FIFA's World Player of the Year in 2007, Kaka, full name Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, is still regarded as one of the world's top players.
Excellent long-range shooting and incisive passing are both strengths but he is at his most exciting when picking up the ball near the halfway line and then surging towards goal.
Ever-present in 2006, he also won a World Cup winners' medal four years earlier as a teenager although he made only a brief appearance in the campaign.
Excellent long-range shooting and incisive passing are both strengths but he is at his most exciting when picking up the ball near the halfway line and then surging towards goal.
Ever-present in 2006, he also won a World Cup winners' medal four years earlier as a teenager although he made only a brief appearance in the campaign.