Kaka

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaka or Ricardo Kaka, is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Spanish La Liga Club Real Madrid and the Brazilian National Team.  Kaka started his footballing career at the age of eigt, when he began playing for a local club.  At the time, he also played tennis and it was not until he moved on to Sao Paulo FC and signed his first professional contract with the club at the age of 15 that he chose to focus on football.

In 2003, he joined Milan for a fee of 8.5 million Euro.  While at Milan, Kaka won the balloon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007.  After his success with Milan Kaka joined Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 65 million Euro, second only to Zinedine Zidane, 75 millsion Euro.  Later Real Madrid transferred Cristiano Ronaldo for a fee of 96 Millsion Euro setting a new transfer fee record, making Kaka’s free the third highest ever.  In addition, to his contributions on the pitch, Kaka is known for his humanitarian work.  In 2004, by the time of his appointment, he bacame the youngest ambassador of the UN World Food Programme.  Kaka was the first sportsperson to amass 10 million followers on Twitter.