Until exactly 16 years later in the other hemisphere, another boy named “Richard” was born into this earth. The boy who was born in the country of Brazil will also change people’s views on how charming football is worthy of being followed. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite “Kaka”, was born in Gama, Brazil to Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite and Simona Christina dos Santos Leite.
As a kid who was born into a rich family, Kaka is classified as being shy. He really likes to play ball, but a little closed himself to join his friends and choose to learn skills in a place far from the crowd. However, having two parents with a distinguished background makes Kaka a character as a winner.
In 1994, Kaka began channeling his football talent to a professional club. He wants to strengthen the character, and at least his passion in soccer can be enjoyed by many people. Just like Little Richard who has a strong character as a singer, so is Kaka. The feet that he uses to play “beautiful melodies” in the colors of soccer are arranged first in the ladder to process the ball.
While he will choose a minor tone when the situation at hand tends to be dramatic. Kaka will immediately rush to run in the goal if the critical situation is being faced by the club he defends. He will play the tempo a little fast, so that the rhythm played by his team mates also come powered. Until the moment, the end of the tone he had played ended in the applause of the watching audience.
Kaka, after 6 years of training to become a field “singer”, finally arrived at the real stage. Right in 2001 he was played in the Sao Paolo first team as a talented teenager. The results are clearly not in vain. During approximately 3 years playing for Sao Paulo, he played 125 matches with 47 goals in all competitions. Not a bad thing for teenagers who are staying digadang will be celebrities on the gridiron.
But do you know, before becoming famous with Sao Paolo, Kaka almost ended his football career? The incident occurred when he was 15 years old. Despite playing neatly, Kaka’s body is very small and prone to injury, too weak to play in a professional league. The doctor has even suggested that you follow the nutrition program.
Continuing his glorious career, Kaka was also included in the Brazilian national team which won the 2002 World Cup title. The sparkle of his youthful talent was seen reaching parts of the country in Europe, precisely in Italy. Kaka who continued to show quality as a topnotch player successfully made AC Milan fall in love.
The club at that time was in its prime to be willing to spend about 8.5 million euros to land it to Milanello. The funds were classified as fantastic for young people who were only 22 years old at the time. But in spite of it all, what Milan did was ultimately fruitful.
Dubbed the younger brother of the Rossoneri squad (nicknamed Milan), Kaka, who played with rhythm, slowly was able to follow the perfect stanzas that were sung by the Fashion City club’s retainer.
He who was accustomed to playing unexpected tunes made it into the original Italian masterpiece. There, he became a loved one, both the tifosi or the people of Italy. Kaka is said to be one of the creators of soccer art whose presence will always make anyone stunned. In the inaugural season for the Rossoneri he performed 45 matches and scored 14 goals. In the following season he had patented the main position in the Milan squad to shift the elegant midfielder from Portugal, Rui Costa.
He used to take the role behind Andriy Shevchenko, supported by other big names such as Pirlo, Gattuso, also Seedorf. Kaka managed to create a dream squad that would soon win the most prestigious competition on the Blue Continent. In the 2004/2005 season, Kaka got such great learning, he failed to offer the championship that was in sight. AC Milan, which suffered a quite embarrassing defeat in the history of football.
That day in the European Champions League final against Liverpool, his handsome face must be stained with tears. Actually Kaka performed very well. He created two assists that gave Milan a 3-0 lead in the first round. Unfortunately, Liverpool can even scores and even win games on penalties. AC Milan’s entire squad, including him, must contain anger and shame when defeated “unnaturally” by a team from British soil.
However, Kaka is an artist who draws a work on top of his imagination, his brilliant play is increasingly clear in plain sight. With determination and passion to be able to rise, Kaka hurriedly prepared a pen, and was ready to carve out the reality desired by the heart. The concept of happiness that has been ingrained in his heart successfully formed a work that finally made the connoisseurs of football admit his greatness. In 2007 Kaka reached the peak of his career and truly became an idol. Perhaps it will always be the best season when remembered.
Although unable to bring Milan to win the Serie A, Kaka successfully led the team nicknamed il Diavolo Roso to the seventh European championship ladder, which to this day has not been able to be achieved again by the club. The European Champions League trophy became the perfect stage for Kaka. Thanks to the best European tournament, he won the Ballon D’or title, and led Milan to the European Super Cup and Club World Cup titles.
Thanks to his intelligence in creating works, he was so loved by a man in mainland Spain, Florentino Perez. The owner of Real Madrid, who was intensively building Los Galacticos Volume II, did not forget to bring Kaka as a special player who is expected to become an idol in the capital city.
On June 3, 2009, Perez officially redeemed Kaka for 68 million euros, or the equivalent of 1.1 trillion rupiah to Milan. Kaka was unveiled to the Bernabeu public on 30 June 2009, and made his unofficial debut on 7 August 2009 in a 5-1 win against Toronto FC in a friendly match. His career did not go smoothly in Spain. He has been injured and marginalized, especially since the arrival of coach Jose Mourinho from Inter Milan. Kaka feels destroyed and is seen as a useless player.
The doctor who handled Kaka once said, if Kaka did not experience this problem, then he would very likely dominate for 3-4 years after he won the Ballon D’or award. As an escape, Kaka returned to AC Milan in uniform. But like a story that is usually heard, the house was not as beautiful as what he sees now. Milan’s glorious days began to collapse, their comrades in arms no longer exist. In 2014 he decided to move to Orlando City, although there is still one year left on his contract at AC Milan.
Although he won the La Liga and Copa del Rey titles, but Kaka is not really a legend in the Andalusian region. Kaka spent four seasons at Real Madrid, but a knee injury prevented him from appearing 100%. Despite having surgery, this injury is the beginning of many problems experienced by Kaka. One of them is a problem in the waist caused by a knee injury.
In December 2017, after being a star in America, he officially gave up his career as a soccer player, inheriting an unlimited number of masterpieces. Kaka will always be remembered as the most polite and charming footballer, Happy Birthday Ricky!
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