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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈiʃ ˈfiɣu]; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan.
Seven players won the award on more than one occasion. Figo has won the award on the most occasions, having won six times in a row. The first CNID Footballer of the Year or Primeira Liga Footballer of the Year award (2006 to present) was won by Quaresma in 2006, and the most recent winner is Benfica midfielder Pizzi.
The 2000 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Luís Figo on 19 December 2000. [ 1 ] Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio ( 1965 ).
Luís Figo was the arrival of the year, along with Claude Makélélé, and they helped a team of stars, dubbed the galácticos, win the league under Vicente del Bosque, as well as reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-finals as defending champions, where they were narrowly knocked out by Bayern Munich.
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The 2003 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd on 22 December 2003. [1]
Luís Figo: Barcelona Portugal: 38 6: Roy Keane: Manchester United Republic of Ireland: 36 7: Christian Vieri: Lazio Italy: 33 8: Juan Sebastián Verón: Lazio Argentina: 30 9: Raúl: Real Madrid Spain: 27 10: Lothar Matthäus: Bayern Munich Germany: 16 11: Dwight Yorke: Manchester United Trinidad and Tobago: 14 12: Jaap Stam: Manchester United ...
FC Kaiserslautern), Patrick Kluivert , Luis Enrique , Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid), Paolo Maldini , Pauleta , Tomáš Rosický (Borussia Dortmund), Javier Saviola , Seol Ki-hyeon , Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord, Milan), Francesco Totti , David Trezeguet , Pierre van Hooijdonk , Christian Vieri (Internazionale), Marc Wilmots and Sylvain Wiltord .