The 43-year-old son, a retired footballer himself, will serve the sentence for laundering money raised for drug trafficking, the BBC has reported.
Edinho was first arrested back in 2005 and has served a sentence for drug trafficking
offences, in addition to having links with a notorious drug dealer in the city of Santos.
The son of the great Pele played as a goalkeeper for his father’s old club Santos in the 1990s.
Edinho, who currently works as a goalkeeping coach at Santos, reportedly says that he is a drug addict but denies the trafficking charges levelled against him.
Brazilian media have not been able to reach Edinho, whose real name is Edson Cholbi do Nascimento. He is expected to appeal.
Edinho is Pele’s third son from his first marriage and was just five when the family moved to New York with his father playing for the Cosmos.
He was the Santos goalkeeper in 1995 when the team reached the Brazilian league final, losing the title to Botafogo.
In 2006, Pele went to visit his son in jail and said: "God willing, justice will be done. There is not a shred of evidence against my son.”
Pele won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and was acclaimed as the greatest footballer of his generation.
Why will someone wants to ternish peles gud name..... I hope justice is served though....
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Justice will be served, no doubt!
DeleteEddy its tarnish
DeletePele d great, you have other sons and daughters, do NOT worry yourself to death cos of this rat.
No doubt Pepper justice will surely be served lol.
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DeleteI don't know why most great men end up having useless sons! Its rear to see most of them follow the foot steps of their fathers! Poor Pele after all your effort here on earth, one ochicha boi wey you call son no go let you rest! Stupid pikin!
ReplyDeletePepper ose oku!
Hey bitch,it's 'rare' and not 'rear'! Thank me later! Pls y u dey impersonate me,are you dat envious of my name! Get your own id,nd stop dis! Pepper ose oku.
DeleteMy dear cause most people who are great spend so much time trying to maintain their greatness and forget to invest enough time to raise their kids well and teach them morals.These kids r usually left in d hands of well paid carers who's values u not sure of.sad though but that's what obtains most of da time,am not ruling out d fact that some kids still tow d wrong line even when d parents show them d right path
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DeleteFake pepper abi real one, it's rare my dear, thank me now!
Delete*Rare*. Adult education is available you know.
DeleteHmm..What a waste..hmm..
ReplyDeleteGreatest footballer of all time but probably not d greatest father
ReplyDeleteOh no!
ReplyDeletePele oh, mr Pele!
So linda ikeji now has an attack dog on twitter called @heiress_k . She even attacked SDK but am happy she ignored her.
DeleteDisturbing children everywhere.
DeleteDry, dryer, dryest! *yawns*
DeleteAssholes and Bitches
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Rot in hell.
Pele my Pele, how can this be happening to you?
ReplyDeleteerrrrrrrrmm but Maradona was kinda the greatest of all time
ReplyDeleteSad news for a father like Pele
ReplyDeleteWhat's with rich men and brats as kids??
ReplyDeleteihe onye metara o buru. that na their own cup of tea, i get my own wahala to worry about
ReplyDeleteok seen......#DOVE
ReplyDeleteIf it's naija,just the word that the offender is 'son to so-and-so',he will be discharged and acquittted!what happened to d thieving jigawa state Govnor's sons caught laundering?....case swept under carpet!we could go on and on,our country naija is a wastee!smh
ReplyDeleteLol @ stella ! ......nice one
ReplyDeleteSad when a child brings u disrepute. Sad and very painful. I cover my children both born and yet unborn. I didn't make my parents cry and gnash their teeth in sorrow, NO CHILD OF MINE WILL MAKE ME CRY, amen. Dr Lagbaja
ReplyDeleteStella, please any update on Keffee?
ReplyDeleteIt's like you are the only one that has any information on her matter.