Artikel "Ricardo Izecson Dos Santos Leite (KAKA)"

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
(KAKA)

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born in Brasília, 22 April 1982; age 28 years), better known as Kaká, is a Brazilian football player who now defends Real Madrid club (joined in 2009, prior to the 2003-2009 in AC Milan). Kaká generally play in the attacking midfielder or striker position. He is known to have a very good dribble and accurate passes. Her height is 186 cm.
Kaká married Caroline Celico on December 23, 2005 at a church in São Paulo, Brazil.

THE SMALL
Kaká was born in Brasília, Brazil on April 22, 1982, he was the son of Simone Cristina dos Santos Leite and Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite. 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 could not pronounce the word "Ricardo" when they were little. Rodrigo called his older brother "Caca" which later turned into Kaká. In Europe he was known by pamnggilan RickyKaka.

CLUB CAREER
Kaká signed a contract with Sao Paulo at the age of 15 years and led the junior team on victory 'Copa de Juvenil'. He made his debut at São Paulo FC in 2001 when at the age of 18. In the first season, he collected 12 goals in 27 games and 10 goals in 22 games the following season. At the age of 17, when he was still in junior team, Sao Paulo intends to sell Kaká to the first division league team from Turkey, Gaziantepspor. Transaction does not occur, because the manager Gaziantepspor, Nurullah Sağlam, and board the team refused to pay $ 1.5m for youth 17 years of it. After joining the senior team São Paulo FC, Kaká appearance attracted the attention of European clubs.
He joined AC Milan (One package with her sister, digao) with a fee of U.S. $ 8.5 m, which is considered small by club owner Silvio Berlusconi. Within a month, he had entered into the first team and since that moment he became a starter. His debut in Serie A is as against AC Milan visit Ancona, winning 2-0. He produced 10 goals in 30 matches on the season, winning the Serie A and Italian Super Cup.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
• Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball; League Player of Brazil), 2002
• UEFA Club Football Awards 2004-05, Best Midfielder
• Top Scorers Champions League 2006-07 (10 goals)
• FIFA World Player of the Year 2006-07
• Ballon d'Or (2007)
• The best player on the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup