Friday, May 15, 2009

Life of a Legend

This piece is intended for an anudence of all ages. Its purpose is to give background information on a specific person which in this case is the famous soccer player Ricardo "Kaka".

A true legend of his profession. He started off as nothing and yet became what we know as the best player in the world. Kaka's real name Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, (born April 22, 1982 in Brasil) is a Brazilian football player who currently plays for A.C. Milan in the Italian Serie A. He wears the number 22 shirt for the club. He got his nickname "Kaka because his little brother Rodrigo could not pronounce the word Ricardo when they were young. Rodrigo called his older brother "Caca" which Ricardo later changed to "Kaka" and decided to put that on his jersey. He made his debut at SaPaulo FC in 2001 while he was only 19 years old. He scored 12 goals in 27 appearances and a further 10 goals in 22 appearances the following season. He attracted attention from European clubs and it was Milan who won the race to sign him. Kaka joined Milan in 2003 for an 8.5m fee, his first appearance coming in a match at Ancona, which Milan won 2-0. In all, he scored 10 goals in 30 appearances that season, winning the Italian Serie A Championship and the European Super Cup. His main goal was to play for his country which he achieved when he was placed in Brazil's squad at the 2002 World Cup, but did not see much action as Brazil took the World Championship.

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