Full name: Louis Philippe Madeira Kello.
Date of birth:1972165438+1October 4th.
Height: 180cm
Weight: 75kg
Nationality: Portugal
Language: Portuguese, English, Spanish, elementary Swedish.
Resume:
July 1989 to June 1995: Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
1July 1995 to June 2000: Barcelona (Spain)
July 2000-June 2005: Real Madrid (Spain)
July 2005 to June 2007: Inter Milan (Italy)
Honor:
World Footballer of the Year: 200 1
European Footballer of the Year 2000
Portuguese footballer of the year: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
Regretful national team career
Figo is the leader of Portugal's "Golden Generation". He won the FIFA World Youth Championship as early as 199 1, and in the same year, he made his first appearance for the Portuguese adult national team.
The peak of Figo's national football career appeared after 2000. First, Portugal won the third place in the European Championship in 2000. Although he lost to the final champion France in the semi-final, Figo's performance in the game was very eye-catching, especially in the group match against England. He scored a wonderful long-range shot with his excellent personal ability when the team was two goals behind, which was unforgettable for a long time. Then in the European Championship held in Portugal in 2004, Figo led Portugal to the final, but unfortunately fell in front of the "Greek myth" in the final and won the runner-up. In addition, Figo also participated in the 1996 European Championship with the Portuguese national team, but the Portuguese team was not mature enough at that time and lost to the Czech Republic in the 1/4 final.
Compared with his outstanding performance in the European Championship, Figo's World Cup experience is full of pain and regret. 1994 and 1998 World Cups, Portugal was eliminated in the qualifying stage, so people didn't see Figo in the United States and France. The 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan was the first time that Figo participated in the World Cup, and it was probably the last time. But like all the incredible events in Asia that year, Figo and his Portugal were caught in the group stage and failed to make it to the top 16.
Wonderful club experience
Figo 12 years old joined the Lisbon Athletic Youth Team, but his first game was at 1989 16 years old. Then he represented Sporting Lisbon in 65,438+024 games and led his team to win the Portuguese Cup before moving to Barcelona in 65,438+0995.
In the summer of 1995, Figo ushered in an important turning point in his personal football career. He left Portugal and joined the Spanish giants Barcelona. Those years in Barcelona were the beginning of Figo's glory. The team successively won the Spanish Super Cup of 1996, the Spanish King's Cup of 1997, the European Cup Winners Cup, the European Super Cup champion, La Liga of 1998, the Spanish King's Cup of 1999 and La Liga. Although Figo has been in Spain since 1995, he won the Portuguese Footballer of the Year from 1995 to 1999 for five consecutive years. After several years of outstanding performance, Figo was elected European Footballer of the Year at the end of 2000.
The year 2000 was a contradictory year for Figo. It was a good thing to move to Real Madrid with a world record of 65 million euros at that time, but this move was extremely dissatisfied by Barcelona fans. Therefore, people saw that Figo was so unhappy when Real Madrid went to Camp Nou, but it just showed the value of Figo and how important Figo was to Barcelona. After moving to Real Madrid, Figo reached the pinnacle of his personal football career. He first won La Liga and Super Cup with Real Madrid in 200 1, and then was selected as the World Footballer of the Year by FIFA at the end of 20001. In 2002, Figo won the Champions League with Real Madrid. In the 2002/2003 season, Figo once again played a key role in Real Madrid's championship. His 33 goals 10 are not the most in the team, but they are all valuable.
Freshmen in the summer of 2005
In the 2004/2005 season, Figo gradually lost his main position in Real Madrid, but in the only playing time, he was still the biggest magic weapon for Real Madrid wingers to attack. However, a few bright spots can't hide the long-term depression. Figo returned to the Portuguese national team for the first time in May 2005, and then left Real Madrid, which made him feel more and more unhappy before the start of the new season, and the destination was the Serie A stadium he had been longing for. The summer of 2005 is destined to be another major turning point in Figo's football career.
Now that Inter Milan has become Figo's new home, the Portuguese are actively and assiduously training to prepare for their next glory. People have reason to believe that in the new season, the once-known "king of wingers" will definitely appear at the Meazza Stadium again.