Biography of Ricardo Izecson DOS Santos Leite Kaka - Part 1

Full name : Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Nickname(s) : Kaká

Birthday : April 22th 1982

Place of Birth : Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Height : 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight : 83 kg

Position : Offensive Midfielder, Second Forward

Wife : Caroline Celico

Son : Luca Celico Leite

Daughter : Isabella Celico Leite

Father : Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite (a civil engineer)

Mother: Simone dos Santos (an elementary school teacher)

Brother : Rodrigo (best known as Digão)

Cousin :  Eduardo Delani  (a professional footballer)

Current Club : Real Madrid

Number : 8

Lives in : Madrid, Spain

Nickname

Digao used to call  him “Caca” due to his inability to pronounce “Ricardo” when they were young; it eventually evolved into Kaka.

While the word has no specific Portuguese translation, it does mean something unsavoury in his past home, Italy.In a lot of languages, Kaka actually means poop.

Early life

He had a financially-secure upbringing that allowed him to focus on both school and football at the same time. When he was seven, his family moved to São Paulo. His school had arranged him in

a local youth club called “Alphaville,” who qualified to the final in a local tournament. There he was discovered by hometown club São Paulo FC, who offered an assignment.

Kaka started his footballing career at the age of eight, when he began playing for a local club. At the time, he also played tennis, and it was not until he moved on to São Paulo FC and signed his

first professional contract with the club at the age of fifteen that he chose to focus on football.