- Born
- Birth nameLuis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH (born 4 November 1972) is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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 the second-most in La Liga history, behind Lionel Messi. He won the 2000 Ballon d'Or, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and in 2004 Pelé named him in the FIFA 100 list of the world's 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 EUR62 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. On the 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 runners-up at Euro 2004.- IMDb Mini Biography By: ahmetkozan
- SpouseHelene Svedin(May 2001 - present) (3 children)
- Winger for Sporting C.P. (Lisbon, 1989-1995), FC Barcelona (Spain, 1995-2000), Real Madrid (Spain, 2000-2005) and Inter Milan (Italy, 2005-2009).
- Golden Player at the 1994 UEFA U21 Championship.
- 127 appearances for Portugal National Football Team (1991-2006); scored 32 goals. Member of the Euro 1996, 2000, 2004, and the Korea/Japan '02 and Germany '06 squads.
- Honours with Sporting C.P.: Portugal Cup (1995). Honours with FC Barcelona: 2 La Liga (1998, 1999); 2 Copa del Rey (1997, 1998); Supercopa de España (1996); UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1997); UEFA Super Cup (1997). Honours with Real Madrid: 2 La Liga (2001, 2003); 2 Supercopa de España (2001, 2003); UEFA Champions League (2002); UEFA Super Cup (2002); Intercontinental Cup (2002). Honours with Inter Milan: 4 Serie A (2006-2009); 2 Supercoppa Italiana (2006, 2008); Coppa Italia (2006).
- Has three daughters. Daniela (b. March 1999), Martina (b. April 2002) and Stella (b. December 9th 2004).
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