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The sports career of Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known as the ‘King’ Pele, has been one of the most successful in historytoday at 82 years old and experiencing serious health complications due to the advancement of cancer, It is estimated that his fortune amounts to $100 million dollars, as reported by Celebrity Net Worth.
Much of the fortune of the man considered by many to be the best soccer player in history was achieved precisely by playing football, money that he would have invested in real estate. In 2018, the news would have been released that the Brazilian star had sold a house in the United States, specifically in the Hamptons. It would have been sold for $2.85 million dollars and would have been acquired for $156 thousand dollars in 1979.
This is just one example of the investments made by Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, which also He has also received multiple awards, money for image, sponsorship, acting and even for music.something that the King loves and to which he dedicated himself in his spare time.
After his retirement as an active footballer, Pelé was named UN Ambassador for ecology and the environment and later, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.Both positions also generated income for him, not counting his position as sports minister in his country in 1995 during the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
The figure of Pelé has generated income by itself, through his name and image, the Pelé phenomenon is universal, one of the most important legacies in the history of world sportThat is why he was once considered the highest paid athlete on the planet.
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