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Pele Children: How Many Children Did Pele Have?

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Sophia Dalton

Updated on January 04, 2026

Pele Children: How Many Children Did Pele Have?: Pele, officially known as Edson Arantes do Nascimento was a Brazilian professional footballer born on October 23, 1940, in Três Corações, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil to Dondinho and Celeste Arantes

Pele was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison. He started his career at a tender age and at age 15 he began playing for Santos as well as the Brazil national team at 16.

During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962, and 1970, the only player to do so. Pele played as a forward and was regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labeled “the greatest” by FIFA.

Pele was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. He died at the age of 82 on Thursday, December 29, 2022, due to multiple organ failure, a complication of colon cancer. He died at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Morumbi where he was being treated. His funeral is set to be held at Santos’ stadium from 2–3 January 2023.

Pele married 3 times and had several affairs. His first marriage was with Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (1966–1982). After their split, he got married to Assíria Nascimento from 1994 to 2008. His 3rd marriage was to Marcia Aoki. The pair got married in 2016 and had been together until his death.

Pele Children: How Many Children Did Pele Have?

Pele had 7 children; Edinho, Sandra Regina Arantes do Nascimento, Joshua Nascimento, Celeste Nascimento, Kelly Cristina Nascimento, Flávia Christina Kurtz Nascimento, and Jennifer Nascimento.