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Article #398: Soccer - Figo's Career End?

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The Portuguese national player and impossible. Inter Milan announced on its
midfielder who plays for the Italian web site that Figo is going to be
champion Inter Milan, Luis Figo, broke operated next Tuesday, November 6th, to
his right calf several times last Sunday. stabilize his leg. Figo would have been
From all the possible days this could glad about a couple of additional active
happen it did on his 35th birthday while years in the US and said: "I could
at the league game against Juventus Turin imagine myself playing one more year in
when he hurtled with the Czech Pavel Los Angeles next to David Backham." They
Nedved. He will probably be out of the had played together already with Real
action until the end of the year. Madrid. Unfortunately so far he hasn't
The other player Pavel Nedved, who plays got any chance yet.
as midfielder for Juventus since 2001, Figo, who was born in 1972 in Almada,
had to serve already a sentence of two Lisbon; was a star already at an early
weeks without play and other two games, age. With only twelve years he was signed
because he got the red card in the game by the Sporting Lissabon for the youth
against the FC Genua after an elbow club and achieved third place at the FIFA
check. World Championship 1989 with his
It was the first game since a year that Portuguese U16-Team. In 1991 he won his
both teams met again. It seemed to be the first Junior Word Championship in
game of the year, as all the Italians, Portugal with the U20-Team. Back then he
fans or no fans seemed to be excited to was 19 years old and was already
watch this special match. In TV internationally known. In 1995 he changed
commercials it says: "This is the game we over to FC Barcelona and became the best
had all waited for from a year!" Back football player ever.
then it was speculated that for many After he was elected to Europe's best
years Turin hasn't won their titles with football player of the year he changed
fair methods. Inter always came in a over to Real Madrid for a record amount
close second. Last year Juventus got of 60 Million Euros. The following year
convicted of referees' manipulations and he was elected to the World's best
they had to hand over the already football player of the year. For the
celebrated championship title to Inter Italian team Inter Milan Figo only played
Milan. for two years. His last big appearance
Luis Figo's contract with Inter expires with his home country Portugal was in the
at the end of this season. After the World Cup 2006 when Portugal lost at the
bursted changeover to Saudi-Arabian team third-place play-off against Germany with
Al-Itthihad Figo's early career end 1:3.
considering his mayor injury doesn't seem






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