Brazilian football star Kaka Biography

Ricardo Kaká

Full name: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Nickname: Kaká
Nationality: Brazilian (Brazil)
Date of birth: 22th of April, 1982
Current Club: Real Madrid
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Height: 1,85m
Teammate with Cristiano Ronaldo in: Real Madrid

Kaká Biography

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite was born in Brasília, Brazil and he's most known as Kaká. Unlike most of Brazilian football players, Kaká wasn't raised in poverty, since his father is a civil engineer (Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite), and his mother is an elementary school teacher (Simone dos Santos). In what can surely be seen as a privilege in Brazil's reality, Kaká had the chance to grow up without dropping his studies, while at the same time he was granted enough time to practice football inSão Paulo, his first professional club. One of his career best moments happened in 2007, when he won the award for FIFA World Player of the Year (2007), exactly one year before Cristiano Ronaldo would win the same trophy.

Kaká started playing football when he was 8 years old, in São Paulo. His senior debut would take place in 2001 and Kaká soon attracted a lot of attentions from the big sharks in Europe. Kaká suffered a big and serious injury/disease when he was 18 years old. The Brazilian player got his career threatned after a spinal fracture which could have led to a lifetime paralysis, after an accident in a swimming pool. Since then, Kaká became totally devoted to God.

In 2003, he got transferred to AC Milan for a transfer fee of 8,5 Million euros, whichSilvio Berlusconi (AC Milan's and Italy's President) described as "peanuts" when describing the small amount they had to pay for such a tremendous good player.Kaká imposed himself as a first choice, right on his first season and he had many good years playing as a "Rossonero", having won the UEFA Champions League in 2006-07. In 2009, Kaká's would experience a big change, after moving to Real Madrid, alongside with Cristiano Ronaldo, who also left Manchester United for the Spanish giants at the same time.

Kaká is now going for his third season in a Real Madrid jersey, but he's been a victim of several injuries over the last couple of years, preventing him from showing his best football in the Santiago Bernabéu. Ever since his arrival to Real Madrid, Kaká has developped a strong partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo and both players are said to be great friends both in and off the pitch.

Kaká carrer stats - Goals and appearences statistics

Season	Club	Games	Goals
2005-2006	São Paulo	39	13
2005-2011	São Paulo	31	15
2005-2011	São Paulo	15	2
TOTAL		85	30
2005-2006	AC Milan	44	14
2005-2011	AC Milan	50	9
2005-2011	AC Milan	49	19
2005-2006	AC Milan	48	18
2005-2011	AC Milan	39	18
2005-2011	AC Milan	36	16
TOTAL		266	94
2005-2011	Real Madrid	33	9
2005-2011	Real Madrid	20	7
TOTAL		53	16
Career TOTAL		404	140

Kaká club titles and awards

Title	Seasons	Club
Rio-São Paulo Tournament (1)	2001	São Paulo
Paulista Superchampionship (1)	2002	São Paulo
Serie A (1)	2003-04	AC Milan
Italian Super Cup (1)	2004	AC Milan
UEFA Champions League (1)	2006-07	AC Milan
UEFA Super Cup (2)	2003, 2007	AC Milan
FIFA Club World Cup (1)	2007	AC Milan
Copa del Rey (1)	2010-11	Real Madrid
FIFA World Cup (1)	2002	Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup (2)	2005, 2009	Brazil
TOTAL	12 Titles

Kaká girlfriend and wife - Caroline Celico

Kaká is a very catholic man and he surely isn't known for being a playboy and dating many women or having many girlfriends during his life. Kaká's childhood's passion and love, Caroline Celico, is now also his wife since 2005, after a ceremony made in a Catholic Church in São Paulo, Brazil. Kaká and Caroline Celico now have 2 sons, a boy called Luca Celico Leite (born in June, 2008) and a daughter called Isabella (born in April, 2011).