Former youth Santos player shines for Inter Miami and travels to Italy’s Torino

Brazilian defender Kaká was born in São Paulo, but has Italian descent and American citizenship
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2023-08-04 11:12:28

Defender Kaká, 16 years old, started a period of training in the youth teams of Torino, in Italy. The player belongs to FC Dallas, from the United States, and was cleared for activities with the Italian club.

Kaká was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but has Italian descent due to his father. The boy also gained American citizenship in March of this year. In Brazilian football, the player went through a period in the youth teams of Santos.

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In US football, the defender played for Inter Miami for three years, and was part of the team that won the only national title in the club’s history. In the conquest, the Brazilian played all the games, which is rare in the category since there are five games in a space of seven days. In the team, he played as a winger for two seasons and even played as a winger.

For FC Dallas, Kaká was signed to the Under-16 team and ended up doing the pre-season for the club’s B team. In all, during the 2022/23 season, there were 45 games, six goals scored, five assists and he did not receive yellow or red cards. He took part in 34 games.

In the American team, Kaká established himself as a defender and became team captain. He won important awards such as Team of the season (Footyaccess), Top 50 National team prospect among all ages, including those already playing in Europe (YSC), Top 10 players to watch in the playoffs (YSC) and USA Top 3 born in 2007 (CaC).

In June of this year, Kaká was asked by the Brazilian National Team to represent the country.