Luís Figo

Luís Figo

Figo in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo[1]
Date of birth	(1972-11-04) 4 November 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Almada, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1984–1985	Os Pastilhas
1985–1989	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1995	Sporting CP	129	(16)
1995–2000	Barcelona	172	(30)
2000–2005	Real Madrid	164	(38)
2005–2009	Inter Milan	105	(9)
Total		570	(93)
National team
1988–1989	Portugal U16	15	(8)
1989	Portugal U17	6	(2)
1988–1990	Portugal U18	21	(8)
1990–1991	Portugal U20	12	(0)
1991–1994	Portugal U21	7	(0)
1991–2006	Portugal	127	(32)
Honours Representing  Portugal Men's football UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2004 Portugal FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 1989 & 1991 Portugal FIFA U-17 World Cup 1989 Scotland UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 1994 France UEFA European Under-18 Championship Runner-up 1990 Hungary UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 1989 Denmark
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH (born 4 November 1972) is a former Portuguese football player. He had played for Portugal national team and last played for Inter Milan.

In July 2000, Figo moved from Barcelona to their rivals Real Madrid for €62 million which was a world record fee at the time.^[3] This made Barcelona fans angry and they felt that he had betrayed them. When he played his first game back at Camp Nou, Barcelona fans hung banners with words like "Judas" and "traitor", shouted insults and threw objects at him including a pig's head.^[4][5]

Career statistics

Club career

Club	League	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP	Primeira Liga	1989–90	3	0	—		—		3	0
		1990–91	3	0	—		—		3	0
		1991–92	34	1	7	0	2	0	43	1
		1992–93	32	0	8	1	2	0	42	1
		1993–94	31	8	1	0	3	0	35	8
		1994–95	34	7	7	3	2	0	43	10
		Total	137	16	23	4	9	0	169	20
Barcelona	La Liga	1995–96	35	5	8	1	10	3	53	9
		1996–97	36	4	9	2	8	1	53	7
		1997–98	35	5	4	0	7	1	46	6
		1998–99	34	7	10	1	6	1	50	9
		1999–2000	32	9	2	0	13	5	47	14
		Total	172	30	33	4	44	11	249	45
Real Madrid		2000–01	34	9	1	0	14	5	49	14
		2001–02	28	7	6	1	10	3	44	11
		2002–03	33	10	1	0	15	2	48	12
		2003–04	36	9	8	3	11	1	55	13
		2004–05	33	3	0	0	10	4	43	7
		Total	164	38	16	4	60	15	239	57
Inter Milan	Serie A	2005–06	34	5	2	0	8	1	45	6
		2006–07	32	2	7	1	7	0	47	3
		2007–08	17	1	2	0	3	0	21	1
		2008–09	22	1	—		3	0	25	1
		Total	105	9	11	1	21	1	138	11
Career total			577	93	83	13	134	27	795	133

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]^[7]^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	1991	3	0
	1992	7	1
	1993	5	0
	1994	5	2
	1995	6	1
	1996	9	2
	1997	7	2
	1998	6	0
	1999	9	4
	2000	13	6
	2001	9	9
	2002	10	0
	2003	10	3
	2004	11	1
	2005	7	0
	2006	10	1
Total		127	32

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Figo goal.

List of international goals scored by Luís Figo^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 November 1992	Stade de Paris, Paris, France	Bulgaria	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	9 October 1994	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	3–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
3	13 November 1994	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Austria	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
4	3 June 1995	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Latvia	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
5	19 June 1996	City Ground, Nottingham, England	Croatia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1996
6	9 October 1996	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	Albania	1–0	3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	7 June 1997	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Albania	2–0	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	20 August 1997	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Armenia	2–0	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	31 March 1999	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	2–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
10	18 August 1999	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	Andorra	3–0	4–0	Friendly
11	4 September 1999	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
12	8 September 1999	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
13	29 March 2000	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Denmark	2–1	2–1	Friendly
14	2 June 2000	Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves, Portugal	Wales	1–0	3–0	Friendly
15	12 June 2000	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	England	1–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2000
16	16 August 2000	Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu, Portugal	Lithuania	1–0	5–1	Friendly
17	3 September 2000	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2–0	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	15 November 2000	Estádio 1º de Maio, Braga, Portugal	Israel	1–0	2–1	Friendly
19	28 February 2001	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Portugal	Andorra	2–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
20				3–0
21	28 March 2001	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Netherlands	2–2	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	2 June 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	15 August 2001	Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal	Moldova	1–0	3–0	Friendly
24				2–0
25				3–0
26	6 October 2001	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Estonia	5–0	5–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
27	14 November 2001	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Angola	1–1	5–1	Friendly
28	2 April 2003	Stade olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland	Macedonia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
29	11 October 2003	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	Albania	1–0	5–3	Friendly
30	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	3–0	8–0	Friendly
31	29 May 2004	Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda, Portugal	Luxembourg	1–0	3–0	Friendly
32	3 June 2006	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz, France	Luxembourg	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Sporting CP^[9]

• Taça de Portugal: 1994–95

Barcelona^[9]

• La Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99
• Copa del Rey: 1996–97, 1997–98
• Supercopa de España: 1996
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97
• UEFA Super Cup: 1997

Real Madrid^[9]

• La Liga: 2000–01, 2002–03
• Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003
• UEFA Champions League: 2001–02
• UEFA Super Cup: 2002
• Intercontinental Cup: 2002

Inter Milan^[9]

• Serie A: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Coppa Italia: 2005–06
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2006, 2008

Portugal U16^[9]

• UEFA European U-16 Championship: 1989

Portugal U20^[9]

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1991

Portugal^[9]

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004

Individual

• UEFA Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 1994
• Portuguese Golden Ball: 1994
• Sporting CP Player of the Year^{[broken anchor]}: 1994
• Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• ESM Team of the Year: 1997–98, 1999–00
• La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1999, 2000, 2001
• La Liga top assist provider: 1996–97, 1998–99^[10]
• Don Balón Award, Best Foreign Player of the Year: 1999
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2004^[9]
• World Soccer (magazine) Player of the Year: 2000
• Ballon d'Or: 2000^[9]
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 2001^[9]
• FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver Award: 2000
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2003^[9]
• UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2004–05^[11]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006
• Inter Milan Player of the Year: 2006^[12]
• FIFA 100
• Golden Foot: 2011, as football legend^[13]
• IFFHS Legends^[14]

Orders

• Officer of the Order of Prince Henry^[15]
• Knight of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)^[16]

References

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2. "Figo Stats". FootballDatabase.com. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
3. ""Figo defects to Real Madrid for record £36.2m"". The Independent. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
4. Lowe, Sid (2013). Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid. London. ISBN 978-1-4464-9663-3. OCLC 1012150466.
5. "El Clasico moments: Luis Figo's return to the Nou Camp and the pig's head". Sky Sports. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
6. Luís Figo at National-Football-Teams.com
7. "Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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9. "Luís Figo - UEFA.com". UEFA.com. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
10. "LaLiga EA Sports: Top assists by season". www.besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
11. "UEFA Champions League 2004/05 - History - Statistics – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
12. "Figo winner at San Siro Gentleman". inter.it. 9 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
13. "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
14. "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
15. "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
16. "D. Duarte condecora selecção nacional". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 31 August 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2021.