Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (simply known Kaka) was born April 22, 1982 in Brasília, Brazil. Kaka is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazil and the Serie A club A.C. Milan. After spending his early days at different youth clubs around his home town of Brasilia and Sao Paulo, Kaka was eventually offered a professional contract at a seventeen age.Since Kaka played great soccer for Sao Paulo's youth teams, the reserve team and the Brazilian U-17 national squad, he immediately attracted the eyes of several European clubs, the one coming forward first being Turkish side Gaziantepspor.He is one of the budding young stars in world football.
In his first season as a professional player for Sao Paulo, Kaka didn't play for the Brazilian team, but he used this time to accommodate himself with his new colleagues and the hardships of professional soccer in Brazil. After fully recovering from his horrible fracture, Kaka was finally given a chance to play for Sao Paulo, in January 2001 and he didn't disappoint, scoring no less than 12 goals in 27 appearances that season. This guaranteed him a solid first team place for the 2001-2002 season, in which he scored another 10 goals in 22 matches and whenever a young Brazilian soccer player performs that well, he's bound to get a few calls from some major European clubs.One of these clubs would be AC Milan, one of Italy's most important teams and Kaka signed without blinking, eager to start a European career.You probably know the story from here. Kaka is currently in his fourth season with Milan, whom he won the Serie A championship with once, the Italian Super Cup once, and the UEFA Champions League a few weeks ago (he also played another Champions League final in the 2004-2005 season, but lost it to Liverpool in what is considered one of the most beautiful finals of the tournament). He became an indispensable player for AC Milan but also for Brazil.As a Brazil soccer player, Kaka scored 31 goals in 52 matches so far and gave out numerous perfect assists in his role as an attacking midfielder. Having the young midfielder in the squad, Brazil football became even more technical and quick (if that was even possible) and they're considered amongst the main favorites for the following international tournaments.
Kaká has become a vital part of the Brazilian National team from his debut in January, 2002. He played a role in Brazil’s 2002 FIFA World Cup win. Kaká has matured into a midfield genius for Brazil. Kaká is currently considered as one of Brazil’s best soccer players. In the FIFA World Cup 2006, Kaká scored the first goal for Brazil of the soccer tournament. Despite a mighty start in the group stages, Brazil was knocked out by the France soccer club in the quarter finals.
In April 2007, a group of sports experts arranged by the Gazzetta Dello Sport in Italy proclaimed Kaká as the world’s best soccer player. Kaká is expected to win the most prestigious individual prize in soccer, the Ballon d’Or. Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson proclaimed Kaká as one of the two best soccer players on the globe—alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.
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