A rocket shot from Kaka (Other Football Players)

Member Name: babesmagnet

Product:	Other Football Players
Date:	13/12/08 (164 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: everything

Disadvantages: prone to injury

Introduction

hi and welcome to my review about Brazil and ac Milan star kaka. he is the currant fifa world player of the year and vice captain of the Brazilian national team . in this review you will be told about lots of things including, how he was brought up, who he supported as a youngster, how he won the fifa world player of the year award ,his earlier career ,his professional career, some personal stats about him and a tragic accident since the he thanked god and much much more.
Some personal facts about kaka

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (lets just say kaka since it is easier on the tongue)was born on the 22 April ,1982 (26 years of age)in the capital city of brazil ,Brasília .He towers at a staggering height of 1.86 m with is equivalent to 6 foot 1 inch. He plays as a second striker or an attacking midfielder and in my opinion one of the best midfielders in the world.
Why is he called kaka?
Well, His nickname Kaká came from his native Portuguese language. His name is pronounced as it's spelt, with everyone emphasising on the second syllable as the accent signifies. in brazil it is common that if a boy is called Ricardo then you can have a nickname like kaka .Kaká was given his nickname by his young brother, Rodrigo, because he couldn't pronounce Ricardo. When they were young, playing football in the streets or wherever they were, Rodrigo called his older brother Caca which was later changed to Kaká.

the story of Ricardo kaka
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (kaka) was brought up by his mother and father called Simone Cristina dos Santos Leite and Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite in Sao Paulo. He has a young brother, Rodrigo Ifrano dos Santos Leite, known as Digão, who has followed Kaká's footsteps by playing football in Italy. He and his family moved to Sao Paulo at a tender age of 7 years.
kaka's youth clubs

Kaka started playing for the school team and totally outshone his friends. His efforts were soon rewarded because the school had arranged him in a local youth club called "Alphaville," surprisingly they went all the way to the final in the local tournament. Scouts from around Brazil were watching the final and Sao Paulo snapped him up and offered him an assignment. This is where kaka's career was underway.
kaka's professional club career

Kaka's professional career started at Sao Paulo fc at a very young age of eight. Kaka climbed through the youth ranks in Sao Paulo and was rewarded with a contract at the age of fifteen. he inspired his side to Copa de Juvenil glory with amazing skill, outstanding shooting and neat passing. His dazzling form and skill and strength was rewarded with his first team debut in 2001 .he proved to be the starlet of the squad scoring twelve goals in 27 appearances, in addition he lead São Paulo to its first and only Torneio rio- Sao Paulo championship .some clubs in Europe started keeping close tabs on kaka . The following season was followed up with even more amazing kaka skills and shots scoring ten in 22 matches. This time there was no denying that the big clubs like Manchester united, Barcelona, ac Milan, Inter Milan and arsenal were sniffing around looking for startling young Brazilian talent. After winning the first ever all-Italian champions league final ac Milan made a bid of around $8.5 million. Sao Paulo accepted that bid and was described as peanuts money by the president silvio Berlusconi. Kaka left on a high note from Sao Paulo making a total of 146 appearances for São Paulo, scoring 58 times.

It didn't take kaka long to become a major hit Within a month, he cracked the starting lineup, and his serie A debut was in a 2-0 win over A.C Ancona . he soon dazzled the Milanese and Italian faithful by scoring ten goals in thirty appearances that season, as Milan won the sudducto and the European super cup rounding up a superb first season(03/04 season) as an ac Milan player.


In his second season (04-05 season) Kaká was a part of the instrumental five-man midfield in the 2004-2005 season, usually playing in a deep role behind star striker Andriy Shevchenko. All over In that season he scored seven goals in 36 Italian league appearances as A.C Milan finished second in the Scudetto race. in spite of Milan losing the 2004-05 Champions League final(in Istanbul turkey)to Liverpool F.C (the worst club in the big 4 and possibly the top 6) on penalties after they were beaten by a miraculous comeback by Liverpool 3-0 down at half-time to 3-3 .Goals from Vladimir Smicer Steven gerrard , and a xabi Alonso rebound from his saved penalty ensured a penalty shoot out was on the cards for the second time in champions league history .in spite of this, he was voted the best midfielder of the tournament.

In his 3rdseason, the 05-06 season, he scored his first ever hat tricks in Milan colours both in the champions league and in the serie a. On April 9, 2006, he scored his first Milanese hat trick against Chievo Verona (who I think are one of the worst teams in Italy). All three goals that were shipped in by kaka were scored in the second half past the helpless goalie. Seven months later, Ricardo kaka scored his first ever Champions League hat trick in a 4-1 group stage win over RSC Anderlecht. Kaka finished that season on a high as he was voted the clubs player of the year. Suddenly the world was woken up by the fact that kaka was starting to play like a superstar and many tipped him for the FIFA world player of the year and the ballon d'or awards for 05-06(he won the award the year later)


In his 4th season, the 06-07 season he was A.C Milan's focal point in attack as he played the role of playmaker ,running back to midfield and attacking with the Rossoneri as Andriy Shevchenko's swapped the red and black stripes of Milan to the dark blue of Chelsea fc . as a result he finished as the top scorer for A.C Milan and for the whole 2006-07 Champions League campaign with ten cracking goals. One of them helped the Rossoneri eliminate Scottish champions Celtic FC in the quarterfinals on a 1-0 aggregate win and three other cracking goals (even though I am a Manchester united fan myself I have to admit A.C Milan outplayed us in the second leg) proved fatal for my favourite team Manchester United in the semi-finals they were 3-2 behind after Rooney secured the points for Manchester as they lost 5-3 on aggregate and despite Milan losing the first leg. Following the credible 3-0 second-leg defeat at the San Siro on May 2 that knocked out the English champions, and in my opinion the best club in the world, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson acknowledged that Kaká was one of the two best players in the world, alongside his accusation Cristiano Ronaldo. Kaká also won the Champions League title for A.C Milan (another trophy for kaka and it was the first time he won it) when A.C Milan defeated Liverpool fc(well done A.C Milan!) as a revenge after that phenomenal victory in Istanbul On May 23, 2007 in the champions, league final in Athens, Greece. Despite the fact that he didn't score, he won a free kick that led to the first of Filippo Inzaghi's two goals, and abounding the assist for the second. For his outstanding play throughout the competition, he was voted first of the Vodafone Fans' Player of the Season list which consisted of players like Rooney ronaldo and messi and in a poll of over 100,000 UEFA.com visitors; he was voted the player of the tournament. On August 30 2007, Kaká was named by UEFA as both the best forward of the 2006-07 Champions league season and in addition was named as the Club Footballer of the Year.

In his 5th season, the 07-08 season, He played his 200th career match for A.C Milan in an unsatisfactory 1-1 home draw with Catania on September 30 but kaka continued to shine and terrorise the Catania defence in that match with exquisite skills, pin point passing and thunderbolt shots. On the 5th October 2007, he was presented the FIFPro World Player of the Year 2006-07 ahead of the likes of cristiano ronaldo and Lionel messi. On December 2nd, 2007, Kaká became the eighth ever A.C Milan player to win the prestigious French magazine award the Ballon D'or amazingly he finished with a staggering 444 votes, long way in front of second place Cristiano Ronaldo. He signed a contract extension all the way to 2013 with A.C Milan on 29th February 2008.


So far in his 6th ,season the 08-09 season, he has scored 5 goals,1 against Catania with a bullet of a header ,a goal from the penalty spot against Chievo Verona although it was a controversial one, another penalty goal against Siena, one against atalanta with a side footed effort after Borriello assisted him and a stunner against Lazio.
kaka's international career
Kaká made his debut for Brazil in January 2002 against Bolivia. He was called up after some overwhelming playing for Sao Paulo. He had played dexterously in that match. As a result, He was called up 2002 FIFA World Cup- Brazilian winning squad, but he merely played, he was only fielded for 25 minutes by Scolari. The 25 minutes were played in the first round match against Caribbean side Costa Rica. At some stage within the final against Germany, Brazil Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was on the brink of sending Kaká on as a substitute, but he, under no circumstances, played the game, as the referee did not become aware of him waving on the sidelines to come on the pitch.


In 2003, Kaká was named the captain for the Brazilian national team in the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, where Brazil finished second as he scored three goals. Brazil
able to reach the final but could not win it. Kaká scored his second best lot of

He finished in joint tenth place in the selection for the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award, and in 2005 he finished two spots higher. On June 29th, 2005, he scored in a 4-1 annihilation of Argentina in the 2005 confederations cup final.


Kaká became an international star and also started in his first 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, scoring his first and only goal in the world cup in a comprehensive 1-0 victory over Croatia in Brazil's opening match. He was powerless to keep up his star status or help Brazil for the remainder of the tournament, as Brazil was eliminated by France in the quarterfinals.

On 3rd September, in a match against Argentina ,he received the ball off a deflection from an Argentinean corner kick and started sprinting going past 5 players (I think) taking the ball down three quarters of the field and rounded off his own work by scoring.


On 12th May 2007, subsequent to an exhausting schedule in Serie A and Champions League with A.C Milan in addition to playing for the national team, Kaká withdrew from the 2007 Copa América Brazilian squad. But unfortunately for him he missed out on the silverware as Brazil won the Copa América .He received a massive reception when he returned to the Brazilian line-up to play 70 minutes of Brazil's 1-1 friendly draw with England on 1st June even some English fans were cheering but I think those are Brazilian fans in disguise.
The next time he appeared in the yellow of Brazil he only played 30 minutes in a goalless draw with Turkey on 5th June. He has since then played in Brazil's qualifying campaign but the team has been playing really bad so far.
Kaka's career threatening accident
At a tender age of eighteen, Kaká suffered a career-threatening and possibly paralysis-inducing spinal fracture all because of a swimming pool accident (this means we could have never seen kaka in action after the age of eighteen, but astonishingly he made a full recovery. He dedicates his recovery to God and has since then he went to his local church

My opinion
You may agree or disagree but I think kaka is AMAZING. Say what you like but he has got amazing skill, his pace is like lightning, his shots are like rockets and he has got pin point passes .he has only three disadvantages
1. He plays with A.C Milan .if he played with a bigger club like inter Milan, Chelsea, Manchester united, real Madrid or Barcelona he might have become an even better star than he is.

2.he dives sometimes, big time players like him usually dive like cristiano ronaldo,torres and totti
3.He is too injury prone, if he stays uninjured until the end of the season it would be a miracle. if he is not injured he could become better than messi and ronaldo.

Conclusion
I would rate kaka 8.5 out of 10 his only down fall is that he is too injury prone. You may agree or disagree but I think that we are going to see more of kaka as he is nearing his prime.
Thanks for reading my review........and merry Christmas
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