Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo
Portuguese football player and philatelist (born 1972) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Born
- 4 November 1972
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1989–2009
Clubs Sporting CP · FC Barcelona · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · Inter Milan
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
578
Club league goals
93
International caps
127
International goals
32
League goals / match
0.16
International goals / cap
0.25
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CPClub | 1989–1995 | League | 137 | 16 |
| Portugal men's national football teamNational team | 1991–2006 | Full caps | 127 | 32 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1995–2000 | League | 172 | 30 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 2000–2005 | League | 164 | 38 |
| Inter MilanClub | 2005–2009 | League | 105 | 9 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×4
La Liga
Domestic
- 1997–98 · FC Barcelona
- 1998–99 · FC Barcelona
- 2000–01 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 2002–03 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×4
Serie A
Domestic
- 2005–06 · Inter Milan
- 2006–07 · Inter Milan
- 2007–08 · Inter Milan
- 2008–09 · Inter Milan
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 2001–02 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 2002 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
UEFA European Championship
International
- 2004 · Portugal men's national football team
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 2000
- ×1
FIFA World Player of the Year
Individual award · FIFA
- 2001
Career timeline
1989
- Joins Sporting CP — Until 1995
1991
- Senior international debut: Portugal men's national football team — Until 2006
1995
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 2000
1998
- La Liga winner — 1997–98 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1999
- La Liga winner — 1998–99 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
2000
- Ballon d'Or — 2000(provisional)
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 2005
2001
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 2001(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 2000–01 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
2002
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2001–02 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 2002 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
2003
- La Liga winner — 2002–03 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
2004
- UEFA European Championship winner — 2004 · Portugal men's national football team
2005
- Joins Inter Milan — Until 2009
2006
- Serie A winner — 2005–06 · Inter Milan(provisional)
2007
- Serie A winner — 2006–07 · Inter Milan(provisional)
2008
- Serie A winner — 2007–08 · Inter Milan(provisional)
2009
- Serie A winner — 2008–09 · Inter Milan(provisional)
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
64.7
Rank #18
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 7% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence61.5+18.46 points
- Best window
- 2000–2004
- Individual award points in window
- 24
- Award availability in window
- 0.946
- Team honor points in window
- 23.5
- Peak index
- 37.12
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence75.0+18.76 points
- League goals per match
- 0.161 → 33.27
- International goals per cap
- 0.252 → 65.39
- International caps per year
- 7.94 → 90.63
Individual accoladesFull evidence41.9+8.39 points
- Contemporary award points
- 24
- Award availability coverage
- 0.891
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 26.93
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (2000)
- 12
- FIFA World Player of the Year (2001)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence65.9+9.89 points
- Team honor points
- 41.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- Intercontinental Cup (2002)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2001–02)
- 8
- La Liga (1997–98)
- 3
- La Liga (1998–99)
- 3
- La Liga (2000–01)
- 3
- La Liga (2002–03)
- 3
- Serie A (2005–06)
- 3
- Serie A (2006–07)
- 3
- Serie A (2007–08)
- 3
- Serie A (2008–09)
- 3
- UEFA European Championship (2004)
- 7
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence92.0+9.21 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 21 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 11 → 84
- International career length (years)
- 16 → 96.25
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Luís Figo (Q483145)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: L. Figo 2017 (cropped).jpgCC BY 4.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026