Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born April 22, 1982), better known as Kaká, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazil and the Serie A club A.C. Milan.
Kaká was born in BrasÃlia, Brazil, to Simone Cristina dos Santos Leite and Forest Izecson Pereira Leite. He has a younger brother, Rodrigo Ifrano dos Santos Leite, known as Digão, 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 Kakà . 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 KAKÃ.
An internet discussion forum explains the nickname as a commonly used shortened form of "Ricardo" in Portuguese. Supposedly, Kaká received his nickname from his little brother, Rodrigo, who could not pronounce the word "Ricardo" when they were young. Rodrigo called his older brother "Caca" which the latter later changed to "Kaká".
In September 2000[1], 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 credited his recovery to divine assistance. 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 preferred style of music is gospel, particularly that of the Christian bands Switchfoot and SONICFLOOd
Personal life
In 2002 Kaká met Brazilian student Caroline Celico (born 1987) and they started dating soon after. Celico is from a wealthy São Paulo family with her mother, Rosangela Lyra, as the director of Dior in Brazil and her father, Celso Celico, as an entrepreneur. The relationship survived Kaká's move from São Paulo to Italy in 2003, while she was still at school.
Kaká married Celico on 23 December 2005 in São Paulo. About 600 people attended the wedding, including fellow Brazilian footballers Cafu, Ronaldo, Adriano, Dida, Júlio Baptista and Brazilian national coach Carlos Alberto Parreira. Against the stereotypical trend of football stars, Kaká is proud he was a virgin when he married
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