Top facts about Luis Figo

The Portuguese was born on November 4, 1972 meaning that

Luis Figo’s age

is 49. He was the only child of his parents Antonio Caeiro and Maria Joana and has no brothers or sisters.

He is regarded as one of the best Portuguese footballers of all time and one of the best wingers in the history of football.

Although his first team appearances were rare, Figo had a long soccer career ahead of him and by the time he turned 20, he became a regular first team starter for

.

Luis Figo was part of the Portuguese Golden Generation which won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991.

with head coach Johan Cruyff showed interest in Luis Figo eventually signing him for £2.25-$3 million transfer fee. During his time at FC Barcelona, he won many titles.

Later, quite surprisingly, Figo signed with

after being offered the record transfer sum of $46 million for 5 years of his playing services.

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Figo retired from international football with a record number of caps for Portugal. In 2009, he brought his career to an end at the age of 36.

Luis Figo early life

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH, born 4 November 1972, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and

during his professional career.

The fact about

Luis Figo's childhood

is that he grew up in the working-class district of Cova da Piedade, Almada. From an early age Luis was interested in playing football.

Luis Figo's parents

moved from Alentejo to Lisbon in the early 1970s. There is no more information about them.

Figo started to play street football for U.F.C. Os Pastilhas. In his youth, Luis played futsal from which he learned a lot of skills that helped him later in his football career.

At the age of 12, Figo joined to the academy of Sporting Clube de Portugal.

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Luis Figo personal Life

A fact about Luis Figo's personal life is that he is married to Swedish model Helen Svedin, They met in 1996 at a Joaquin Cortés show in Barcelona.

About

Luis Figo’s children

, it should be mentioned that he has three children, Daniela (born in March 1999), Martina (born in April 2002), and Stella (born 9 December 2004).

Figo's children are less likely to follow in their father's footsteps because they are all daughters.

They have a house in the countryside outside Solleftea, Sweden but live in Spain, Madrid.

Figo is an ambassador for the Stop TB Partnership in the fight against tuberculosis.

He works closely with Inter Milan, serving as an ambassador for the club at functions across Europe. He is also a board member of the Inter Campus charity project run by Inter Milan.

Luis Figo is the founder of Network90, a private members' networking site for the Professional Football Industry.

Luis Figo has appeared in commercials for the sportswear company Nike. In 1996, he starred in a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheater.

In a global Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Figo  appeared alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Francesco Totti, Roberto Carlos and Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament "referee."

Figo features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he was named in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14.

 In 2015, the arcade game company Konami announced that Figo would feature in their football video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 as one of the new myClub Legends. In 2018, Figo was added as an icon to the Ultimate Team in FIFA 19.

An interesting fact about Luis Figo is that he has taken part in several Iranian television shows such as Navad TV during the 2018 World Cup draw, together with Hamid Estili and former Hamburg player Mehdi Mahdavikia.

On 28 January 2015, Figo announced his intention to run against incumbent Sepp Blatter for the position of FIFA president, but withdrew from the election campaign on 21 May, stating that he did not want to be given "absolute power."

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Luis Figo Club Career

The fact about Luis Figo's career is that he started his senior career in Sporting, the club which he joined to its youth side in 1985.

Figo made his league debut on 1 April 1990 during the 1989–90 season as a substitute for Marlon Brandão in a 1–0 home win against Marítimo.

Figo scored his first goal against

on 7 December 1991 in the 1991–92 season and they won the match 2-1.

In 1991 Figo won the FIFA Under-20 World Championships with Portugal junior sides alongside Rui Costa and João Pinto. Figo was also a special part of Portugal's "Golden Generation.''

In his final season playing for Sporting he won the 1994–95 Portuguese Cup.

After six seasons playing for Sporting club Figo was ready to join one of the big clubs of Europe in 1995.

Barcelona

In a dispute between Italian clubs

and

, with Luis Figo having signed contracts with both clubs, resulted in an Italian two-year transfer ban on him.

Finally, Luis Figo joined to the Spanish giants Barcelona for a £2.25 million fee, being loaned back for the remainder of the season due to a rule prohibiting Portuguese players from signing for foreign clubs outside a fixed period.

This rule had prevented Luis Figo from joining English club

, where he had been recommended by his former Sporting manager Malcolm Allison for a fee of around £1.2 million.

The fact about Luis Figo's transfer to Barcelona is that it was with them that his career really took off. He was a part of the team alongside great players such as Gheorgh Hagi, Pep Guardiola and Brazilian star Ronaldo Nazario.

In fact maybe joining to Barcelona was Luis Figo's best choice during his entire career.

During five successful seasons in Barcelona Luis Figo won many trophies and became one of the best players in the world.

He won the

title twice, in 1997-98 and 1998-99 and also won two Copa Del Rey trophies in 1997 and 1998.

1997 season was a great one for Barcelona in European competitions. They won UEFA Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Super Cup in that season.

A big change in Figo's career happened in the year 2000 when Luis Figo transferred from Barcelona to their arch enemy in Spain Real Madrid.

Real Madrid

The fact about Luis Figo's controversial move by Figo made him a hated figure among all of Barcelona fans and their love just turned to hate.

Figo's contract had a buyout clause, and Real Madrid met the fee-£ 54 million. The fee was a world record and marked the beginning of the “Galactico era”- the club began to sign global stars every year.

Luis Figo's transfer to Madrid was mostly due to his status as a star player at Barcelona, reliable and always committed to the cause as a team leader.

After becoming a member of Real Madrid club, Figo won the Ballon d'Or award in November 2000, largely for what he did for Barcelona where he became the best player in the world.

On 21 October 2000 when Luis Figo returned to Barcelona for the first time in a Real Madrid shirt the noise at Camp Nou was deafening.

There were banners hung around the stadium with words like "Mercenary", "Judas", "Scum", and "Traitor".

When Luis Figo entered the field the jeers of almost 98,000 Barcelona fans escalated, with a visibly shocked Figo putting his fingers to his ears.

When the match started, each time Luis Figo got the ball the noise rose with insults and missiles flying such as oranges, bottles, cigarette lighters and mobile phones.

Barcelona won the match 2-0 and after the match Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez stated that "The atmosphere got to us all."

Real Madrid defender Iván Campo commented, "That night when Figo first went back was incredible. I’ve never heard anything like it. Luís didn't deserve that. He'd given his all for Barcelona. That night hurt him, you could see.

His head was bowed and he was thinking, 'bloody hell, I was here last season ...' But my lasting emotion was admiration: you’ve got balls."

Luis Figo won the 2001 La Liga title in his first season with Real Madrid, and managed to score 14 goals in all competitions.

For his great performances in Real Madrid he received the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year.

In the middle of 2001 season Figo would be joined by one of the greatest players of that era, Zinedine Zidane and in the following season Madrid won the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League.

One of the defining images of the Barcelona–Real Madrid rivalry was produced on 23 November 2002, when Figo had to face against Barcelona at Camp Nou for the second time.

Every time that Figo came within range of the Barcelona fans, beer cans, lighters, bottles and golf balls flew.

His former Barcelona fans hated him for his betrayal, booing him and throwing objects at him every time he went up to take a corner kick or throw in, while the Real Madrid fans could not accept him because of the fact that he came from their rival Barcelona.

The defining image of the rivalry, a pig's head, was picked up on camera, which was in among the debris near the corner flag.

Luis Figo spend five seasons of his career in Real Madrid, with his final success being the 2003 La Liga title.

Inter Milan

In the middle of 2005 Luis Figo left Real Madrid to join the Italian club Inter Milan on a free transfer after his contract with Madrid had expired.

This transfer meant that Figo would finally be able to play for a club in Italy, something he had the chance to do before his move to Barcelona, but was scuppered due to a dispute between the two clubs interested, Juventus and Parma.

He played four seasons for Inter Milan and on 16 May 2009 announced his retirement from football, the same day Inter won the 2008–09

title.

His final game was on 31 May against

at the San Siro. At Javier Zanetti's insistence, Figo captained the side for his last match. He received a standing ovation from the crowd as he was substituted by Davide Santon.

Figo said, "I am leaving football, not Inter." He was interviewed by Inter Channel after his last game against Atalanta and also said, "I hope to be able to help this club to become even greater also after my retirement.

I will certainly work for Inter in the future on the club board. I never imagined that I was going to remain here for such a long time. What I will never forget is the love that I have received since my first day here from my teammates and President Massimo Moratti. I will never forget it.''

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Luis Figo International Career

Luis Figo won a FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991, the same year he made his senior debut against

on 16 October 1991, in a friendly match when he was only 18 years old.

On 11 November 1992 Figo scored his first goal in a 2–1 friendly victory over Bulgaria in Paris.

Luis Figo had great performances in qualifying games for UEFA Euro 1996 and scored three goals in eight matches.

Portugal reached the continental tournament for the first time in 12 years. In the final group game at the tournament, against

, Figo opened a 3–0 victory with a fourth-minute strike; the result sent Portugal into the quarter-finals as group winners ahead of their opponents.

Luis Figo played in all ten qualifying matches for UEFA Euro 2000 and scored three goals in the process.

Figo scored Portugal's first goal on 12 June 2000, in their opening game of the tournament as they came from behind to beat

3–2, again advancing as group winners to be eliminated in the semi-finals.

Luis Figo's only hat-trick for the national team came on 15 August 2001, when he netted all of the goals in a 3–0 friendly victory over

.

Luis Figo helped Portugal to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup with scoring six goals in nine matches and he captained his national team for the first time on 2 June 2001, in the qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.

That was his 74th cap and Figo scored the equalizer for a 1–1 draw. In their first World Cup since 1986, Portugal suffered group stage elimination while Figo failed to score a goal.

Luis Figo captained his national team at the European Championship on home soil and his team managed to reach the final match of the tournament.

Figo announced his retirement from international football following the Euro 2004 final. The fact about Luis Figo's decision was that he was upset due to losing to Greece in the final match and due to an alleged rift between him and national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, although this was denied.

After all Luis Figo reversed his decision In June 2005 and returned for the 2006 World Cup qualifying wins against

and

under Scolari.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Luis Figo captained the squad and led the team to the semi-finals.

Portugal managed to win all three group stage matches and reached the knock out phase as the first place team of the group.

They advanced past the

in the last 16, and defeated England on penalties in the quarter-final. Figo did not take part in the shootout, having been substituted for Hélder Postiga.

In the semi-final, Portugal was beaten by

courtesy of a penalty from his former club-mate and French captain Zinedine Zidane. This was Portugal's best finish in 40 years.

In The third-place playoff match, Portugal lost the match 3-1 against the host of the tournament

.

The fact about Luis Figo and his team's great performance in this tournament was that their coach Scolari packed young talented players alongside experienced players like Figo.

The fact about Luis Figo's international career is that it's true that he could not win any trophy with his national team but he managed to captain the team to their best World Cup performance since the Eusébio era in 1966.

He also helped Portugal to their best-ever result in the UEFA European Championship until they won it in 2016.

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Luis Figo Stats

Luis Figo began his senior club career in Sporting club and played 6 seasons at the club. From 1989 to 1995 he managed to score 23 times in 158 appearances in all competitions.

From 1995 to 2000 Figo played five seasons in Barcelona and scored 45 goals for the club in 249 appearances at all competitions.

He transferred to Madrid and played five seasons there from 2000 to 2005. In five seasons Figo managed to score 57 times in 245 appearances at all competitions.

Figo left Spain to play for Inter Milan and spend four years at the club from 2005 until 2009 that he retired. In four seasons he scored only 11 times in 140 appearances at all competitions.

About his all-time career stats it should be mentioned that in 20 years playing in European clubs Luis Figo managed to score 136 times in all competitions.

Luis Figo capped 127 times for Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the international level, Figo scored 32 goals and represented at three European Championships and two World Cups.

The fact about Luis Figo's goal-scoring record for Portugal is that with scoring 32 times for his country he's Portugal's fourth-highest all-time goal-scorer.

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Some quick facts about Luis Figo

About Luis Figo's age it should be mentioned that he was born on 4 November 1972, so till now he has 48 years of age.

Figo is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and also one of the best wingers in football history.

The fact about Luis Figo's play-style is that he was a highly skillful player with close control, quick, elegant and a dribbling ability that allowed him to frequently take on and beat defenders in one on one situations.

He was mainly deployed as a winger in his early career, where he was capable of providing several assists, due to his ability to provide curling crosses to teammates from the flank.

His 106 assists are the second-most in La Liga history, behind

.

Clever Figo is fluent in five languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian and French. He can also speak Swedish briefly.

Luis Figo social media

About

Luis Figo social media

, it should be mentioned that he has an Instagram page (

) and has 3 million followers on Instagram, he mostly posts pics from his family on the social media.

Luis Figo body measurement

About

Luis Figo's body measurements

, it should be mentioned that there is no information on his body measurements but he stands 1.80m tall.

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Luis Figo Honors

• UEFA Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 1994

• Portuguese Golden Ball: 1994

• Sporting CP Player of the Year: 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

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2004

• World Soccer (magazine) Player of the Year: 2000

• Ballon d'Or: 2000

• FIFA World Player of the Year: 2001

• FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver Award: 2000

• UEFA Team of the Year: 2003

• UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2004–05

• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006

• Inter Milan Player of the Year: 2006

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Luis Figo net worth and salary

Speaking about 

Luis Figo net worth and salary

, it should be mentioned that he was one of the players with high amount of salary during his career especially when he played for Real Madrid his salary was the most in the world.

When he left his first club, Sporting to join Barcelona transfer fee was £2.25m in the transfer-market but in Barcelona he became one of the best players in the world and his great performance made his transfer fee £ 54m in the transfer-market to become the most expensive player in the world by that time.

About his net worth, the 48 year old Portuguese former football player has done well thus far! Most of Luis’s money comes from being a soccer player. His net worth is estimated $50 million in 2021.

He has been active since his retirement and as mentioned before he's founder of Network90, which is a private members' networking site for the Professional Football Industry.

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