called Miss Brazil, who was from Brasilia. In the photo I came out in front of him” he told in his autobiographical book and in some interviews.
He revealed that after rehearsals the athlete asked her out, but she told him that she was a minor, which was not an impediment for the attacker who didn’t hesitate to call the teenager’s parents, who ended up accepting the invitation.MORE DETAILS HERE
Pele worked as a shoe shiner to help his family who was in poverty . The Brazilian superstar was just a child when he first worked as a newsboy and then turned to shoe shine to earn some extra cash in the 1950s.
Born in Tres Caracoles on October 23, 1940, “O Rei” lived in a complex environment and, despite his young age, he went out on the street and the weather conditions or his physical ailments didn’t matter in order to bring some money to your home. That’s how he got the constant help of a bank employee who left him food or coins despite not shining his shoes.
