Editing Pelé (section)

=== Relationships and children ===

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* By Anizia Machado
** Sandra (1964–2006)
* By Lenita Kurtz
** Flávia (born 1968)
* By Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi
** Kely Cristina (born 1967)
** Edson (born 1970)
** Jennifer (born 1978)
* By Assíria Lemos Seixas
** Joshua (born 1996)
** Celeste (born 1996)
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[[File:Pelé%27s_jersey_donated_to_Pope_Francis.JPG|thumb|upright|A signed jersey donated by Pelé to [[Pope Francis]]]]

Pelé married three times and had several affairs, fathering seven children in all.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazilian Soccer Great Pelé Has Died at 82 |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/brazilian-soccer-great-pele-has-died-at-82/4019419/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |publisher=NBC New York |date=29 December 2022 |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229190809/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/brazilian-soccer-great-pele-has-died-at-82/4019419/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1966, Pelé married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/photos/pele-years-24098835/image-80478619|title=Pele Through the Years|access-date=29 December 2022|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229061515/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/photos/pele-years-24098835/image-80478619|archive-date=29 December 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> They had two daughters, Kely Cristina (born 13 January 1967), who married Arthur DeLuca, and Jennifer (b. 1978), as well as one son, [[Edinho (footballer, born 1970)|Edson]] ("Edinho", b. 27 August 1970).<ref name=StyleCaster>{{cite news |last1=Pham |first1=Jason|title=Pelé Had 7 Kids With 4 Women Before His Death—See All His Children & Where They Are Now |url=https://stylecaster.com/pele-kids/ |access-date=31 December 2022 |work=StyleCaster |publisher=SHE Media |date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231114441/https://stylecaster.com/pele-kids/ |archive-date=31 December 2022}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1982.<ref name="marriage_hatrick">{{cite web|url=http://www.latintimes.com/brazilian-soccer-legend-pele-scores-marriage-hat-trick-video-202215|title=Pelé Scores A Marriage Hat Trick|work=Latin Times|date=20 August 2014|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108082510/https://www.latintimes.com/brazilian-soccer-legend-pele-scores-marriage-hat-trick-video-202215|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2014, Edinho was sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money from drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pele's son Edinho jailed for 33 years for Drug Trafficking|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/peles-son-edinho-jailed-for-33-years-for-drug-trafficking/|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|publisher=biharprabha.com|date=1 June 2014|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-date=2 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200744/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/peles-son-edinho-jailed-for-33-years-for-drug-trafficking/|url-status=live}}</ref> On appeal, the sentence was reduced to 12 years and 10 months.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazil: Footballer Pele's son Edinho in jail over drug trafficking charges |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39084502 |access-date=26 July 2018 |work=BBC News |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108110335/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39084502 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1981 to 1986, Pelé was romantically linked with TV presenter [[Xuxa]]. She was 17 when they started dating.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Simón|first1=Yara|title=A Look Back at Xuxa and Pelé's Controversial Relationship|url=http://remezcla.com/lists/culture/a-look-back-at-xuxa-and-peles-controversial-relationship/|publisher=Remezcla|date=28 August 2015|access-date=16 July 2017|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108082202/https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/a-look-back-at-xuxa-and-peles-controversial-relationship/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 1994, Pelé married psychologist and [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer Assíria Lemos Seixas, who gave birth on 28 September 1996 to twins [[Joshua Nascimento|Joshua]] and Celeste through fertility treatments.<ref name="StyleCaster" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yapp |first1=Robin |title=Doctor who helped Pele father twins on run after assault convictions |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/8276949/Doctor-who-helped-Pele-father-twins-on-run-after-assault-convictions.html |access-date=31 December 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127111631/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/8276949/Doctor-who-helped-Pele-father-twins-on-run-after-assault-convictions.html |archive-date=27 January 2011 |location=London}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazilian Soccer Legend Pelé Scores A Marriage Hat Trick [VIDEO]|url=http://www.latintimes.com/brazilian-soccer-legend-pele-scores-marriage-hat-trick-video-202215|work=Latin Times|date=9 March 2018|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108082510/https://www.latintimes.com/brazilian-soccer-legend-pele-scores-marriage-hat-trick-video-202215|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pelé had at least two more children from affairs. Sandra Machado, who was born from an affair Pelé had in 1964 with a housemaid, Anizia Machado, fought for years to be acknowledged by Pelé, who refused to submit to [[DNA paternity testing|DNA test]]s.<ref name="PELE/SANDRA/ESPN">{{cite news|title=Pele's daughter dies of cancer at 42|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=2629482|access-date=3 February 2014|publisher=ESPN|date=17 October 2006|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108082243/https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=2629482|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Peles daughter2">[http://english.people.com.cn/200610/18/eng20061018_312942.html "Pele misses funeral of "daughter he never wanted"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030401/http://english.people.com.cn/200610/18/eng20061018_312942.html |date=21 February 2014 }}. ''People''. 18 October 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2014</ref><ref name="Peles daughter3">[http://m.espn.com/soccer/story?storyId=386082&wjb= "Daughter who sued Pele dies of cancer at 42"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222005908/http://m.espn.com/soccer/story?storyId=386082&wjb= |date=22 December 2022 }}. ESPN. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2014.</ref> Pelé finally relented after a court-ordered DNA test proved she was his daughter. Sandra Machado died of cancer in 2006.<ref name="Peles daughter2" /><ref name="Peles daughter3" /><ref>{{cite news|title=The Daughter Pelé Didn't Want Dies of Breast Cancer in Brazil|url=https://www.brazzil.com/7392-the-daughter-pele-didnt-want-dies-of-breast-cancer-in-brazil/|work=Brazzil|date=17 October 2006|access-date=22 December 2022|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222005614/https://www.brazzil.com/7392-the-daughter-pele-didnt-want-dies-of-breast-cancer-in-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the age of 73, Pelé announced his intention to marry 41-year-old Marcia Aoki, a Japanese-Brazilian importer of medical equipment from [[Penápolis]], São Paulo, whom he had been dating since 2010. They first met in the mid-1980s in New York, before meeting again in 2008. They married in July 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/football-legend-pele-marries-definitive-love-34871544.html|title=Football legend Pele marries 'definitive love'|work=The Belfast Telegraph|access-date=31 May 2018|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108083336/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/football-legend-pele-marries-definitive-love-34871544.html|url-status=live}}</ref>