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Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁiˈkaʁdu iˈzɛksõ duˈsɐ̃tuz ˈlejtʃi]; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká (Brazilian Portuguese: ⓘ) or Ricardo Kaká, [4] [5] is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
With the Minho club he established himself as a regular, finishing the 2010–11 season with 20 competitive appearances, including eight in the team's UEFA Europa League run to the final, with the player taking the field in the decisive game against FC Porto (1–0 loss). [8] At the end of the season, Kaká returned to Hertha. [9]
Everton Ferreira Guimarães (born 20 May 1991), commonly known as Kaká, is a Brazilian footballer who played for Liga Portugal club Cinfães. Club career
The 2007 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Kaká. [1] [2] This was the first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation were eligible for nomination; this change also led to an increase in the voting pool to include journalists from outside UEFA countries.
Brazilian midfielder Kaká won the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award, while another Brazilian, Marta, took home the women's award. The winners were announced at the FIFA World Player Gala held at the Zurich Opera House on December 17, 2007.
Born in Brasília, Federal District, Kaká began her career with local side Minas Brasília [] in 2016, as a forward.Promoted to the first team in 2018, she was a first-choice as the side won the year's Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2.
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once.
Káká was born in Vizela, Braga District. [2] He finished his development at Vitória de Guimarães, being loaned to third division club A.D. Os Limianos to start his senior career.