Brazilian footballer Kaka turns 34: 11 amazing facts on Ricardo Kaka
Ricardo Kaka, who hails from Brazil, has turned 34 this month, adding yet another year of professional football into his career profile. The young competent Brazilian had made a mark in history for his skills on and off the pitch by acting as a subject to serve mankind.
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, generally known as Ricardo Kaka, is a Brazilian professional footballer born on 22 April, 1982 in Gama, Brazil. He supports the role of an attacking midfielder for Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer and the Brazilian national team at present.
On his 34th birthday, here are some fascinating facts about him you ought to know:
1. Kaka chose football at the age of 15 when he signed his first professional contract with Sao Paulo FC by eliminating tennis which had been his alternative taste of sport.
2. He played 118 games and scored 58 goals in his debut career.
3. He joined AC Milan in 2003 for a fee of 8.5 million Euros and won a Serie A title along with the UEFA Champions League.
4. He became the youngest ambassador of the UN World Food Programme in 2004.
5. In the year 2007, he was honoured with the FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Ballon d'Or award, the finest spots in the football sphere.
6. He appeared in the Time's 100 list of the world's most influential people in 2008 and 2009.
7. He united with Real Madrid in the summers of 2009 bearing an amount of 65 million Euros.
8. Kaka is the first sports person to garner 10 million followers on Twitter.
9. He is married to his childhood love, Caroline Celico, who is a former singer and the daughter of business woman Rosangela Lyra, Ambassador of Dior, in Brazil. The wedding had a count of 600 people.
10. The finest goal he scored in his entire career was against Argentina at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium when he dribbled around almost the entire team.
11. Brazilian legend Pele stated, "He's the complete player" after Kaka was named FIFA Player of the Year in 2007 beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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