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Marcia Aoki is a Brazillian-Japanese businesswoman/entrepreneur whose main line of work involves the import/export of medical equipment. She rose to popularity when Brazil’s football legend Pele married her a few years ago in 2016.

Quick Info
Full NameMarcia Aoki
Date Of Birth
Birth PlaceLas Vegas, Nevada
Parent(s)N/A
OccupationPhilanthropist
Age46 years
Body Measurement36-32-40
Height5 ft 3 inches (163 cm)
Weight132 lbs (60 kg)
NationalityBrazillian
Hair ColorBlack
Eye ColorBlack
Zodiac SignLeo
EthnicityAsian
Martial StatusMarried
Wife(s)/Partner(s)Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka. Pelé
ChildrenNone
Net Worth~$2 million

 

Beautiful Marcia Aoki
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Early Life

Information about Marcia Aoki’s life and childhood is not widely disclosed to the general public. All we know about her is that she is a Brazillian of Japanese descent and was married to a man before she was involved with Pele. Marcia divorced her husband somewhere around 2007. Her parents whose names still remain a mystery too were businessmen and since childhood, Marcia Aoki, a passionate girl, was interested in following her parents’ career and chose to work in the medical supplies sector after she graduated from college.

 

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Involvement with Pele

Although reports of their affair only started to circulate after 2008, when the two met each other, which was their second encounter, it is believed that Pele and Marcia Aoki met for the first time in New York City when the two were there, separately for their different purposes, all the way back in 1980. The two seemed to enjoy each other’s company but things didn’t progress further as Pele was a married man and her too.

Marriage

In 2008, Marcia Aoki and Pele met each other, as surprising it may sounds, in an elevator. The two were surprised seeing each other after such a long time, it was a stroke of coincidence. The two caught up on their lives and got to know more about each other. Marcia Aoki by the time had been going through a rough divorce, during which Pele seemed to provide a shoulder. They soon started seeing each other on a regular basis and Pele too soon left his wife Assiria being fully involved with Marcia.

Marcia Aoki and Pele
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After dating intensely and securing their bond for more than 8 years, Marcia Aoki and Pele decided to get married in 2016. The wedding ceremony was held in a private ceremony in Sao Paulo, Brazil, without much pomp, attended only by their close friends and family. So far, the couple does not have any children. (Pele however already has 5 children from his earlier two marriages)

 

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Pele – The Living Legend

Pele is a name not new to football fans around the globe. The three-time world cup winning Bazillian superstar is probably the first football icon that comes to mind when somebody talks about the game. He is a world-renowned player revered as the best in the world in the history of professional football. He started playing professional football when he was only 15 years old and played for brazil when 17. He’s the all-time leading goal scorer for Brazil, scoring 77 goals and a record-setting 643 goals for his club Santos in just 659 matches, averaging a stunning almost 1 goal per game record.

Pele Ballon d'Or
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He has won so many trophies and honors, that we could fill an entire page with it. Some of it includes winning the FIFA world cup 3 times, he is the only player to achieve this feat. He was awarded the FIFA Player of the Century award in 2000. He was knighted by the Queen of England in 1997 and has been awarded the  Ballon d’Or 7 times, in retrospect. Initially, during his playing days, only European players were eligible for the award, but FIFA and France Football reevaluated this and honored the best, just like he deserved to be.

 

Career

Although wives and girlfriends of famous sportsmen generally tend to be supermodels or sports players themselves or actresses Pele’s wife Marcia Aoki is different. She is a self-made entrepreneur who maintains a successful business related to medical equipment and supplies in Brazil. She deals with importing and supplying medical machinery from the United States, Europe, and Japan, to various parts of Brazil.

 

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Controversy

Pele has been known to be involved in affairs with many women throughout his life, even when he was married. He has openly stated that his wives were aware of his infidelity. However it is not clear if he continued this when he was at an age of 70+ when he got married to Marcia Aoki, there were certainly rumors about it. But for now, we can tag those rumors to be baseless.

 

Net Worth

From her successful business empire Marcia Aoki established from the grounds up, on her own efforts, she has accumulated a considerable amount of wealth, and is a millionaire, with her worth being almost equivalent to $2 million, thanks to her entrepreneurship. Apart from that, since she is married to one of the richest footballers in the world, whose net worth today is more than $100 million, which certainly includes her share, we can say confidently that her worth is way more than it appears to be.

Social Media

Marcia Aoki is not active on Social Media platforms, instead, she gives her time and energy to promoting her business and her private life. She doesn’t use Instagram or Facebook but has a Twitter account that only has 5 followers and is locked private. We are going to have to wait sometime more to get instant and latest updates about Pele’s beautiful wife.

 

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