* Name: Kaká
* Position: Forward
* Date of birth (age): 22/04/1982 (28)
* Country: Brazil
* Club: Real Madrid ( Spain ESP )
* Height: 186cm
* Weight: 77kg
* UEFA competition debut:
* Club: UEFA Champions League (Group stage)
16/09/03: Milan 1 – 0 Ajax
NATIONAL TEAM
73 appearances, 26 goals
WORLD CUP
2002, ’06: 6 app, 1 goal
Kaka belongs to Jesus. The T-shirts he has shown underneath his jersey say so. An oxymoronic principled soccer player, Kaka also happens to be the rare Brazilian star who comes from an upper-middle-class background. Money couldn’t tear him away from Milan and its fans. Kaka said he wasn’t interested in the heaps of money offered him by Manchester City and Real Madrid. So long as Milan would have him, he would be staying. Milan needed his transfer fee to stay afloat though, so after Kaka won everything there is to win for club and self, Milan sold him to Real Madrid for about $95 million in June. So now Kaka also belongs to Real Madrid. Kaka has become a central figure in manager Dunga’s new Brazil, masterminding its lethal counterattacks, which have made a Brazil team not as deep in world-class players as in past years still one of the world’s best.
Scouting thumbnail: Knee injuries have sapped some of his speed and he no longer goes on galloping dribbles the entire length of the field. Artistic playmaker who can break down defenses via dribble or pass. soccernet.espn.go.com
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