With all the front runners in the striker position, Kaka is one of the top midfielders in terms of odds to emerge as top goal scorer. With the best odds on offer for him being 40-1 from bwin, this is the same price as Ivory Coast captain and star Premiership striker Didier Drogba, and not far off of the odds for Klose, who won the Golden Boot at the last World Cup in 2006.
Other bookmakers are offering shorter odds, with the lowest being 22-1 from Tote Sport and a number of bookmakers including Stan James and 888sport offering 25-1. The majority are giving out 33-1 at the time of writing.
Kaka, who amazingly recovered from a potentially paralyzing spinal injury at the age of 18 to become one of the greatest players in modern football, already has a number of impressive achievements to his name.
In 2007 Kaka was FIFA World Player of the Year and Latin Sportsman of the Year, as well as achieving Champions League Top Scorer and Champions League Best Forward. He was Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2004 and 2007 while playing for AC Milan.
For Brazil, he was in the team that won the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and the Confederations Cup in both 2005 and 2009.
Having already achieved so much, Kaka will be looking to become that rarest of things – a player with two World Cup victories. He would probably also very much like to lay his hands on the Golden Boot.
With team mates Luis Fabiano and Robinho also in competition as potential Golden Boot winners, with Fabiano one of the favourites, and a very tough group round draw for Brazil, it will be interesting to see how Kaka performs from a goal scoring perspective. Overall play wise though, anything short of a stunning display of football from this player will be a surprise.
In the current market, if you fancy Kaka for the Golden Boot and Brazil as winners too, the best price on the double is 80-1, which Paddy Power and Bet365 are both offering. Most other bookmakers taking this bet offer 50-1, but Sky Bet come in lowest with just 40-1 on this combination.
