Luís Figo

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo born 4 November 1972 is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP Barcelona Real Madrid and Inter Milan He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team and is considered one of the best Portuguese footballers of all time Renowned for his creativity and ability to get past defenders as a winger Figo is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation His 106 assists are one of the most in La Liga history He won the 2000 Ballon dOr 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 Pelé named him in the FIFA 100 list of the worlds greatest living players Figo is one of the few football players to have played for both Spanish rival clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid His controversial transfer in 2000 from Barcelona to bitter rivals Real Madrid set a world record fee of 62 million Figo had a successful career highlighted by several trophy wins including the Portuguese Cup four La Liga titles two Spanish Cups three Spanish Super Cups one UEFA Champions League title one UEFA Cup Winners Cup two UEFA Super Cups one Intercontinental Cup four Serie A titles one Italian Cup and three Italian Super Cups At international level he scored 32 goals for Portugal representing the nation at three European Championships and two World Cups helping them reach the final but finish as runnersup at Euro 2004 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia