Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo is a legendary Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder. The owner of a huge number of trophies and titles, among which the most prestigious award of a football player is the Golden Ball. In 2001, Figo according to FIFA became the best football player in the world.
Biography
The future legend of Portugal and Europe was born on the fourth day of November 1972 in the capital Lisbon. Luis had a great passion for football since childhood. He was so passionate about him that he practically abandoned school education. Poor school performance did not bother the father of the future football star, moreover, he helped his son get into the Pashtilyash amateur team.
Career
The excellent Figo technique and good results in football attracted the attention of the scouts of the Portuguese Grand Sporting from Lisbon. The guy was invited to watch, which he easily passed and was accepted into the team. For a debut at a professional level, Fig took five years to play at the youth level. He signed his first professional contract in 1989. Then he made his debut for “Sporting”, but in the first season he spent only three matches.
He was able to gain a foothold in the base and regularly appear on the field only after two years. Since the 91/92 season, he has become a base player and for four years constantly stepped on the field from the first minutes. In total, for the Portuguese club, Luis played 169 matches, in which he hit the opponents' goal 20 times. During the appearances for Sporting, Figo won his first trophy: in 1995 he became the champion of Portugal.
In 1995, he moved to one of the best clubs in the Old World - the Spanish “Barcelona”. Thanks to his talents, the athlete almost immediately became a key player in the team. In the blue-garnet camp, he spent five years, during which he greatly replenished the trophy asset: he twice became the champion of Spain, twice won the national cup, raised the UEFA Super Cup and the cup winners' cup above his head.
At the beginning of the new millennium, Luis Figo made a rash act, which fans of “Barcelona” can not forgive him so far. In 2000, he transferred to the camp of a principal rival of the Catalans to the Royal Club "Real". During the time that he played for the Madrid club, not a single “El Classico” could do without incidents. Fans of “leopards” regularly ran out onto the field and tried to hit Figo, and once a severed pig’s head was thrown out onto the field. Five years later, the famous Portuguese left the "creamy" and moved to Italy.
The last club for Luis Figo was the Italian “Inter”, where he played four seasons before ending his career. He played his farewell match in 2009 as part of the Italian Championship.
