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Kaká
Personal information
Full name Claudiano Bezerra da Silva
Date of birth (1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth São José do Belmonte, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Videoton
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 União Bandeirante
2003 → São Caetano (loan) 0 (0)
2003 → Ituiutaba (loan)
2004–2005 → Luverdense (loan)
2006 → Jaciara (loan)
2006–2008 Académica 52 (1)
2008–2012 Hertha BSC 15 (0)
2010 → Omonia (loan) 8 (0)
2011 → Braga (loan) 12 (0)
2011–2012 → APOEL (loan) 20 (0)
2012– Videoton 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 Aug 2012

Claudiano Bezerra da Silva (born 16 May 1981), commonly known as Kaká (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈka] ⓘ), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender.

Club career

Until 2006, Kaká was on contract to União Bandeirante Futebol Clube, also being loaned to several modest Brazilian clubs. In 2006–07, he made the move to Europe, joining Portuguese side Académica de Coimbra, and being an undisputed starter in his second season in the top division (all 30 games played, 2,700 minutes of action), as the Students finished in 12th position.

In the 2008 summer, Kaká signed with Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, for €1.9 million. He made his debut in the competition on 17 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Eintracht Frankfurt, and finished his first season with 12 matches; after only appearing twice for the Berlin outfit in the first half of 2009–10 – the campaign eventually ended in relegation – he was loaned to AC Omonia in Cyprus on 31 January 2010, helping the club win the First Division title for the first time in seven years.

After his return, Kaká continued to be rarely played at Hertha and, in another winter transfer window move, returned to Portugal and joined S.C. Braga, yet on loan.[1] With the Minho club, he established himself as a regular, finishing 2010–11 with 20 official appearances, including eight in the team's UEFA Europa League run to the final, with the player playing in the decisive match against F.C. Porto (0–1 loss).

At the end of the season, Kaká returned to Hertha.[2] On the last day of the 2011 summer transfer window he was once again loaned, this time to Cypriot champions and UEFA Champions League contenders APOEL FC.[3]

Kaká made his debut in the Champions League on 19 October 2011 in a 1–1 draw with Porto at the Estádio do Dragão,[4] as APOEL eventually became the first Cypriot club to reach the knockout stages. He added a further three appearances as APOEL reached the quarterfinals for the first time ever.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Hertha BSC verleiht Kaka an Sporting Braga" (in German). Hertha BSC. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Ausleihe beendet: Europacup-Held Kaka kehrt zu Hertha zurück" (in German). Die Welt. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Kaka wechelt nach Zypern" (in German). Hertha BSC. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Porto draw keeps APOEL on top". UEFA.com. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

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