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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

LUIS FIGO

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (born 4 November 1972 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 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.

Club playing honours

Sporting CP
  • Cup of Portugal: 1995
  • SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira: 1995
FC Barcelona
  • La Liga: 1997-98, 1998-99
  • Copa del Rey: 1997, 1998
  • Supercopa de España: 1996
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1997
  • Copa Catalunya: 2000
  • Joan Gamper Trophy: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Real Madrid
  • La Liga: 2000-01, 2002-03
  • Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003
  • UEFA Champions League: 2002
  • UEFA Super Cup: 2002
  • Intercontinental Cup: 2002
Internazionale
Figo's Ballon d'Or
  • Serie A: 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
  • Coppa Italia: 2006
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008

 International playing honours

Portugal National Football Team
  • FIFA World Cup: (4th Place) 2006
  • European Football Championship: (runner-up) 2004, (3rd Place) 2000
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991

 Individual playing honours

  • Ballon d'Or: 2000
  • FIFA World Player of the Year: 2001
  • FIFA World Player of the Year: (runner-up) 2000
  • Onze d'Or: (runner-up) 2000
  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006
  • FIFA 100
  • UEFA Team of the Year: 2003
  • Don Balón Award Foreign Player of the year in La Liga : 1999, 2000, 2001
  • Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Portuguese Golden Ball: 1994
  • Best Portuguese player in the past five years (A Bola)

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