Pele, a football great also known as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, passed away at age 82 following a protracted battle with cancer. Although he had a reputation for being tremendously dedicated to his teammates, his personal life had also come under scrutiny. In his lifetime, he had three marriages.
According to Mirror, Pele admitted in his Netflix film “Pele” that he had cheated on his spouses. He declared, “It was, in all honesty. I’ve had a few relationships, some of which have given birth to kids. But I wasn’t aware of them till much later.” Added he, “My first girlfriend and first wife were both aware of it. Never did I deceive anyone.”
Who were Pele’s girlfriends?
In his lifespan, Pele has been married to three different women. He had three children with Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi, his first wife, whom he married in 1966. They did, however, divorce in 1986. In 1994, the football icon wed singer Assiria Nascimento, also known as Assiria Seixas Lemos. Despite having two kids together, the couple split in 2008. Pele and Marcia Cibele Aoki first connected at a party in New York in the 1980s. They were frequently spotted together until announcing their romance in 2016. Although they were married in the same year, they never had children. But in addition to his wives, he also had relationships with the women listed below.
Flavia Cavalcanti Rebelo
Anizia Machado
In the same year that she was elected Miss Brazil 1989, Flavia Cavalcanti Rebelo, a well-known Brazilian model, dated Pele for a little time. However, nothing is known about their connection because so little information was made accessible to the general public.
Given that she worked as his maid, Anizia Machado’s relationship with the football player was well known. The couple’s brief romance barely lasted from 1963 to 1964 for one year. Pele was allegedly the father of Sandra Arantes do Nascimento while he was married to Cholbi, but the soccer player never acknowledged the relationship, even after Sandra passed away from cancer at the age of 42 in 2006, according to Famous Fix. To first, Pele even baulked at providing samples for DNA testing. ESPN claims that Nascimento later filed a lawsuit against him in 1991 and was later identified as his daughter in 1993 based on DNA evidence. Pele appealed the court’s ruling, but it was upheld in 1996, allowing her to continue.
Lenita Kurtz
In April 1969, Lenita Kurtz served as the Brazil football team’s administrator. Pele was busy getting ready for the 1970 World Cup when the two first met. After a few dates, she became pregnant with Flavia, his daughter. After a DNA test, Flavia learned who his father was as she became 18 years old. He had reportedly made advances on another model, Luiza Brunet, but she turned them down because she was married, according to Trend News Detail.
