Caroline Lyra Celico (born July 26, 1987) is a Brazilian socialite, singer and former

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pastor at the Reborn in Christ Church, which she left in 2010. Celico was married to football player

Kaká Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká () or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his prime as a playmaker at AC Milan, a period marke ...

from 2005 to 2015.

Personal life

Celico was born to Rosangela Lyra and Celso Celico in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...

, Brazil, in 1987. She has one younger brother, Enrico. Her parents divorced when she was six-years-old. Celico lived most of her childhood with her mother, who was the director of designers at

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She has stated she was bullied in her childhood. Celico attended St. Paul's School in

. In 2002, while still in school, she met

. They were in a relationship for two years during which Kaká was mostly away to play for

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. During that time, Celico joined Kaká's church and later became a pastor. During a vacation to Milan, Kaká proposed to her and the couple were married on December 23, 2005, in São Paulo. Together they have two children: son Luca Celico Leite (born June 10, 2008) and daughter Isabella Celico Leite (born April 23, 2011). The couple resided in Madrid with their children while Kaká played at

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. In 2013, they moved back to Milan, Italy. The couple announced their divorce on social media in 2015. She got engaged in 2020 to her longtime boyfriend Eduardo Scarpa Julião. They got married in 25 September 2021 in São Paulo.

Professional life

Celico has created a non-profit organization called Horizontal Love, which provides supplies for food, hygiene, construction and education to Brazilian NGOs.Madambashi, Andrea Marcela. "Former Brazilian Megachurch Pastor Defends Decision to Leave", The Christian Post, 23 February 2011

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Discography

* ''Carol Celico'' (2010)

References

External links

Official website
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