When he was seven,his family moved to sao paulo.His school had arranged him in a local youth club called "Alphaville"who qualified to the final in a local tournament.there he discovered by hometown club sao paulo fc,who offered him a place in the youth academy.
At the age of eight he started his footballing career.He began playing for a local club at the age of eight.He also played tennis and it was not until he moved on to sao poulo fc.At the age of 15 he signed his First professional contract with the club.In that time he focus on football.He joined Italian club milan in 2003 for a fee of Euros8.5 million.Kaka won a serie A Title and the UEFA champains league while at milan.And in 2007 he received the fifa world player of the year and Ballon d' or award.
After his success with Milan,kaka joined Real Madrid for a transfer fee of Euros 65 million.It is his second highest transfer fee in euros ever,behind only the euros 75 million fee for zinedine zidane.In spain after four season he returned to milan for a season in 2013,He scoring his Hundred goal for the club.
At the end of 2013-14 season,he joined MLS expansion club orlando city,but initially returned to his former Brazilian club sao paulo fc on loan.He scored on his MLS debut for orlando city in 2015,And also he was later include in the roster for the 2015 MLS ALL-Star game where he was named most valuable player.
Kaka made his debut for the brazil national team in 2002 and he was selected for their victorious world cup squad that year,and as well as 2006 and 2010 tournaments.He was also a member of brazils 2005 and 2009 fifa confederation cup winning squads,winning the golden ball Award in 2009 and also best player of tournament.
Kaka married his childhood friend caroline celico on 23 december 2005 at Rebirth in christ church in sao Paulo.The couple has two children son luca celico leite born 10 june 2008 and daughter isablla born 23 April 2011.In 2015 kaka and celico announced their divorce via social media.
On 4 december 2012 after scoring in a 4-1 win against Ajax, kaka become the top brazilian goal scorer in champains league history with 28 goals.After the match he left to help Real madrid and he said this was an important goal for me .