Pele’s Children
Pele, the legendary Brazilian player has seven children. Their names are:
- Kely Christina Arantes do Nascimento
- Flávia Arantes do Nascimento
- Sandra Regina Machado Nascimento
- Edinho “Edson” Arantes do Nascimento
- Jennifer Cholby Arantes do Nascimento
- Joshua Arantes do Nascimento
- Celeste Arantes do Nascimento
Pelé married three times, the first time in the late 1960s with Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi. They welcomed three children: daughters Kely and Jennifer, as well as son Edinho Nascimento.
Several decades later, when Pelé was romantically linked to Brazilian singer Xuxa, the couple divorced. The World Cup winner famously dated the pop star for four years before splitting up in 1986.
In the 1990s, Pelé married his second wife, Assiria Lemos Seixas. They had twins, Celeste and Joshua, at the same time. Pelé and Assiria divorced after a 12-year marriage.
Marcia Cibele Aoiki, a Brazilian entrepreneur, became the star’s third and final marriage several years later.
Pelé also had two children with women he did not marry: Sandra Regina Machado, his fourth daughter, with housemaid Anizia Machado, and Flávia, his fifth, with journalist Lenita Kurtz.
Continue reading to learn everything there is to know about the Brazilian soccer player.
