Kaka’s Biography

Kaká was born on 22 April of 1982. His real name is Ricardo Izecson Dos Santos Leite, but commonly known as Kaká, he is a Brazilian football midfielder and he plays in the soccer Club Team Real Madrid and The Brazilian National Team. He is a very important soccer player, he was the recipient of the “Balon de oro” and the FIFA World Player of the year, both price in the 2007 year.

The Parents of Ricardo are, His mother Simone Cristina Santos Leite and his father Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite, his father is a civil engineer. Ricardo was born in Brasilia. In his childhood he could practice the football at the same time that the school, thanks to an economic stability of his father.

When he was seven, his family moved to Sao Paulo. There he belonged to a local club of the school called “Villa alfa”, this team participated in the final of the local tournament, in this Location the Club Sao Paulo FC, club of the hometown, they were discovered and offered an opportunity to him to play soccer.

At the eighteen, Kaká suffered an accident that could leave it paralytic, he was fallen of a swimming pool springboard, he suffered a vertebra fracture, but he had a full recovery. He attributes his recovery to God and since this he gives the thite his church.

His nickname is a common term of endearment of “Ricardo” in Brazil, His younger brother Rodrigo calling him “Cacá”, because his brother couldn’t pronounce “Ricardo”, WHEN they were young, he changed the nickname to Kaká.

Kaká is member of the organization “Atletas de Cristo” (Athletes of Christ). His goal celebration consists of pointing out to the sky as gesture of thanks to God. Kaka’s favourite music is Gospel, and his favourite book is the Bible.

He married with his childhood girlfriend Caroline Celico on 23 December of 2005, in his church that IS called “Igreja Renascer em Cristo” (Reborn in Christ Church), the first child is called Luca Celico Leite, he was born in Sao Paulo on June 10, 2008.