# People: Pelé, the wiki

> Pelé himself and the people in his story: family, teammates, coaches, rivals.

- [Assíria Lemos Seixas](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/assiria-lemos-seixas): Pelé's second wife, a psychologist and gospel singer, married from 1994 to 2008.
- [Bobby Moore](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/bobby-moore): Bobby Moore (1941–1993), England's 1966 World Cup-winning captain, whom Pelé named the best defender he ever faced.
- [Carlos Alberto Torres](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/carlos-alberto-torres): Carlos Alberto Torres (1944–2016), Brazil's captain in 1970, who scored the final goal of the final from Pelé's pass.
- [Celeste Arantes](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/celeste-arantes): Celeste Arantes (1922–2024), known as Dona Celeste, Pelé's mother, who outlived him by nearly two years.
- [Coutinho](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/coutinho): Coutinho (1943–2019), the Santos centre forward who formed one of football's best-known partnerships with Pelé.
- [Didi](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/didi): Didi (1928–2001), the midfielder who ran Brazil's play at the 1958 and 1962 World Cups and was named best player in 1958.
- [Dondinho](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/dondinho): João Ramos do Nascimento (1917–1996), Pelé's father, a centre forward who taught him to play.
- [Edinho](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/edinho): Edinho (born 1970), Pelé's son, a former Santos goalkeeper and later a coach.
- [Eusébio](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/eusebio): Eusébio (1942–2014), Benfica and Portugal's great forward, who faced Pelé in 1962 and knocked Brazil out in 1966.
- [Franz Beckenbauer](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/franz-beckenbauer): Franz Beckenbauer (1945–2024), West Germany's captain and sweeper, who joined Pelé at the Cosmos in 1977.
- [Garrincha](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/garrincha): Garrincha (1933–1983), Brazil's right winger and dribbler, who won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups alongside Pelé.
- [Giorgio Chinaglia](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/giorgio-chinaglia): Giorgio Chinaglia (1947–2012), the Italian striker who partnered Pelé at the Cosmos and scored the winner in Soccer Bowl '77.
- [Gordon Banks](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/gordon-banks): Gordon Banks (1937–2019), England's World Cup-winning goalkeeper, who made the famous save from Pelé's header in 1970.
- [Jairzinho](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/jairzinho): Jairzinho (born 1944), Brazil's right winger in 1970, who scored in every match of the tournament.
- [Ladislao Mazurkiewicz](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/ladislao-mazurkiewicz): Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945–2013), Uruguay's goalkeeper, beaten by Pelé's dummy in the 1970 semi-final but not by his shot.
- [Marcia Aoki](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/marcia-aoki): Pelé's third wife, married in 2016 and with him until his death in 2022.
- [Mário Zagallo](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/mario-zagallo): Mário Zagallo (1931–2024), Pelé's teammate at the 1958 and 1962 World Cups and Brazil's coach when they won in 1970.
- [Nílton Santos](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/nilton-santos): Nílton Santos (1925–2013), Brazil's attacking left-back in the World Cup wins of 1958 and 1962.
- [Pelé](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/pele): Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940–2022), the Brazilian forward who won three World Cups, widely ranked the greatest of all time.
- [Rivellino](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/rivellino): Rivellino (born 1946), the attacking midfielder whose cross Pelé headed in to open the 1970 final.
- [Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/rosemeri-dos-reis-cholbi): Pelé's first wife, married from 1966 to 1982 and mother of three of his children.
- [Tostão](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/tostao): Tostão (born 1947), the forward who partnered Pelé in Brazil's attack at the 1970 World Cup.
- [Vavá](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/vava): Vavá (1934–2002), Brazil's centre forward, who scored twice in the 1958 World Cup final.
- [Vicente Feola](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/vicente-feola): Vicente Feola (1909–1975), the coach who picked a 17-year-old Pelé and led Brazil to its first World Cup in 1958.
- [Waldemar de Brito](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/waldemar-de-brito): Waldemar de Brito (1913–1979), the former Brazil forward who coached Pelé in Bauru and took him to Santos in 1956.
- [Zoca](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/zoca): Jair Arantes do Nascimento (1942–2020), Pelé's younger brother, who also played for Santos.