Edson Arantes do Nascimiento, ‘O Rei’ Pelé, passed away on December 29 from colon cancer. The historic Brazilian soccer player is considered one of the best players of all time, and he came to win the title of world champion of the king of sports three times.
A footballer who is already a legend, but not only on the pitch, but also in his personal and family life. The player himself acknowledged in his lifetime having had affairs with several women taking advantage of his status as king of soccer, from which several offspring were born, of which seven are officially known to exist. All of them are included in his will, but also a woman, unknown, who could be one of his unrecognized daughters.
This is confirmed by his lawyer, Luz Kignel, who assures that the legal procedures and procedures related to Pelé’s will have brought to light the fact that the Brazilian star included an unknown woman in the document who could be one of his daughters. recognized, in addition to his wife and seven children.
“He indicated that there is the possibility of another daughter whose recognition will depend on a DNA test that could not be performed (on the legendary soccer player) due to the pandemic and his health situation,” explained the lawyer, who added that if the result obtained If it were positive, the woman would be entitled to a 70% share of the estate that Pelé arranged for her children – the remaining 30% of her inheritance was bequeathed to Marcia Cibele Aoki, the woman she married in 2016.
At the moment, little is known about this woman. It is not known what her relationship with Pelé would be, if they would have maintained any contact or what she would dedicate her life to. The only thing that is known is that she is Brazilian, she demands to be considered Pelé’s daughter and it would not be the first time that she resorted to justice to achieve her goal; In fact, a Sao Paulo court already ordered a DNA test with Pelé last September, something that was postponed with her death. Now, the test must be done with one of her children.
If it is confirmed that this woman is actually Pelé’s daughter, it would be the second case in which the player welcomes a new member into the family as an adult. This is the case of Sandra Regina Machado, a woman who was born as a result of the player’s sporadic romance with Anizia Machado, a domestic worker who died in 2006. Sandra was never recognized by her father, despite a court ruling in her favor in 1996, but It does appear in the will of the Brazilian star, as it was revealed last January.
A recently recognized daughter, another to be recognized and their six “official” children: Kely, Jennifer and Edinho (from his marriage to Rosemeri Cholbi), Flavia (from an extramarital affair while married to Rosemeri), Joshua and Celeste (from his second wife, Assiria Lemos Seixas). With his last wife, Marcia Cibele Aoki, the player had no children.
Not even Pelé himself knows how many children he actually had: “In all honesty, I’ve had a few affairs, some of which ended in children, but I only found out about them later,” he commented in a documentary that They did a few years ago and it is available on the Netflix platform.
