Club career:
Sporting CP:
Figo started his career at Sporting CP. He won his first senior international cap
in 1991. Prior to that, he won the Under-21 World Championships and
Under-16 European Championships with Portugal junior sides, alongside Rui Costa, João Pinto and he was also a significant part of Portugal's "Golden Generation".
FC Barcelona:
In 1995, Figo looked poised to join one of the big clubs of Europe, but a dispute between Italian clubs Juventus and Parma,
with Figo having signed contracts with both clubs, resulted in an
Italian two-year transfer ban on Figo, effectively stopping any moves to
Italy. However, the situation was eventually resolved for Figo, with a
move to Spanish club FC Barcelona for a £2.25 million fee,[2] under DutchJohan Cruyff. coach
It was with Barcelona from 1995 that his career really took off: Figo
won a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996–97, successive Primera División
titles and went on to appear 172 times for Barcelona, scoring 30 goals.
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