Kaká (footballer born 1981)

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Kaká

Personal information
Full name	Claudiano Bezerra da Silva
Date of birth	16 May 1981 (1981-05-16) (age 30)
Place of birth	São José do Belmonte, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	APOEL
Number	4
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 de Coimbra	42	(1)
2008–	Hertha BSC	15	(0)
2010	→ Omonia Nicosia (loan)	8	(0)
2011	→ Braga (loan)	12	(0)
2011–	→ APOEL (loan)	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Claudiano Bezerra da Silva (born 16 May 1981), commonly known as Kaká, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for APOEL on loan from Hertha BSC.

Club career

Until 2003 Kaká played for the Brazilian club União Bandeirante, before being loaned to other Brazilian clubs. In 2006, he made the jump to Europe, joining Portuguese Liga side Académica de Coimbra. In 2008, Kaká transferred to the Bundesliga club Hertha BSC for 1.9 Million Euro. Kaká made his Bundesliga debut on August 17, 2008, against Eintracht Frankfurt. He earned a total of twelve caps in the 2008–09 season. After earning only two Bundesliga caps in the first half of the 2009–10 season, Hertha loaned him to AC Omonia. In Cyprus, he helped AC Omonia win the First Division for the first time after seven years. After the six-month loan to AC Omonia, he returned to Hertha BSC. After making only a single appearance for Hertha following his return from Cyprus, the club loaned him to S.C. Braga to gain more playing experience.^[1] In Portugal, he established himself as a regular, making twelve league appearances, and featured in eight of Braga's nine Europa League matches including the final. At the end of the season, he returned to Berlin once again.^[2] On the last day of summer transfers for season 2011–12, Kaká was loaned out again, this time to Cypriot champions and UEFA Champions League contenders APOEL.^[3] He participated for the first time in his career in the UEFA Champions League group stages, making his debut in the competition on 19 October 2011 at Estádio do Dragão against FC Porto, in a match witch APOEL snatched a 1–1 draw.

Honours

Omonia

• Cypriot Championship: 2009–10

References

1. ^ "Hertha BSC verleiht Kaka an Sporting Braga [Hertha BSC loans Kaka to Sporting Braga]" (in German). official website. Hertha BSC. 27 January 2011. http://www.herthabsc.de/index.php?id=413&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9155&cHash=92a6900778d6f8d4cc38f487d24a1223. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
2. ^ "Ausleihe beendet: Europacup-Held Kaka kehrt zu Hertha zurück [Loan over: Europacup-hero Kaka returns to Hertha]" (in German). Die Welt. 20 May 2011. http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/hertha-bsc/article13383615/Europacup-Held-Kaka-kehrt-zu-Hertha-zurueck.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
3. ^ "Kaka wechelt nach Zypern [Kaka transfer to Cyprus]". official website. Hertha BSC. 31 August 2011. http://www.herthabsc.de/index.php?id=413&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10889&cHash=7f02c9ef43a68f52eae629607f03db4b. Retrieved 1 September 2011. 

External links

• Brazilian FA Database (Portuguese)
• Sambafoot
• Kaká at fussballdaten.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Bezerra da Silva, Claudiano
Alternative names	Kaká
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	16 May 1981
Place of birth	São José do Belmonte, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death