These are difficult times for Pele and his environment. The complications in his health have worsened and some Brazilian media assure that the family of “o’rei“He is already preparing for the outcome of his life, a very fruitful life on and off the field. And it is that in addition to being world champion, the star has had several love affairs and even marriages. Meet them below.
The former world champion with Brazila native of Minas Gerais, has been suffering a series of physical afflictions as a result of his age, he is currently 82 years old, and the cancer that he suffers from and has diminished his immune system.
The AFP news agency collected a medical report from the Albert Einstein hospital indicating that he has a progression of cancer, in addition to kidney and heart dysfunction.
THE WIVES THAT PELÉ HAS HAD
The Brazilian married three timesthe first of which was in 1966, when the athlete was 26 years old. He swore eternal love with Rosemeri Cholbi and though he was not married to her till death parted them, their marriage lasted 16 years.
The official version states that the divorce was due to the distance imposed by his work. According to the soccer player, they began their relationship when they were very young and when they got married he was not ready for it.
It was Assyria Seixas Lemos who walked him down the aisle for the second time. The 36-year-old psychologist and gospel singer married the athlete in 1994, who was 53 years old at that time. They were married 14 years before going their separate ways.
His last and current relationship began when he was already a septagenarian. In 2016, when Pelé was already 76 years old, he married Marcia Aokiwhom he met in the 1980s, although they didn’t begin their relationship until 2010.
Together with his current wife Marcia (Photo: Pelé / Instagram)
OTHER RELATIONSHIPS OF PELÉ
Apart from the relationships that led to his marriage, Edson Arantes do Nascimento has had other romances, many of them “unofficial” and with celebrities.
He was associated with the singer Xuxa and in the 80s with others two beauty queens american.
