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Luis Figo Biography

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With Eusebio being considered the best footballer Portugal ever came up with, it was a tough challenge for anyone to top his achievements and take the Mozambique Pearl off his throne.

Still, being an ambitious and talented Footballer, Figo managed to do so in his extraordinary career that had him playing at some of the most important European soccer clubs, such as FC Barcelona, Real Madrid or Internazionale. For this reason, a Luis Figo biography could not have missed from my list.

Luis Figo Biography – Sporting CP
Portuguese soccer is well known for having some of the most prestigious and well-equipped youth training camps in the World and Sporting's youth facilities are amongst them. It is here that Luiz Figo started out playing soccer, being born in Lisbon himself.

He grew up in a team that would later be a large part of the "Golden Generation" of Portuguese soccer, with other important teammates such as Rui Costa. Although growing up in such a professional and competitive environment, the pressure didn't slow down the footballer, Figo shining out whenever he played and eventually winning his first senior game at Sporting in 1989 (age 17).

Although not a first squad constant (as would be expected from a 17 year old footballer), Figo managed to win his place in the team the following years and started showing more and more of his brilliance with each passing year.

Already having spent 6 seasons at Sporting, a move to a bigger club was inevitable and it was Juventus and AC Parma who made the first move, both teams offering him a contract.

Still young and being ill consulted, Luiz Figo signed for both clubs at the same time, triggering a scandal that resulted in a 2 year ban for him to transfer in the Italian Serie A. I think this was for the best, as Spanish giants FC Barcelona immediately moved in and signed the young midfielder.

Luis Figo Biography – FC Barcelona
Almost any Luis Figo biography will point out that the time spent with FC Barcelona was the footballer's best point in his career.

Although not winning as many trophies with Barcelona as he did with Real Madrid, it's at the Catalan side that he had his blast, becoming a fan-favorite and one of the most dominant figures in the locker room, his charisma and leadership earning him a rightful Barcelona captain's armband, a honor that is rarely given to a player that is not Spanish.

Having such a status at Barcelona, after 4 impressive seasons with the team, Luiz Figo's unexpected move to arch-rivals Real Madrid in 2000 was an international shocker and so was his transfer fee, a world record at that point: 46 million dollars.

Luis Figo Biography – Real Madrid
In his first season at Real, Luis Figo was caught between a rock and a hard place.
His former Barcelona fans hated him for his move, booing and jeering him with every possible occasion and his new Real fans were circumspect that a player with such a long history with FC Barcelona will be able to play regularly for their team. Add that to a long list of injuries in the first seasons and you'll know why many rushed to consider Figo as a "done footballer".

After a difficult first season at Real however, Luiz Figo started a new wonderful stage of his career, winning the next three La Liga titles with his team and being an essential player in, then coach, Vicente Del Bosque's squad.

He finally won the club's supporters on him side, although the passionate Barcelona ones still didn't forget him. During this period, he also had a lot of successful runs with his national side, alongside many Sporting CP youth team ex-colleagues, reaching the 2004 European Championship final (losing it to Greece) and a few years after that, reaching the World Cup semi-finals in 2006. But by that time, he had already moved from an apparently falling Real Madrid side to Inter Milano.

Luis Figo Biography – Inter Milano
Inter being an equally reputable team as Real Madrid, but in a constant lack of form in the last decade, Figo managed to remain at the height of his game here, eventually leading Inter to two consecutive Serie A titles (although one was won after the Calciopoli scandal, which stripped Champions Juventus of their 2005-2006 title, giving it to second-place Inter instead).

Approaching the end of his career, Figo was linked to a move to Al-Ittihad, where he was supposed to receive one of the highest salaries in international football, however this transfer was cancelled due to Figo's desire to play a few more years at the highest competition level for Inter. It is yet unknown if the Al-Ittihad contract was simply postponed or cancelled entirely.

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