Kaká
Biography
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Owing to his performances as a playmaker in his prime at AC Milan, a period marked by his creative passing, goal scoring and dribbles from midfield, Kaká is widely considered one of the best players of his generation. With success at club and international level, he is one the players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or. Kaká made his professional club debut at age 18 at São Paulo in Brazil in 2001, and his performances with the club led him to joining Serie A club AC Milan in 2003. In Italy, Kaká helped Milan finish runners up in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League with him being the top assist provider of the tournament, and named the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year. He led Milan to win the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and was the tournament's top goal scorer. His performances saw him win the FIFA World Player of the Year, the 2007 Ballon d'Or, the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year and the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker awards. After six years with Milan, Kaká joined Real Madrid in 2009 for a transfer fee of €67 million, which was the second highest transfer fee at the time. However, after four injury troubled seasons in Spain, which saw his physical mobility rapidly decline, he returned to AC Milan for a single season in 2013, prior to joining MLS expansion club Orlando City. He initially returned to his former club São Paulo on loan, before relocating to the United States in 2015 and retiring in 2017. Kaká made his debut for the Brazil national team in 2002, and was selected for their victorious FIFA World Cup squad that year, as well as the 2006 and 2010 tournaments. He was also a member of Brazil's 2005 and 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup-winning squads, winning the Golden Ball Award in 2009 as the tournament's best player. In addition to his individual awards, between 2006 and 2009 he was named in both the FIFA World XI and the UEFA Team of the Year three times. In 2010, he was named in the AC Milan Hall of Fame. One of the world's most famous athletes during his playing career, Kaká was the first sportsperson to amass 10 million followers on Twitter. Off the field, Kaká is known for his humanitarian work, where he became the youngest ambassador of the UN World Food Programme in 2004. For his contributions on and off the pitch, Kaká was listed by Time as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2008 and 2009. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2026, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Poncho Herrera travels the world to reveal the fan and human side of great legends.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Self
The short film centres on a 60-second commercial in which the players take on an army of opponents all intent on owning the ball.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
The best from the 2010 party in the South Africa of the vuvuzela. Maradona, Lagerbäck, Svennis, Tchabalala, Sneijder and the octopus Paul are some of those who appear when Ola Bränholm and Pelle Wittheden look back. The obvious protagonist of the World Cup chronicle is the little handy man who decided the World Cup final, Andrés Iniesta. In a candid interview with Johanna Frändén, Iniesta talks about the t-shirt tribute to his dead friend Dani Jarque, about the tough start with a loss against Switzerland and of course about the fantastic feeling of having decided the world's biggest sports party.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Self
Funnyman John Cleese leads viewers through an exhaustive -- and hilarious -- tour of the world of soccer, complete with the sport's most memorable goals, kicks, saves, goofs and penalties. Also included are reflections on soccer's impact on culture, including the Monty Python sketch "Philosophy Football," and interviews with celebrities Dave Stewart, Dennis Hopper and Henry Kissinger, as well as soccer icons Pelé, Mia Hamm and Thierry Henry.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Self
A feast for football fans keen to watch the greatest games, the best goals and the leading players to have appeared at FIFA's many tournaments.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Self
Soulmates is a short-form documentary mini-series produced by Milan TV (the club's official television channel). The series explores the special on-field chemistry and unspoken partnerships of legendary AC Milan duos and trios who defined different eras of the club's history.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Kaká
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Self
An Adidas commercial featuring two young boys playing a game if football/soccer with professional players.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Self
World class players Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Ricardo Kaká, Frank Lampard, Andrei Arshavin, Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba star in Pepsi's new global football advert. Multi-platinum selling artist Akon whose brand new track 'Oh Africa' accompanies the advert makes a cameo appearance.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The documentary explores archive footage from behind the scenes of the Brazilian team that won the fifth world soccer championship in 2002. Years after the title, players, journalists and artists are face to face with the old videos and remember the days they spent in South Korea and in Japan. 'The Family' offers to show how simple people with such different backgrounds form a time when the main secret was the sense of collectivity.