Edson Arantes do Nascimento, or better known as pele He loved football, but also women. And he never made a secret of it. The Brazilian soccer champion said he loved several women and also had children, whom he only found out about later. He also said it about his life when the documentary was presented on Netflix: “In all honesty I’ve been in many relationships, some of which have resulted in children. I didn’t find out about their existence until much later,” he said.
there Pele’s first wife was Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi. He met her when she was 14 and courted her for almost 8 years before marrying on February 21, 1966. Their marriage produced three children Kelly, Edinho, Jenniferthe two divorced in 1982. Subsequently, Pele married Maria da Graça Meneghel known as Maria da Graca Xuxa, television presenter, actress and singer. The love lasted 5 years, full of betrayals and twists and turns, so much so that she went so far as to say that “he said it was an open relationship but it was only open for him”.
1994 Pele at the age of 50 he married Assyria Seixas Lemos for the third time, psychologist and gospel singer under 16 years old. From their union they were born Twins in 1996, Joshua and Celeste. They divorced in 2008. He later met the Brazilian businesswoman Marcia Kybele Aoki, a 41-year-old medical device entrepreneur well known in New York. In 2016, after six years of relationship, the couple married. The woman stayed close to him until his last sigh.
Among the illegitimate children is Sandra Machado, a daughter he refused to acknowledge and denounced for the right to use his surname. She later wrote a book called The Daughter the King Didn’t Want. Pele said he was very embarrassed by this honorary citizen. Sandra died of cancer in 2006 without ever knowing or even acknowledging her father personallya, despite the court ruling recognizing his paternity. Then there is Flavia Christina Kurtz Nascimentor born from a story with the journalist Lenita Kurtz.
According to the New York Times, iehis son Edinho, after a brief career as a professional goalkeeper that lasted 5 years, who was cut short by injury, was in prison after a drug trafficking conviction. Peles was one adventurous sentimental and family life. About his role as a father, he confessed: “I wasn’t a good father, maybe because I worked too much, I never realized what was happening around me.” After his death, his children and his last wife gathered for one last hug at his bed.
Born in 1990, the graduate philosopher is enthusiastic about politics and technology. She is in love with Naples, of which she tries to tell the thousand facets, telling people’s stories and staying away from stereotypes.
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