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(( ~Ricardo Kaka~ ))
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Biography
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Kaká
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
Ricardo Izecson
dos Santos Leite |
| Date of birth |
April 22, 1982 |
| Place of birth |
Brasília, Brazil |
| Height |
183 cm (6 ft) |
| Nickname |
Kaká |
| Club information |
| Current club |
A.C. Milan |
| Number |
22 |
| Position |
Attacking Midfielder |
| Professional clubs* |
| Years |
Club |
Apps (goals) |
2001-2003
2003-present |
Săo Paulo
A.C. Milan |
58 (23)
134 (33) |
| National team** |
| 2002-present |
Brazil |
44 (15) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of N/A.
** National
team caps and goals correct
as of July 2, 2006. |
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Kaká was born in Brasília, Brazil to his mother, Simone Cristina dos Santos
Leite and his father, Forest Izecson Pereira Leite. He has one younger brother, Rodrigo Ifrano dos Santos Leite, known as
Digăo, who has followed in Kaká's footsteps by playing soccer in Italy and is currently on loan with Serie B team Rimini,
after having spent some time in the AC Milan youth squad.
The nickname Kaká, from his native Portuguese, is pronounced
as it is spelled. The accent would signify that the stress is on the second syllable. In Italian, the language of his current
club team, the phonetic equivalent is written as Kakŕ. However, the player's shirt name is spelled KAKA' (with an apostrophe,
rather than an accented 'A') for both his club in Milan and in the past for the Brazilian national team. In the World Cup
2006, the back of his shirt read KAKÁ.
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In September 2000, Kaká suffered an accident when he made a faulty slide off of a pool slide, suffering a 6th vertebra
fracture. This could have meant the end of his football career. It did not, however, and he felt that Jesus was responsible
for his recovery. When AC Milan won the Serie A title in 2004, Kaká subtly sported a shirt with the slogan "I belong to Jesus."
He also points his fingers to the sky every time he scores. Kaká is a devout, evangelical Protestant Christian and a long-time
member of "Athletes For God," along with Cafu, his teammate at both AC Milan and the Brazilian national team. His taste for
music goes to gospels, particularly the music by the Christian bands Switchfoot and Sonicflood.
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