Pele Net Worth

Net Worth:	$100 Million
Date of Birth:	October 23, 1940 (84 years old)
Gender:	Male
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Profession:	Actor, Football player, Film Producer
Nationality:	Brazil

What is Pele’s Net Worth?

Pelé is a retired Brazilian footballer who has a net worth of $100 million. Pelé is widely recognized as the greatest soccer player ever and broke through the barriers of many sports to establish himself as one of the most illustrious individuals of the 20th century.

He was the world’s highest-paid athlete during the height of his career. In the top division, Pelé presently owns a lot of significant records, including the most goals scored (541). In all competitions combined, he has 1297 goals.

In Brazil, where he was born, Pelé is revered as a national hero and holds the record for most goals scored in a single season with 77. After retirement, Pelé became a political activist who worked to better the lives of the poor in Brazil as well as a global advocate for football.

Childhood

Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born on October 23rd of 1940 in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pelé was up in a football-loving household, and his father Dondinho was a professional player as well.

Edson was named after the inventor Thomas Edison and he was brought up with two siblings. As a result of the way he mistakenly mispronounced the name of Bilé, a goalie who played for Vasco de Gama during his youth, he eventually came to be known by the nickname Pelé.

As a joke, his buddies kept referring to him as Pelé, and the moniker stuck. In reality, neither Portuguese nor any other language can explain what the word “Pelé” means. In Bauru, Sao Paulo, Pelé grew up in a harsh environment where he struggled to survive.

Pelé learned how to play football at a young age, despite the fact that he spent much of his time working to support his family. Because the family couldn’t afford a soccer ball, his father taught him a variety of abilities while using grapefruit as a substitute.

Career

Pelé’s career began with Santos FC after he dazzled the coach at the age of 15 with his remarkable skills. After that, he signed a contract, and in 1956, he made his professional debut, scoring in his first game.

He was the league’s leading scorer by the age of 16 in Brazil. He played at the 1958 and 1962 World Cups after being immediately called up to the Brazilian national squad. Despite numerous prominent clubs’ attempts to sign the young player, Pelé remained closely connected to Santos and Brazil.

His squad went on to achieve tremendous heights, winning the 1962 Intercontinental Cup and the 1963 Copa Libertadores. When Pelé was scheduled to perform in a stadium in Lagos in 1969, the two opposing parties in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour truce.

After the 1974 season, Pelé eventually signed for the New York Cosmos, despite the fact that he would never play for a top team like Inter Milan or Real Madrid (despite numerous offers). He set the example for many other soccer greats, like Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto, who joined the Cosmos.

In essence, Pelé encouraged a number of legendary players, like Bobby Moore, Johan Cruyff, and George Best, to play in America. He was also successful in getting a huge American audience to start watching soccer. At one of his Cosmos games at Giant Stadium in 1977, he drew more than 62,000 spectators.

In terms of his international career, Pelé got off to a fast start by winning the 1958 World Cup with two goals against Sweden in the championship game. Despite being injured for the whole tournament, he contributed to Brazil’s victory in the 1962 World Cup. Pelé came back to win the World Cup one final time in 1970 after a dismal performance in the tournament in 1966.

Controversy

After he left the world of professional football, Pelé faced most of his controversy. A corruption case involving the theft of $700,000 from UNICEF was said to have included the former football player in 2001.

His conflict with FIFA’s then-President Joao Havelange was a major factor in his exclusion from the 1994 FIFA World Cup draw in Las Vegas. Pelé filed a $30 million lawsuit against Samsung Electronics in 2016 alleging false endorsements and infringements on his right to publicity, along with other claims of damages.

The accusation was made as a result of a 2015 Samsung advertisement that featured a man who nearly identically resembled Pelé and another scene that incorporated the player’s distinctive bicycle kick.

Real Estate

Pelé reportedly sold his Hamptons house for $2.85 million in 2018, according to a report. In 1979, he paid $156,000 for the house, that he had previously bought.

The house was transformed into an opulent, large 3,500 square-foot residence by Pelé throughout the years. An additional significant benefit is having access to the beach.

At the age of 77, Pelé was no longer living in the mansion because he had long ago retired in Brazil.

Relationship

Three kids were born to Pelé and Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi after their 1966 wedding. In 1982, he got separated from his first wife and started seeing Xuxa, a TV host from Brazil who was just 17 years old at the time.

He wed psychologist Assiria Lemos Seixas, his second spouse, in 1994. Prior to divorcing Seixas in 2008, he had two additional children with her.

Pelé made the announcement that he would wed Marcia Aoki, a Brazilian-Japanese woman, at the age of 73. They were married in 2016 after several years of dating. As a result of affairs over the years, Pelé has also had a number of kids.

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