Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Brazilian association football player (born 1982) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Born
- 22 April 1982
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 2001–2017
Clubs São Paulo FC · AC Milan · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · Orlando City SC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
461
Club league goals
149
International caps
92
International goals
29
League goals / match
0.32
International goals / cap
0.32
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo FCClub | 2001–2014 | League | 78 | 25 |
| Brazil men's national football teamNational team | 2002–2016 | Full caps | 92 | 29 |
| AC MilanClub | 2003–2014 | League | 223 | 77 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 2009–2013 | League | 85 | 23 |
| Orlando City SCClub | 2014–2017 | League | 75 | 24 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 2006–07 · AC Milan
- ×1
FIFA Club World Cup
Continental club
- 2007 · AC Milan
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 2002 · Brazil men's national football team
- ×1
La Liga
Domestic
- 2011–12 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Serie A
Domestic
- 2003–04 · AC Milan
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 2007
- ×1
FIFA World Player of the Year
Individual award · FIFA
- 2007
- ×1
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
Individual award · UEFA
- 2007
Career timeline
2001
- Joins São Paulo FC — Until 2003
2002
- FIFA World Cup winner — 2002 · Brazil men's national football team
- Senior international debut: Brazil men's national football team — Until 2016
2003
- Joins AC Milan — Until 2009
2004
- Serie A winner — 2003–04 · AC Milan(provisional)
2007
- Ballon d'Or — 2007(provisional)
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 2007(provisional)
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year — 2007(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2006–07 · AC Milan(provisional)
- FIFA Club World Cup winner — 2007 · AC Milan(provisional)
2009
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 2013
2012
- La Liga winner — 2011–12 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
2013
- Joins AC Milan — Until 2014
2014
- Joins Orlando City SC — Until 2017
- Joins São Paulo FC (loan) — Until 2014
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
43.7
Rank #68
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 11% of inputs directly sourced · 1 duplicate honor record merged
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence44.7+13.42 points
- Best window
- 2003–2007
- Individual award points in window
- 16
- Award availability in window
- 0.978
- Team honor points in window
- 13.5
- Peak index
- 23.11
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence42.1+10.52 points
- League goals per match
- 0.323 → 22.18
- International goals per cap
- 0.315 → 29.74
- International caps per year
- 6.13 → 73.44
Individual accoladesFull evidence28.4+5.68 points
- Contemporary award points
- 16
- Award availability coverage
- 0.986
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 16.22
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (2007)
- 12
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (2007)
- 4
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence51.2+7.68 points
- Team honor points
- 28.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.824
- FIFA Club World Cup (2007)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2006–07)
- 8
- FIFA World Cup (2002)
- 12
- La Liga (2011–12)
- 3
- Serie A (2003–04)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence64.5+6.45 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 17 → 85
- Documented elite seasons
- 4 → 36
- International career length (years)
- 15 → 92.5
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Kaká (Q531814)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikidata: UEFA Club Footballer of the Year winners listCC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Kaká) 01.jpgCC BY 3.0 br · retrieved 27 October 2026