Is he? Not doubting you BY, just don't know anything about him (beyond the obvious footy clips). What's he done?
He had a LOT of affairs and has a great many children who he denies are his and refuses to acknowledge nor submit to DNA testing. The few he has acknowledged were from successful women. However, a lot of his affairs were with maids of his or women who lived in poverty/favelas for whom the child support he should be paying would make a massive difference. But, as they lack the education &/or financial means to take him to court, he simply ignores them.
I remember when his eldest daughter (her mother was his cleaning lady) was diagnosed with cancer, and then later found she didn´t have long left, she decided to make her story public and took him to court as she wanted to obtain the inheritance she would be entitled to by law as his child for her two kids when she died. he fought her every step of the way but finally lost in Brazil's equivalent of the Supreme Court.
Even then, he never contacted her. When she died he sent a wreath expressing the grief of "the Arantes do Nascimento family" to her husband and kids. He didn´t attend the funeral. Even today he still doesn´t acknowledge her as his daughter despite court ordered DNA testing proving that she is.
Other, far less important, reasons I hate him is - he is the voice of FIFA in Brazil and bangs their agenda drum. During the protests here before and during the world cup he made a statement telling the people of Brazil to "forget about demonstrations and just enjoy the football and support the team". Like that is all that matter. Like Brazil winning a world cup would fix the country.
He is widely hated in Brazil. During the protests here - a banner was visible mocking his FIFA title to call him "Pele - traitor of the century". The likes of Romario & Bebeto (both now politicians) are very critical of his position as FIFAs mouthpiece. Romario describes him as "the fifaman" and once said of him “He is a poet when he does not speak.” Of course he may have other reasons to support the Brazilian World Cup bid. His advertising agency, Sport 10, launched a year before the Confederations Cup made a profit of US$25m during 2014. Not that most of kids will ever see a dime of it.
Amazing @ Football - Appalling Human Being
http://en.people.cn/200610/18/eng20061018_312942.html - Pele rejecting his daughter, even in death
http://www.thenation.com/blog/179939/pele-said-what - a long list of dick moves by Pele
