Kaká: broken neck was from God

Kaká: broken neck was from God

He’s now seen as one of the best footballers of all time, but it was very different for Brazilian star Kaká when a broken neck put him in bed for two months.

He hit his head on the bottom of a swimming pool, fracturing a neck vertebrae in an accident which could have left him paralysed. Instead, it was all in God’s plan for the then 18-year-old, who spent months in bed but has since given God the glory for the stunning career that followed.

Kaká, now aged 41, told Sports Spectrum: “Many people think that I became a Christian after the accident, but that is not true. My parents always taught me the Bible and its values, and also about Jesus Christ and faith.”

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