And the third player to win the Ballon d'Or and play in MLS is Kaká in 2007, who won the Champions League with AC Milan that year and who went on to play for Orlando City from 2015-17.

Brazil and FC Barcelona legend Romário admitted to being better than several Ballon d'Or winners, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and Ronaldinho Gaucho—but what about Lionel Messi?

As such, the 2025 Ballon d’Or race is wide open ... If he maintains this form, he could become the first Brazilian since Kaká to claim the trophy. According to Eurosport, Raphinha’s transformation at ...

In 2000, he was part of a Shanghai Shenhua academy team that shared a training camp with Sao Paulo, where future Fifa World Cup and Ballon d’Or winner Kaka was beginning his career. Kaka is in ...