| Intro | Brazilian footballer and manager | ||||
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Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager |
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| From | Brazil | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 27 August 1970, São Paulo | ||||
| Age: | 49 years | ||||
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Edson Cholbi Nascimento, usually known simply as Edinho (born August 27, 1970 in Santos, São Paulo state), is a former Brazilian football goalkeeper. He is the son of football legend Pelé with his first wife Rosemeri Cholbi Nascimento, who is of Brazilian-Argentinian background. Pelé’s second son and Edson’s brother Joshua is also a footballer, playing under Edson at Santos.
Career
Edinho played for four clubs, Santos, Portuguesa Santista, São Caetano and Ponte Preta before retiring from professional football in 1999, at the age of 29.
His greatest achievement was playing in the Santos side that finished runner-up in the Série A in 1995.
Edinho was hired as Santos’ goalkeeping coach on February 9, 2007. As of 2010 he is the team’s assistant coach.
In May 2014, Edinho was jailed for 33 years for laundering money from drug trafficking.