Kaká (footballer, born 1981)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Claudiano Bezerra da Silva[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 May 1981||
Place of birth | São José do Belmonte, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Centre-back | ||
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) |
2012–2013 | Videoton | 8 | (0) |
2013 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Deportivo La Coruña | 11 | (0) |
2014–2015 | APOEL | 26 | (3) |
2015–2017 | Tondela | 45 | (3) |
2017–2018 | Varzim | 6 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Anadia | 41 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020 |
Claudiano Bezerra da Silva (born 16 May 1981), known as Kaká (Portuguese pronunciation:
Club career
Kaká was born in
In May 2008, Kaká signed with Bundesliga's Hertha BSC for €1.9 million.[3] He made his debut in the competition on 17 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Eintracht Frankfurt,[4] and finished his debut campaign with 12 matches. After only appearing twice for the Berlin-based team in the first half of 2009–10 – the season eventually ended in relegation – he was loaned to AC Omonia in Cyprus on 31 January 2010,[5] helping it win the First Division title for the first time in seven years.[6]
Kaká continued to be rarely played at Hertha after his return and, in another winter
At the end of the season, Kaká returned to Hertha.[9] 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.[10] Kaká made his debut in the Champions League on 19 October 2011 in a 1–1 draw with Porto at the Estádio do Dragão.[11] He added a further three appearances in the competition as they eventually became the first Cypriot club to reach both the knockout stages and the quarter-finals for the first time ever.[12]
On 28 August 2012, Kaká signed with Hungarian side Videoton FC.[13] In late January of the following year he moved to La Liga, loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña,[14] and the move was made permanent in July.[15]
Kaká signed an 18-month contract with APOEL on 29 January 2014, returning to his former club after one and a half years.
On 17 May 2014, in the league title decider between AEL Limassol and APOEL, Kaká suffered a head injury when he was hit by a firecracker launched by the opposition's fans;[19] the match was abandoned in the 51st minute when the score was still at 0–0, and replayed 15 days later. He eventually helped his team to the national championship,[20] adding the domestic cup.[21]
Kaká returned to Portugal in its top tier in the 2015 off-season, joining newly promoted C.D. Tondela.[22]
Club statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Académica
|
2006–07 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
2007–08 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||
Total | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 58 | 1 | ||||
Hertha BSC | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
Omonia | 2009–10 | Cypriot First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Braga | 2010–11 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
APOEL | 2011–12 | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
Videoton | 2012–13 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
Deportivo | 2012–13 | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Deportivo | 2013–14 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
APOEL | 2013–14 | Cypriot First Division | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
2014–15 | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |||
Tondela | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Career total | 164 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 5 |
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
Honours
Omonia
Braga
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2010–11[24]
APOEL
References
- ^ a b c d "Kaká" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Frederico, Francisco (27 November 2007). "Académica: Ricardo está em risco para Guimarães" [Académica: Ricardo at risk for Guimarães] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Kaka vor Wechsel von Coimbra zu Hertha BSC" [Kaka to move from Coimbra to Hertha BSC] (in German). Focus. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- Kicker. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Zwei Brasilianer verlassen Hertha BSC" [Two Brazilians leave Hertha BSC] (in German). Spox. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Kaka weg, Bengtsson zögert" [Kaka gone, Bengtsson hesitates]. B.Z. (in German). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Hertha BSC verleiht Kaka an Sporting Braga" [Hertha BSC loan Kaka to Sporting Braga] (in German). Hertha BSC. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Europa League final: Porto 1–0 Braga". BBC Sport. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Bremer, Uwe (20 May 2011). "Ausleihe beendet: Europacup-Held Kaka kehrt zu Hertha zurück" [Loan over: Europacup-hero Kaka returns to Hertha]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Kaka wechelt nach Zypern" [Kaka transfers to Cyprus] (in German). Hertha BSC. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ Brassell, Andy (19 October 2011). "Porto draw keeps APOEL on top". UEFA. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Pimentel, Tiago (16 March 2012). "APOEL é o mais desejado na Champions. E já todos sabem onde é Nicósia" [APOEL are the most wanted in the Champions League. And everybody already knows where Nicosia is]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ Wéninger, Ákos (28 August 2012). "Kaká a Vidiben folytatja" [Kaká goes to Videoton] (in Hungarian). Videoton FC. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "El Deportivo ficha al central brasileño Kaká" [Deportivo sign Brazilian centre-back Kaká]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Kaká quiere demostrar en el Deportivo más de lo que rindió en sus cinco meses en A Coruña" [Kaká wants to show at Deportivo more than what he did in five months in A Coruña]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 10 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Στον Αρχάγγελο ο Claudiano Bezerra Da Silva (Kaka)" [Claudiano Bezerra Da Silva (Kaka) at Archaggelos] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "APOEL FC 2–1 Apollon Limassol". APOEL FC. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Alki 1–3 APOEL FC". APOEL FC. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Cypriot title decider abandoned by referee". ESPN. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Leonidou, John (31 May 2014). "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0–2 ΑΠΟΕΛ [Εrmis Αradippou 0–2 ΑPOEL] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Kaká assina com o CD Tondela" [Kaká signs with CD Tondela] (in Portuguese). CD Tondela. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Kaká". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Kaká". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
External links
- APOEL official profile
- Kaká at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Kaká at fussballdaten.de (in German)