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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.
Everton Kaká spent the beginning of his career in Brazil, trained at São Paulo FC and was revealed by Botafogo do Rio de Janeiro, after professionalizing he transferred to Portugal and signed with SCU Torreense in 2011.
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.
The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. They are the only team to win all seven matches they played, achieving the highest number of matches won by a team in a single tournament in the history of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil reached the final where they defeated Germany 2 ...
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. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
For 2006–07 he made the move to Europe, joining Portuguese side Académica de Coimbra and being an undisputed starter in his second season in the Primeira Liga (all 30 games played, 2,700 minutes of action), as they finished in 12th position. [2] In May 2008, Kaká signed with Bundesliga's Hertha BSC for €1.9 million. [3]
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.