| Caroline Celico | |
| Birth Name: | Caroline Nistal Celico |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1987 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation: | Socialite, singer, activist |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 3 |
Caroline Nistal Celico (born 26 July 1987) is a Brazilian socialite, singer, and former Evangelical pastor at the Reborn in Christ Church, which she left in 2010. Celico was married to football player Kaká from 2005 to 2015.[1]
Celico was born to Rosangela Lyra and Celso Celico in São Paulo, 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 Christian Dior S.A. She has stated that she was bullied in her childhood. Celico attended St. Paul's School in São Paulo.. She is the cousin of fellow influencer Anna Celico.
In 2002, while still in school, she met Kaká. They were in a relationship for two years, during which Kaká was mostly away to play for AC Milan. 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 23 December 2005, in São Paulo. Together, they have two children, a son and a daughter. The couple resided in Madrid with their children while Kaká played at Real Madrid. In 2013, they moved back to Milan, Italy.[2] [3] The couple announced their divorce on social media in 2015.[1]
She got engaged in 2020 to her longtime boyfriend Eduardo Scarpa Julião.[4] They got married on 25 September 2021 in São Paulo.
She announced her pregnancy on 26 November 2023, and is expecting a boy named Rafael.
Celico has created a non-profit organization called Horizontal Love, which provides supplies for food, hygiene, construction, and education to Brazilian NGOs.[5]