Posts Tagged ‘Kaka’
FIFA Announces Player of the Year Nominations
11:23 am By Maegan La Mala · Latin America|Spain|Sports · Comments Off
12 Dec 2008
Futbol is the only sport la Mala half ass follows.Today FIFA announced the finalists for the 2008 World Player and FIFA Women’s World Player awards, to be handed out here on January 12, 2009 and some of the top nominees are from Latin America.
The male nominees are Kaka (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Fernando Torres (Spain), and Xavi (Spain).
Nadine Angerer (Germany), Cristiane (Brazil), Marta (Brazil), Birgit Prinz (Germany) and Kelly Smith (England) will contest the women’s award.
Last year Kaka won the award and yes his name still makes me laugh as if I were a 13 year old.
Via / France 24
Kaka : Fifa’s Player of the Year
9:21 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Sports · Comments Off
18 Dec 2007
Having a Golden Ball isn’t enough for Brazilian futbol star Kaka. The 25 year old AC Milan player was named FIFA’s world player of the year. This makes him the 5th Brazilian winner since soccer’s governing body introduced the award in 1991.`
`It’s really special for me, it was a dream for me just to play for Sao Paulo and one game for the national team,” Kaka, a devout Christian, said after receiving the award. “But the Bible says that God can give you more than you even ask for, and that has happened in my life.”
Via / Bloomberg.com
Kaka Has a Golden Ball
10:35 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Sports · 1 Comment
3 Dec 2007
Despite the unfortunate name (come on I an’t be the only one who thinks that) 25 year old AC Milan’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka was named yesterday as France Football’s Player of the Year winning the prestigious Ballon d’Or award. Kaka (born as Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite)brings the Golden Ball back to Brazil since Barcelona’s Ronaldinho’s win two years ago.
Manchester United’s Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo came in second and Barcelona’s Argentinian midfielder Lionel Messi placed third.
Via / AFP
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