Luis Figo Net Worth, Facts, Wife, Career, and Number
Who is Luis Figo? Luis Figo Bio
Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo is a retired professional football player, who dominated the football world during his long spell in the Spanish La Liga during his early football days. His successful football career saw him lift many trophies in Spain, he was depicted as a La Liga legend. Luis Figo began his football career with the Portuguese club Sporting CP, before spending 10 years in Spain, where he played for both Barcelona and Real Madrid before finally hanging his boots with Serie A giants Inter Milan. He won a trophy in every club he played for. Before talking about Luis Figo’s net worth, we will first take a brief history of his football career and how his worth came to be.
Luis Figo Early Life & Age
Figo was brought into this world as the only child of Antonio Caeiro Figo and Maria Joana Caeiro on the 4th of November 1972 in Almada, Portugal. He discovered football to be a favourite hobby of his at a young age and he joined U.F.C OS Pastilhas as a street footballer. Not long after that, he was scouted and recruited into Sporting CP academy where he began his junior football career at the age of 12. This was the beginning of the tales of Luis Figo.
Luis Figo’s Net Worth
Luis Figo’s net worth has been calculated to be $50 million as of 2022. He had a major endorsement deal from Nike, appearing in a commercial for the Sports Kit. He appeared in the EA Sports FIFA video games series as he was named the Ultimate Team Legend in the FIFA 14 game. He also appeared in the Konami video game Pro Evolution Soccer for 2016 as one of the new myClub Legends.
He runs an upscale bar in the southernmost region of Portugal. He is also an ambassador for the Stop TB Partnership fights against tuberculosis and a board member of the Inter Campus charity project. He also founded a private networking site for Professional football named Network90.
Luis Figo Career
Figo began his professional football career with Portuguese giants Sporting CP, where he made his league debut from the bench for teammate Marlon Brandao in a 1-0 home victory against Maritimo in April 1990. In the following season, Figo claimed his first goal for the club in a match against Torreense, helping his team equalise the match as the game ended in a 2-1 win for his club. Due to his impressive display in the 91/92 campaign, he was called into Portugal’s senior team in 1991. In his four campaigns, he was able to lift the Portuguese Cup before moving on with his career to Spain.
The retired-Portuguese winger joined the Spanish club Barcelona from Sporting CP for a fee reported to be £2.25 million. This is when Figo’s career took a massive u-turn to success with the Catalans. Spending five years with the Spanish giants, the Portuguese star was able to win seven trophies including UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Super Cup, two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey, and one Spanish Super Cup. He was part of Barcelona’s formidable attack that included both Patrick Kluivert and Rivaldo. He registered 249 appearances for the Catalonians scoring 45 goals and further providing 51 assists in the process.
Luis Figo in Real Madrid
Luis Figo was sold to Barcelona’s bitter rivals, Real Madrid in the summer of 2000 for a then-world record fee of €62 million. He later won the Ballon d’Or in November 2000. On his debut season with the Los Blancos, Figo helped the team lift the 2001 La Liga title by scoring 14 goals, which was later pivotal in winning the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year.
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Just like he did with the Catalans, Figo also spent five seasons with Real Madrid helping them lift seven trophies including two La Liga titles, two Super Cups, one UEFA Champions League, and one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup. He was able to find the back of the net 56 times and provided 93 assists in 245 appearances in all competitions for the Spanish giants. His transfer fee from Barcelona to Santiago Bernabeu played a part in Luis Figo’s net worth.
Luis Figo In Inter Milan
In the twilight of his career, Luis Figo signed for Serie A giants Inter Milan following the expiration of his contract with Real Madrid. He spent four seasons with the club, lifting four Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia and two Italian Super Cups. He registered 11 goals and 29 assists in 141 appearances for Milan in all competitions. In his last season with the club, he announced his retirement from football.
Luis Figo International Career
Figo was able to represent his country Portugal in international competitions from under-16 to the senior levels. Playing a pivotal role in the junior team, Figo won the FIFA World Youth Championship in the same year he made his senior debut for Portugal in a 1-1 friendly match against Luxembourg in 1991. He bagged his first goal in a match that ended 2-1 against Bulgaria in November 1992.
The retired winger helped his team to the final of the 2004 UEFA Euro but was unable to get past Greece to lift the trophy. The match ended in a 1-0 defeat with striker Angelos Charisteas scoring the only goal of the match. He also led his national side to claim the fourth position at the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany.
He represented Portugal in 126 matches scoring 32 goals and 22 assists for the senior team.
Luis Figo’s Wife and Children
Luis Figo is married to Swiss model, Helen Svedin, with three daughters named Daniela, Martina and Stella. He has a house in Sollefteå, Sweden.
Luis Figo Jersey Number
In his debut season with Sporting CP, he wore the number 7 jersey but was changed to 16, 15, and 14 for his second, third and fourth seasons. He dubbed the number 7 jersey once more in his last two seasons with the club. At Barcelona, he only wore two jersey numbers, 15 and 7. The former was worn in his first season while the latter was for the rest of his campaigns in Camp Nou. Things were a bit different in Real Madrid as he only wore the number 10 jersey throughout his stay at Santiago Bernabeu. At Inter Milan, he was handed the number 7 jersey all through till he retired from football.
For Portugal’s senior team, Luis Figo wore three different jersey numbers before he retired. He wore the No 14 jersey in the 92/93 campaign, 20 for the 95/96 campaign, and the number 7 jersey for the rest of the years he played with the senior team before he officially retired from international football.
Luis Figo Facts: Did You Know?
Luis Figo won the Portuguese Golden as well as Sporting CP Player of the Year in the same year: 1994
He was named Portuguese Footballer of the Year for six consecutive years: 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000.
He won the Ballon d’Or in 2000
Luis Figo was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2001.
He was UEFA Champions League assist king for the 2004/05 campaign.
Figo is an Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
He is also the Knight of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Vicosa (House of Braganza).
He is one of the few players with over 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances.
He was World Soccer Player of the Year in 2000.
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