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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo

Date of Birth: November 4, 1972
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Height: 1, 80 m
Weight: 75 kg
Position: Midfielder

Club History

› Sporting Clube de Portugal: 1989-1995
› Barcelona: 1995-2000
› Real Madrid: 2000-2005
› Inter Milan: 2005-2009

Primeira Liga (Portugal) - Debut
First Match 01-04-1990 (Lisbon): Sporting - Marítimo, 1-0

Primera División (Spain) - Debut
1º Jogo 09-09-1995 (Barcelona) Barcelona - Mérida 2-2

Serie A (Italy) - Debut
1º Jogo 28-08-2005 (Milão) Inter - Treviso, 3-0

"Selecção Nacional" (Portugese National Football Team) - Debut

First Match 12-10-1991: Luxembourg - Portugal 1-1  
First Goal 11-11-1992 [Paris]: Portugal - Bulgaria, 2-1

National Team total of Appearances: 127
Goals Scored with the Portuguese National Team: 32

Games Played with the Portuguese Under-16 Team - 21
Games Played with the Portuguese Under-19 Team -33
Games Played with the Portuguese Under-21 Team - 07
 

Luís Figo holds an impressive sports resume:

› Under-16 European Champion - 1989
› Under-20 European Champion – 1991
› Portuguese Cup Winner – 1994/1995
› Copa del Rey (Spain) Winner – 1996/1997
and 1998/1999
› Spanish SuperCup Winner – 1997/1998
› UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – 1997/1998;
› European SuperCup Winner – 1998/1999 and 2002/2003;
› Spanish League Winner - 1998/1999, 1999/2000,
2000/2001 and 2002/2003;
› Champions' League Winner 2001/2002
› Intercontinental Cup Winner 2002/2003
› Jogador Estrangeiro mais valioso(MVP) da Liga Espanhola –
1996/1997, 1998/1999 e 1999/2000;
› Spanish Cup MVP  – 1998/1999 and
2000/2001;
› Spanish League: Player with most assists –
1997/1998, 1998/1999 and 2000/2001;
› 161 Games With the Portuguese National Team (100 A,
7 U-21, 33 U-20, 21 U-16);
› Semi-Finalist, Euro 2000 - 2000;
› Finalist, Euro 2004
› Supercup Winner, Italy - 2005, 2006 and 2008
› Italian League Winner - 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009
› Semi-Finalist, Germany World Cup 2006
› Winner, Italian Cup - 2006




 

Personal Acknowledgements:

In Portugal:

› Seven times in a row, best Portuguese player and athlete, CNID - 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
› Player of the decade, Record Newspaper – 2000
› Best Portuguese player, Record Newspaper – 1998 and 2000
› Person of the year, Record Newsaper – 2000
› Athlete of the Year, Bola – 1998 and 2000
› Best Portuguese player, Bola – 1994, 1999 and 2000;
› Entitled one of the 25 most relevant personalities of the last 25 years (“ Prémio 25 anos, 25 nomes”) by Expresso - 1999;
› Best Portuguese athlete, Caras - 1998, 1999 and 2000;
› Best Portuguese sportsman, Nova Gente - 1998;
› Personality of the year Expresso – 2000;
› Personality of the year, Visão – 2000;
› Personality of the year, Focus – 2000;
› Personality of the year, Associação da Imprensa Estrangeira – 2000;

Internationally:

› Member of the ESM Golden European Team – 1998, 1999
and 2000;
› 6th best European player, France Football
(Ballon d’Or) – 1999
› Best European Player, France Football
(Ballon d’Or) – 2000
› World Player of the Year, World Sports Awards – 2000
› World Player of the Year, World Sports Awards – 2000
› 5th World Player of the Year – 1999
› 2nd World Player of the Year, FIFA (World Player of the
Year) – 2000
› Member of the Mastercard Euro 2000 All-Star Team
› 3rd most popular and acknowledged athlete in China – 2001
› Person of the year, in Sports, em Portugal, Dubai, Bolivia and Japan - 2001
› World Player of the Year, FIFA (World Player of the
Year) – 2001

Career

                                                                          Games Played            Goals Scored
89/90     Sporting CP    I Division                             03                               00
90/91     Sporting CP    I Division                             03                               00
91/92     Sporting CP    I Division                             34                               01
92/93     Sporting CP    I Division                             32                               00
93/94     Sporting CP    I Division                             31                               08
94/95     Sporting CP    I Division                             34                               07
95/96     Barcelona       Spain                                   35                               05
96/97     Barcelona       Spain                                   36                               04
97/98     Barcelona       Spain                                   35                               05
98/99     Barcelona       Spain                                   34                               07

99/00     Barcelona       Spain                                   32                               09
00/01     Real Madrid    Spain                                   34                               09
01/02     Real Madrid    Spain                                   28                               07
02/03     Real Madrid    Spain                                   33                               10
03/04     Real Madrid    Spain                                   36                               09
04/05     Real Madrid    Spain                                   33                               03
05/06     Inter Milan        Italy                                      34                               05
06/07     Inter Milan        Italy                                      32                               02
07/08     Inter Milan        Italy                                      17                               01
08/09     Inter Milan        Italy                                      22                               01

Total Match Attendance in Division I Leagues (Portugal, Spain, Italy): 578
Goals Scored in Division I Leagues: 93

Total Match Attendance in UEFA Competitions (Champions League, Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup): 133
Goals Scored in UEFA Competitions: 27