EA Sports announced today that Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has been named the cover athlete for FIFA Soccer 11, heading to retailers in North America on Sept 28 and Oct. 1 in Europe and Asia. The 28-year-old Brazilian soccer star will serve as the center-piece for global advertising, marketing and promotional campaigns of FIFA 11.
He will join an iconic group of 17 stars who will adorn FIFA Soccer 11 worldwide. He’ll be featured along with stars from other countries in territory specific packaging.
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, or better known as Kaka, won the Golden Ball and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007. In the 2009-1010 season, Kaka scored eight goals in 22 appearances with Real Madrid
“I’ve always been a fan of EA SPORTS and especially the FIFA series,” said Kaka. “Being on the FIFA Soccer 11 cover is a great honor for me since very few players have this opportunity, and there have been some great players featured on the cover of this truly amazing videogame.”
“Kaka brings passion, imagination and individual flair to the game every time on the pitch,” said Matt Bilbey, Vice President of Soccer, EA SPORTS. “He perfectly illustrates a new feature in FIFA Soccer 11 called Personality+ that sees a player’s individual ability reflected in game, enabling clear differentiation for every player. With Kaka’s visionary style of soccer he’s always one step ahead of the opposition, moving into space with an often subtle change of pace and delivering crisp, creative one-touch passes and catching the goalkeepers off guard with strikes often from distance on either foot. His play is unlike any other player in our game and you will feel individual differences like this in each player, in every match.”