Biography Of Ricardo Kaka - Brazilian Footballer

[Music] Ricardo Kaka he was a Brazilian footballer he was born on April 22nd 1982 in Brasilia federal district Brazil his father's name is Vasco Isaacson Pereira Lee ight and mother's name is samoan dos Santos his father is a civil engineer and mother is an elementary school teacher Kaka's name was a result of his younger brothers inability to pronounced his real name Ricardo as a kid his brother called him Kaka which evolved into Kaka he played in a local youth club called Alphaville then the saw paulo FC he began his career at the age of eight with sao paulo FC and signed the contract at the age of 15 he made 27 appearances and scored 12 goals in the 2001 season in the next season Kaka made 22 appearances with 10 goals caucus sudden exposure to European clubs earned him a big deal with AC Milan in 2003 the club signed him for a whopping 8.5 million euros he made a Serie A debut for AC Milan in Italy in a 1-0 win over Ancona he contributed 10 goals in 30 appearances for AC Milan in the first season and earned nominations for both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in the 2004 to 2005 season he scored seven goals in 36 appearances in the next season he continued scoring hat-tricks in the Italian Serie and the ephah Champions League Kaka married his childhood sweetheart Carolyn Lehrer Celico on December 23 2005 at the age of 24 they had two children in the 2006 to 2007 season he ended up becoming the top scorer with a total of 19 goals at the UEFA Champions League he was also named the Oliva Club Footballer of the year and became part of the aleef A Team of the Year in the same season he was voted as 2007's IFFHS world's best playmaker in the 2007 to 2008 season he won the FIFA Club World Cup he won the Golden Ball for the best player of the tournament he finished his last season with Milan with 16 goals and was nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year award Kaka announced that he would play for Real Madrid from 2009 he made his official league debut for Real Madrid on August 29th 2009 he ended the season with eight goals and six assists in the La Liga and nine goals with eight assists in other games he scored his first goal of the season on January 9th 2011 he finished the season with seven goals in 20 appearances Kaka had a remarkable start to the season where he scored two goals served two assists and won a penalty he also became the best player at the Champions League match day he finished the season with eight goals and 14 assists he started the 2012 to 2013 season by winning the 2012 supercopa de españa against Barca Kaka became the highest-scoring Brazilian footballer in Champions League history after scoring in a 4-1 win against Ajax after scoring 29 goals and 32 assists in 120 appearances Kaka decided to bid goodbye to Real Madrid and joined AC milan again on september 2nd 2013 he scored his 100th goal from Milan with an opening goal against Atlanta he joined the MLS expansion team Orlando City as their first designated player he divorced his wife in 2015 Kaka has been dating Brazilian model Karolina dias since 2016 he continued playing a strong game for mls until he announced that he would not be renewing his contract for the 2018 season he retired from professional football in December 2017 he was honored with the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2007 I learned that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not said Ricardo Kaka