RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazilian World Cup champion Kaka announced his retirement as a player on Sunday (Monday in Manila), suggesting that a management career at his old club AC Milan could be on the cards.

“I am preparing to continue in football and to have a different role, but I will no longer be a professional player, an athlete,” the 2007 Ballon d’Or winner told Globo television.

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