| His full name is Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. He | | | | family that supported him to concentrate on both |
| was born 22 April 1982, and generally known as | | | | school and soccer at the same time. |
| Kaká. He is a Brazilian soccer player who plays | | | | Kaka made his international debut in January 2002 in |
| as midfielder and now participates for Real Madrid C.F. | | | | opposition to Bolivia. He was a part of the national |
| and the Brazilian national team. | | | | team which won the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but did not |
| He began his career as a soccer player at the age of | | | | see much action playing just 19 minutes of the first |
| eight, when he started playing for a local club. | | | | round game in opposition to Costa Rica. |
| Kaká won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World | | | | He ended in joint tenth place in the voting for the 2004 |
| Player of the Year awards in 2007 while at the Italian | | | | FIFA World Player of the Year award. More recently, |
| club. | | | | he assisted Brazil qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
| An internet discussion forum gives details the | | | | Kaká has matured as a player and is now |
| nickname as a usually used shortened form of | | | | regarded as one of the best and famous soccer |
| "Ricardo" in Portuguese. Kaká is presumed to | | | | players from Brazil. |
| have got his nickname for the reason that his little | | | | Kaká has been an Ambassador Against |
| brother Rodrigo can not pronounce the word "Ricardo" | | | | Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme |
| when they were young. Rodrigo called his older | | | | since November 2004. He was the youngest |
| brother "Caca" which the latter later altered to | | | | ambassador at the time of his appointment. In 2009 he |
| "Kaká. | | | | was chosen the most valuable player in Brazil's |
| The majority Brazilian soccer players derive from poor | | | | successful Confederations Cup campaign. Kaka was |
| families and sport is one of their simply ways to get | | | | the Man of the Match in the final in opposition to USA |
| out of this state. Certainly, there are exemptions and | | | | as well. |
| Kaka is one of them, as he was born in a rather rich | | | | |