Real Name : Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Country : Brazil
Date of Birth : 22 April 1982
Place of Birth : Brasília, Brazil
Height : 1.86 m
Weight : 73.0 kg
Status : Married (Caroline Celico on 23 December 2005)
Children : Luca Celico Leite (10 June 2008)
Club : Real Madrid CF (2009 £56million transfer from AC Milan)
Position : Attacking midfielder
Jersey No. : 8 (Real Madrid) and 10 (Brazil)
Kaka |
Kaka holding best player of the year trophy |
Kaká has a younger brother, Rodrigo, who is known as Digão, who followed him play ball in Italy. Kaká nickname, taken from his native language, Portuguese, spoken like a spell, with an emphasis on the second syllable is marked with accents. It is commonly used to abbreviate the name of "Ricardo" in Brazil, however, Kaká get his nickname from his younger brother, Rodrigo, who was not clever called "Ricardo" when they were little. Rodrigo called his older brother "Caca" which later changed to "Kaká".
At the age of 15 years Kaká signed a contract with Sao Paulo, he debuted on the junior team. At the age of 17, Sao Paulo intends to sell Kaká to League division one team from Turkey, Gaziantepspor, but the transfer never took place, because of payment problems. Senior team debut at São Paulo FC in 2001 when at the age of 18. In the first season, he created 12 goals in 27 games, while the following season he created 10 goals in 22 matches. Kaka Games in Sao Paulo club attracted many big clubs in Europe.
In September 2000, at the age of 18, Kaká suffered a broken spine which caused paralysis as a result of the accident in the pool.
On April 9, 2006, Kaka make a "hat-trick" with the AC Milan game against Chievo Verona. All three goals were scored in the first round. Kaka became icons at AC Milan, Kaka Not for Sale, that's what parties echoed Milan, and Madrid- offer a lot of money for Kaka, AC Milan did not hesitate to extend the contract until 2011 Kaka. Kaká has matured as a player and is regarded as one of the best players of Brazil. He recorded the first goal in Brazil's 2006 World Cup match against Croatia on June 13, 2006. On 3 September 2006 he donated one brilliant goal .. On 15 November 2006, Kaká Brazil get the captain's armband in the friendly match against Switzerland.