GOLDEN RICKY

It's official: Kaka is the 2007 Golden Ball. His ascent started in August 2003 and now it has reached its highest point. Kaka and Milan, following today's consacration in Paris, are dreaming of other targets together.

MILAN - He played 210 official games with Milan and he is only 25 years old. He has been here for the past four years and scored 69 goals. On his arrival he won the Scudetto and Champions League. He was the top-scorer of the 2007/08 Champions League, European Super Cup winner at Montecarlo, and this year he scored some amazing goals with the Brazilian national team, first against Ecuador and then against Peru. All the journalists of the world voted for him, but he is especially adored by coaches. Because he is a functional world class player, who interprets his quality like something which and must be decisive for the result and the team. Since being at Milan, there have been many important dates:

16th August 2003: Kakà arrives at the airport of Malpensa, accompanied by his dad Bosco and Ariedo Braida.

1st September 2003: Debut in Serie A, Ancona-Milan 0-2, Kakà starts to enchant.

5th October 2003: First goal in Serie A, the second of Milan in a derby which ends: Inter-Milan 1-3

4th November 2003: First goal in the Champions, at Brugges, with Milan in ten men and in difficult. His is the qualification goal.

6th Dwcember 2003: His first Italian "wonder". He comes on the pitch in the 74th minute at Empoli instead of Pirlo and scores a great goal from the distance. Empoli-Milan 0-1.

11th January 2004: The first brace with Milan, against Reggina which ends 3-1 in favour of the Rossoneri.

21st February 2004: The derby returns and he scores again. Milan overturns the result from 0-2 to 3-2 thanks to his second goal.

23rd March 2004: First brace in the Champions League, two goals in Milan-Deportivo 4-1.

2nd May 2004: Wins the Scudetto with a golden assist for Shevchenko in Milan-Roma 1-0.

24th November 2004: Another bace in the Champions League, Milan-Shakhtar - Donetsk 4-0.

27th February 2005: First decisive goal in a derby, Inter-Milan 0-1

April-May 2005: Makes marvellous assists in the Champions League for Sheva in the semi-final against PSV Eindhoven, for Ambrosini in the second leg and for Crespo in the Istanbul final, but Milan fail to win the trophy.

13th September 2005: Against Fenerbahce scores one of the nicest goals ever in his career, as he ran all the way from midfield.

9th April 2006: His first hat-trick at San Siro, Milan-Chievo 4-1

1st November 2006: His first hat-trick in the Champions League, Milan-Anderlecht 4-1

24th April 2007: Scored important goals, a brace at Old Trafford in the Champions League semi-final.

23rd May 2007: Suffers the foul from which Milan score from the free-kick in the Champions League final of Athens against Liverpool and then assists Inzaghi for the second goal.

September-October 2007: In the first three wins of Milan in the league, at Genoa against Sampdoria and Genoa, and at Rome against Lazio, there are his goals.

7th November 2007: Well-taken goals at Donetsk, in the Champions League during Shakhtar-Milan 0-3.