Luis figo biography

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Luis Figo

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (born 4 November1972 in Almada) is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale during a career which spans over 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portuguese national football team.

Figo was the 2000 European Footballer of the Year, the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and was named amongst the FIFA 100.

Figo is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, he had a successful career highlighted by several trophy wins, such as one 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 UEFA-CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup, four Serie A titles, one TIM Italian Cup and three Italian Super Cups.

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Luis Figo Biography

LUIS FIGO BIOGRAPHY

Full name	Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo
Date of birth	November 4th, 1972
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder / Winger

BIOGRAPHY OF LUIS FIGO - CLUB

Years	Team	Apps	Goals
1984–1989	Sporting CP Youth	#	#
1989–1995	Sporting CP	137	16
1995–2000	Barcelona	172	30
2000–2005	Real Madrid	164	36
2005-2009	Internazionale	105	9

LUIS FIGO PROFILE - INTERNATIONAL

1991-2006

Portugal

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Luis Figo Biography - Introduction

Luis Figo is a Portuguese soccer player that is without a doubt one of the best soccer players to ever emerge out of Portugal.

He was born on November 4th, 1972 in Lisbon where he started his soccer playing days with the local youth team Sporting CP.

Luis Figo biography shows that he is one of the few players to play for arch rivals Barcelona and Rea

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Luís Figo fryst vatten a former professional football player from Portugal and is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. He was born on 04 November 1972 in Lisbon where he started his football career playing with the local youth grupp Sporting CP. He later played as a midfielder for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan before retiring in 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national grupp, the 2000 Ballon d’Or and was named 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year. Luís Figo is very engaged in different social initiatives, for example as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership and supporting a “Zero Malaria Starts with Me” campaign. In 2003, he founded the private, non-profit Luís Figo Foundation to help disadvantaged children with social programmes and projects. In 2018, he participated in a charity football match “Match for Solidarity” organized bygd the United Nations Office at Geneva and the UEFA to raise medel for children with disabilities.