Edson Cholbi Nascimento

For the earlier Brazilian footballer known as Edinho, see Edino Nazareth Filho.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Cholbi and the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.

Edinho
Born	Edson Cholbi Nascimento (1970-08-27) August 27, 1970 Santos, Brazil
Occupation	Footballer (retired)
Criminal charge	Money laundering, drug trafficking
Criminal penalty	33 years
Criminal status	Incarcerated
Parent(s)	Pelé, Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi
Association football career Position(s) Goalkeeper Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1990–1991 Santos 0 (0) 1991–1992 Portuguesa Santista 6 (0) 1992–1993 São Caetano 4 (0) 1994–1998 Santos 9 (0) 1998–1999 Ponte Preta 1 (0) Total 20 (0) Managerial career 2015 Mogi Mirim *Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Biography

Edson was convicted of murder in 1999 - replacing the earlier charge of manslaughter, for killing Pedro Simões Neto in Santos in October 1992, as a result of reckless car racing.

He 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.

Since retiring from football, he has had numerous legal troubles. In the early 1990s, Edinho was convicted to six years in jail due to his involvement in a street race in Santos that ended with one death. That conviction, however, was later annulled. In July 2005, he was absolved of this crime.

Edinho, along with 50 other people, was arrested on June 6, 2005 in a police operation to dismantle a gang of drug traffickers, after an 8-month investigation in the city of Santos. Edinho said that he was innocent, but addicted to marijuana.

Edinho was hired as Santos' goalkeeping coach on February 9, 2007. As of 2010 he is Santos' assistant coach.

On 31 May 2014, Edinho was sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money raised from drug trafficking.

References

• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article (retrieved December 27, 2005).
• Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.