Biography and the life story of Ricardo Kaka "successfully donated the Inter Club World Cup title to Milan"

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, or better known as Kaka, was born on April 22, 1982 in Brasilia, Brazil. He was born to the Bosco couple Izecson Pereira Leite and Simone dos Santos. The name 'Kaka' comes from his younger brother, Rodrigo. Rodrigo, who could not say the name "Ricardo" was only able to pronounce the name of Kaka to call his brother. From there, Ricardo was attached to Kaka's call.

Kaka was born into a family with very good financial strength. The father is a retired engineer and his mother is a former elementary school teacher. With a fairly high income, it is natural that all Kaka's needs are met very well.

When he was seven years old, his family decided to move to Sao Paulo. Before officially joining the Sao Paulo academy, Kaka first joined a local club, Alphaville. Because of having a special talent, Kaka managed to look slick in Sao Paulo.

At the age of 18, Kaka had a terrible accident at the swimming pool. Luckily, he was almost paralyzed was able to recover and be able to continue his football career.

Playing in the senior team Sao Paolo .......

His growing game brought Kaka to the Sao Paulo first team. Right on February 1, 2001, he debuted with the Brazilian team. In his first season, Kaka was able to score 17 goals in 55 appearances in all competitions.

In the following year, Kaka scored 23 goals in 48 appearances. The achievement was successful in attracting the interest of several big European clubs.

Digaet Ac Milan .....

After the Italian club and European champion AC Milan offered a promising offer, Kaka officially signed a contract with il Rossoneri in the summer of 2003. At that time, AC Milan President Silvio Berlusconi had to spend up to 8.5 million euros or around Rp. 137 billion to bring Kaka to San Siro.

Before joining the red and black team, Kaka participated in the 2002 World Cup, where the samba team successfully won the championship. At the world cup, at that time he only played for 25 minutes. Before appearing in the world cup, Kaka made his debut with the Brazilian national team on January 31, 2002 when the samba team against Bolivia was tested.

In 2003 he became the captain of the Brazilian u-23 team that appeared in the Gold Cup, but the samba team was only able to finish as runner up after being defeated by Mexico.

Together with AC Milan, Kaka made his Serie A debut when the San Siro-based team clashed with Ancona. In his first season, he successfully contributed 10 goals in 30 appearances.

In the 2004/05 season, Kaka donated the title Supercopa Italia to Milan. He closed the season with 7 goals in 36 appearances. In 2004 he was named the best footballer of the series A.

In addition, Kaka was also able to bring Milan to the top of the European Champions League against Liverpool.

The following season, Kaka successfully scored a hat trick in Serie A and the European Champions League. And the 2006/07 season, Kaka ended with a score of 19 goals.

2007 was a perfect year for Kaka. He successfully donated the European Champions League title to Milan and entered the UEFA Team of the Year. And most importantly, he became a player who was able to win the Ballon D'or and FIFA Player of the year before the coming of the dominance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Mess

At the end of 2007, Kaka successfully donated the Inter Club World Cup title to Milan. At that time, the Rossoneri succeeded in overthrowing the resistance of Boca Juniors in the final.

Following his glorious appearance, Kaka attracted the interest of Spanish giants Real Madrid. At a cost of 68.5 million euros, or more than Rp 1 trillion, Kaka officially landed at the Santiago Bernabeu on June 3, 2009. He also made his official debut with el Real on August 29, 2009 against Deportivo de la Coruna in La Liga.

Kaka ended his first season with Los Galacticos with 17 goals and 14 assists. After that, he suffered a severe injury and had to rest for approximately 8 months.

After returning to graze, Kaka scored his first goal on January 9, 2011. His season with Real Madrid was a failure. He could not continue his neat appearance when with Milan. Together with Real Madrid he won the Copa del Rey trophy for the 2010/11 season and the la league for the 2011/12 season.

Feeling unable to perform his best, Kaka ended his career in the capital with a score of 29 goals and 32 assists in 120 appearances. Right in the summer of 2013, Kaka returned to the club that had raised his name, AC Milan.

Back playing with Milan, Kaka successfully netted his 100th goal for il Diavolo in the match against Atlanta.

Because he failed to find his best performance, Kaka left Milan and officially moved to one of the MLS clubs, Orlando City. After playing for one season, in July 2014 he was loaned to his old club, Sao paolo before finally re-strengthening Orlando City until he decided to retire from football in December 2017.

As a footballer, Kaka is a very religious person. After scoring goals, he often celebrated by raising his hands up as a form of gratitude to God.

Throughout his professional career, Kaka has received several prestigious awards. Among them, Ballon d'Or (2007), FIFA World Player of the Year (2007), MARCA Legend Award (2009), and AC Milan Hall of Fame (2010).

The astonishment of Ricardo Kaka made himself a cover in the FIFA EA Sports video game FIFA 07, along with his compatriot, Ronaldinho, he also appeared on the covers of several regional editions of FIFA 11, FIFA 12 and FIFA 16.

His personal life ...

Meanwhile, in his personal life, Kaka married Caroline Celico, whom he knew in 2002 while he was still in Brazil. His second marriage took place on December 23, 2005 at a church in Sao Paolo, Brazil. They are blessed with two children named Luca Celico Leite and Issabela. But unfortunately, the two couples must get divorced in 2015.

After divorcing his wife, at the end of 2016 he confirmed his close relationship with the Brazilian model, Caroline Dias. He was officially engaged to Dias in January 2019.

Aside from being a footballer, since November 2004, Kaká has also been a Against Hunger ambassador for the UN World Food Program. He was the youngest ambassador at the time he was appointed.

That's the story of Ricardo Kaka's life journey.