Kaká (footballer, born 1999)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andressa Karolaine Freire Gomes Ferreira[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 August 1999||
Place of birth | Brasília, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | São Paulo | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2018 | Minas Brasília | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | Minas Brasília | 48 | (3) |
2022–2023 | Santos | 24 | (1) |
2024– | São Paulo | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:35, 26 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
Andressa Karolaine Freire Gomes Ferreira (born 2 August 1999), commonly known as Kaká, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back for São Paulo.
Club career
[edit]Born in Brasília, Federal District, Kaká began her career with local side Minas Brasília in 2016, as a forward. Promoted to the first team in 2018, she was a first-choice as the side won the year's Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2.[3]
She remained as a starter for Minas in the following years, suffering relegation from the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 in 2021. On 4 February 2022, she moved to Santos.[4]
On 21 November 2022, Kaká renewed her contract with Santos for a further year.[5] She announced her departure from the club on 2 January 2024.[6]
Honours
[edit]Minas Brasília
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kaká at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Kaká". Santos FC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Toalha molhada na cama e muito futebol: conheça Kaká, a zagueira "adotada" pelas gêmeas presidentes do Minas" [Wet towel on the bed and a lot of football: know Kaká, the stopper "adopted" byt the twin presidents of Minas] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Zagueira brasiliense Kaká é contratada como reforço do Santos" [Brasiliense stopper Kaká is signed as an addition of Santos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Santos renova com dupla de zaga da equipe feminina; confira" [Santos renew with defensive duo of the women's team; check it out] (in Brazilian Portuguese). BOL. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Kaká anuncia saída das Sereias da Vila" [Kaká bids farewell from the Sereias da Vila] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Meu Peixão. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Brasília
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players
- Santos FC (women) players
- São Paulo FC (women) players
- Brazil women's international footballers
- 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
- Brazilian women's football biography stubs