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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo

Date of birth: 4th November, 1972
Born in: Lisboa, Portugal
Height: 1, 80 m
Weight: 75 kg
Position: Winger

Played for:

Sporting Clube de Portugal: 1989/1995
Barcelona: 1995/2000
Real Madrid: 2000/2005
Inter Milão: 2005/2009

Luís Figo com a braçadeira de capitão de Portugal nas meias-finais do EURO 2004 contra a Holanda Bongarts/Getty Images

For the national team

Caps: 127
Goals scored for the national team: 32

Caps for Under 16: 21
Caps for Under 19: 33
Caps for Under 21: 07

Titles

› European Champion Under 16 –  1989
› World Champion Under 20 – 1991
› Winner of the Portuguese Cup – 1994/1995
› Winner of the King’s Cup in Spain – 1996/1997
  and 1998/1999
› Winner of the Spanish Super Cup – 1997/1998
› Winner of the Cup of the Cups – 1997/1998;
› Winner of the European Super Cup – 1998/1999 e 2002/2003;
› Winner of the Spanish League –  1998/1999, 1999/2000,
  2000/2001 e 2002/2003;
› Winner of the Champions League – 2001/2002
› Winner of the Intercontinental Cup – 2002/2003
› Most Valuable Foreign Player (MVP) of the Spanish League – 1996/1997, 1998/1999 e 1999/2000;
› Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Spanish League – 1998/1999 and 2000/2001;
› Player with the most assists in the Spanish League – 1997/1998, 1998/1999 e 2000/2001;
› 161 Internationalizations by the National Team (100 A, 7 U-21, 33 U-20, 21 U-16);
› Semi-Finalist of the  European Football Championship (Euro 2000) – 2000;
› Finalist of the Euro 2004
› Winner of the Italian Super Cup – 2005, 2006 and 2008
› Winner of the Italian League – 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009
› Semi-Finalist of the World Cup Germany 2006
› Winner of the Italian Cup – 2006

Career

89/90     Sporting CP  Portugal 03     00  
90/91     Sporting CP Portugal 03     00   
91/92     Sporting CP     Portugal 34     01
92/93     Sporting CP     Portugal32     00
93/94     Sporting CP Portugal 31     08
94/95     Sporting CP     Portugal     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 Milão        Italy             34     05
06/07     Inter Milão        Itália             32     02
07/08     Inter Milão        Italy            17     01
08/09     Inter Milão        Italy            22     01

Matches / Goals

Accolades

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