# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-figo
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:45:14.700Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-figo"
name: "Luís Figo"
slug: "luis-figo"
description: "A winger who committed to a bet he couldn't afford to lose — and triggered the most incendiary transfer in football history when he crossed from Barcelona to Real Madrid for a world-record fee, transforming from Camp Nou hero to the man pelted with a pig's head at his return."
tagline: "Portuguese football player (born 1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L._Figo_2017_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "PT"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1972-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
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  country:  30
  category: 222
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 4 November 1972, Luís Figo rose through Sporting CP before becoming the face of Barcelona alongside Rivaldo in the late nineties. In 2000, caught in a conditional agreement with presidential candidate Florentino Pérez — sign for Real Madrid if Pérez won, or pay a £22 million penalty — Figo made the €62 million leap that shattered a world record and a fanbase. He collected the Ballon d'Or that year, the FIFA World Player award in 2001, and Pelé's nod in the FIFA 100, while stacking silverware across Spain and Italy: four La Liga titles, a Champions League, four Serie A crowns with Inter Milan. For Portugal he earned 127 caps, scored 32 goals, and led the team to the Euro 2004 final on home soil and the 2006 World Cup semi-finals — the closest he came to international silver.