(News Of The South)- Edinho Edinho, the 43 year old retired son of football legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in prison in Brazil for laundering money raised from drug trafficking activities.
Edinho who has admitted to a drug problem and denied the trafficking charges once played for Pele`s club Santos in the 1990s where he was goalkeeper.
The first arrest took place in 2005 following drug related offences associated with a notorious dealer from the city of Santos.
Adson Cholbi do Nascimento is Edinho`s real name.
Edinho played for Brazil in the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and was acclaimed as the greatest footballer of his generation.
Most Brazilians have been shocked by the detention.
Pele now aged 73 visited his son Edinho in prison several times.
“God willing, justice will be done. There is not a shred of evidence against my son,” he said in 2006.
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