Pele Net Worth At Death

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, best known as Pelé had an estimated net worth of $100 million at time of death.

The Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward was born on 23 October 1940 and died on 29 December 2022. He was 82 years.

Pelé began playing for Santos at age 15 and the Brazil national team at 16.

He is the only player to win three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970.

Pelé is the joint-top goalscorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games. At club level, he is Santos’ all-time top goalscorer with 643 goals in 659 games.

Pele was appointed to the position of Extraordinary Minister for Sport by Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

It was during Pele’s time as the Extraordinary Minister for Sport that he proposed legislation to reduce corruption in Brazilian football, which became known as the “Pelé law.”

Pelé has published several autobiographies, starred in documentary films, and composed musical pieces, including the soundtrack for the film Pelé in 1977.

He appeared in the 1981 film Escape to Victory, about a World War II-era football match between Allied prisoners of war and a German team. He starred alongside other footballers of the 1960s and 1970s, with actors Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone.

In 1969, Pelé starred in a telenovela called Os Estranhos, about first contact with aliens. It was created to drum up interest in the Apollo missions.

In 2001, he had a cameo role in the satire film Mike Bassett: England Manager.

Pelé was asked to participate in the 2006 ESPN documentary film Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, but declined when the producers refused to pay his requested $100,000 fee.