Menpora Dito Calls The Presence Of Kaka Gelorakan The Indonesian Sports Ecosystem

Menpora Dito ages accompanying Ricardo Kaka to dinner in Jakarta (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia (Menpora RI) Dito Ariotedjo accompanied former national team star Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite or who is familiarly called Kaka, who was making a visit to Jakarta as the global brand ambassador of the Oppo mobile phone manufacturer. On that occasion, Kaka twice attended an event held by the inviteer at Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, namely lunch and dinner on Saturday. After the afternoon session, the event was attended by a number of Persija Jakarta players, then at the evening session Menpora Dito had the opportunity to accompany Kaka. In addition to Menpora Dito, there were also a number of Tanah Air celebrities who took part in the dinner event, such as Gading Marten and single comedian Marshel Widianto. "Welcome, Kaka. Indonesia was honored to be visited by one of the best players in the world," said Menpora Dito when giving a speech, quoted by Antara. "Thank you Oppo Indonesia. With Kaka's presence, again inflamed the Indonesian sports ecosystem," he added. In addition, Dito also asked Phone manufacturer Oppo to also help sponsor other sports branches other than football, which was greeted with a thumbs up by Chief Marketing Officer Oppo Indonesia, Patrick Owen. Thank you Indonesia for this great deal. A very beautiful evening," said Kaka in quite fluent English. During his professional football career, Kaka has only played for four clubs, namely Sao Paulo, AC Milan, Real Madrid, and Orlando City.

Masa keemasan Kaka adalah pada periode pertamanya berseragam Milan, yakni pada 2009 sampai 2009. Bersama Rossoneri, ia sukses membawa klub itu memenangi gelar Liga Italia, Piala Super Italia, Liga Champions, Piala Super Eropa, dan Piala Dunia antar Klub.Nama Kaka juga harum di timnas Brasil, yang ia bantu untuk menjuarai Piala Dunia 2002 serta Piala Konfederasi 2005 dan 2009.Belakangan ini, Indonesia kerap didatangi oleh para mantan bintang sepak bola. Sebelum Kaka, beberapa hari silam Ketua Umum PSSI Erick Thohir juga mendatangkan lima mantan bintang di Eropa, yakni Roberto Carlos, Juan Sebastian Veron, Marco Materazzi, Eric Abidal, dan Giorgos Karagounis untuk mengisi acara pelatihan di Jakarta.Pada Juni ini pula, timnas Indonesia berkesempatan menjajal tim juara Piala Dunia 2022 Argentina, pada FIFA match day yang akan berlangsung pada pertengahan bulan.