Luís Figo
Former Midfielder for Real Madrid & Chairman of the Luís Figo Foundation
Luís Figo is an amazing footballer who was renowned for his creativity and ability to get past defenders. He played for a number of clubs and won a record 127 caps for the Portuguese national football team. He is the Chairman of the Luís Figo Foundation which he set up in 2003 to help underprivileged children and youngsters.
"One of the greatest footballers of all time and an Ambassador for social projects around the globe"
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Luís was a member of the teams that won four La Liga titles, four Serie A title and a UEFA Champions League. He led Portugal to their best World Cup finish since 1966 in 2006 Figo was the 2000 European Footballer of the Year, the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and was named amongst the FIFA 100. Luís Figo is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, he had a successful career highlighted by several trophy wins, such as one Portuguese Cup, four La Liga titles, two Spanish Cups, three Spanish Super Cups, one UEFA Champions League title, one UEFA Cup Winners's Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, one UEFA-CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup, four Serie A titles, one TIM Italian Cup and three Italian Super Cups.
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Football, which is passion, became a language in itself, and is now probably one of the most powerful languages in the world. In his presentations Luis Figo shares his passion for football as well as his commitment for social projects and solidarity towards those in the world who are in need.