Friday, August 1, 2008

Ricardo Kaka

Kaka is a Brazilian football player who plays attacking midfielder or playmaker in AC Milan and in Brazil's national team. He joined Milan from Sao Paulo right after Rossoneri's 2003 Champions League victory for a transfer fee of 8.5 million euros, went on to score 10 goals on 30 appearances and has been a first choice for the squad ever since.After top notch performance during Milan's 2007 Champions League win and the excellent performance he showed in the league Kaka is presently considered by many as the best footballer in the World. Among his individual awards are: Serie A Footballer of the Year 2004 Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year 2004 and 2006 Champions League Best Midfielder 2004/05 Champions League Top Scorer and Fans' Player of the Season 2006/07 Kicker "Best Player in the World" Gazzetta dello Sport "World's Best Footballer"At 18 Kaka was severely spine fractured in a swimming pool accident, but miraculously recovered fully. He claims this to God and has since tithed (paid one tenth) his income in support to his church.

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