Just how GOOD was Luis Figo Actually?
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How good was Luis Figo actually? #GOAT
First episode of a documentary series where I plan to present all the greatest players of all time and then give them a score so a ranking of the best players can be created. In this episode we take on Luis Figo, the Portuguese prince of football who has been overshadowed by his heir Cristiano Ronaldo had his fair share of drama and controversy but he never left the pitch without delivering the magic dribbles and skills, he also scored his fair share of goals. See how he ranks and just how good was he. - Sport
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Pavel Nedves please
Roberto baggio please
@@simphiwemhlongo6943 might do him next actually, we'll see, was thinking of doing ryan giggs tho
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT are you Portuguese? I ask because your pronunciation of the players names is very good.
I liked everything about this video up until you talked about Inter. Most of Figo's titles while at Inter was won because of Calciopoli, and i wish some content creators would make an objective video about that subdject because most people don't know the truth. That Inter Milan, and Milan are the teams that should have been relegated in 2006, and not Juventus. In 2011 The second trial was held exonerating Juventus, but it could not change the verdict of the 2006 trial because the 2011 trial was concluded after Statute of limitation came into play. In 2013 Italy passed a new law. The freedom of information act allowing anyone to request access to official documents held by public authorities, and because of this new law we now have an article written by a Milan fan explaining what really happend back in 2006. Links to an article discussing the 2011 trial verdict, and the article Calcio's Greatest Shame below for anyone interested.
www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2011/07/05/2561307/revealed-inter-could-be-be-stripped-of-2006-scudetto
www.milanobsession.com/2014/07/calcios-greatest-shame.html
You greatly failed to mention the true reason of Figo exit for Real.
Figo was the best player in the world at that time and Perez made a proposition that he would TRIPLE his salary if he was elected and Figo accepted to sign for them.
Figo WENT TO THE BARÇA BOARD and told them what was going on.
Barcelona board thought this was a play from Figo's cam to get him a bigger contract as it was known that Figo was VERY underpaid. Furthermore, Barça didn't believe for a second that Perez would win much less that they would break transfer fee records and go to new salary heights for Figo.
They just didn't believe that Perez was about to start the never ending inflation in football with Luis Figo transfer.
Indeed, if we try to track the moment where record transfer fees and releases clauses started to be broken every single season, we get back to LUIS FIGO transfer to Real Madrid. Historically, this might have been the most relevant transfer in the history of sports as it as started a destructive habit that became a menace to the sustainability of the entire industry.
Now, this being said, Figo loved Barça and was HONORABLE to the point of asking them to somewhat match the terms in order for him to stay in Catalunha.
What else could he do? Refuse a monumental salary raise representing generational wealth for centuries of his descendants to come? And should he do so while being underpaid and for a board that didn't want him to get his money not believed his words?
Sorry but no. This wasn't a betrayal. It was a though decision that a man had to take. His sole loyalty is to his family and in that case we weren't talking about pennies of about a player at the end of his career. We are talking about a young player and the contract of his life.
Barcelona board has a long history to mishandling his greatest stars. Maradona, Ronaldo, Figo and Messi. All left in weird fashion.
Well Said!
Lies again? Forensics Is Gone
Figo betrayed Barca, Of course Madrid can offer him more money bc he doesn’t have dignity! Current Barca players like Messi, Iniesta, Puyol, Pedro, & Xavi won’t even join Madrid bc they have dignity and have more love & respect for Barcelona! Figo doesn’t that’s the difference
@@apmusic5873 yes greed over integrity is the reason why people hate him
@@apmusic5873 you know Figo personally? No.. Right, so I don't act like you know what he was thinkin'.
Figo also had two features that distinguish him from many other great players: 1) He never underperformed in a game. Even when his team lost, he was always one of the best players on the pitch. 2) He was never ever injured. It's remarkable how compared with other players in his time who always have to sit a couple of games out or even almost entire seasons (like Owen or Ronaldo R9) he never got an injury, not even for a couple of games which is normal if you think about most players careers.
Thats was more because while Figo's best role was as RW he was decent at any role in the midfield and Beckham was the new ticket seller and only perform good at RW, and Luxemburgo didnt really knew how to coach that team, he did had some injuries at least a time that a guy broke his nose at a champion league game if I recall right and some sort of problem with one of his legs during the 2002 world cup that he still managed to play but not a 100% He started the Galaticos and with 2nd year zidane they didnt really need more offensive galaticos, R9 was cool but was the beggining of the end of the Galaticos, and not because of the 1st ones but last ones, dont fix what aint broken kind of scenerio, should just have streghten the defense, and or a pure world class LW to not overload RC and it would be perfect, but no another less good rw (beckham) was better cuz it will sell many merchandise, and more strikers (owen) cuz r9 and raul are not capable :D bu well thats just my opnion
The betrayal was Barcelona president treating the Ballon D'or winner as 3rd rate player not deserving of a raise... Figo isn't Catalan either.
What did you expect? Barcelona was in a bind, unable to treat Rivaldo and Figo equally. Then Perez swooped in, fixing it in a shady manner to keep his promise to Madridista. Money talked, and Figo walked. That's just how it goes."
20 years at the top and an 8? Harsh!? Amazing how brilliant a player he was and how easily he has been forgotten. Crazy
4/10 for icon factor is harsh too
HE JOINED MADRID NOT MAN CITY
@@zaydali506 why put man city why the hate
@@samuelogunlere6589 because most people will never respect man city
@@thedefaultprince2643 why
It will not be mentioned in the 10 best of all time. But for me he is maybe the best winger of all time. His dribbling style was really unique, he could change direction very quickly and he was very beautiful to watch play. The moves were always perfectly executed and even if he wasn't the fastest, it was impossible to take the ball from him without fouling. He is a player that I come to see regularly on video because there are no two like him in the way he dribbles. He was also very intelligent in his passing. People may not realize it, but in the history of the Spanish championship, it is one of the greatest legends of all time. There is the fact that he wore the jersey of Barca and Real, but also because his level was always excellent, he rarely missed a match. Pure class player 🌟
figo was as iconic as it gets - 10/10
Luis Figo. In my opinion is the best RM of last 40 years. A very strong, genius and technical midfield ho was writeing with the other galacticos a unique history in european football.
Best Real Madrid?
@@jonathanclarke4529 best right mid
Barca were so entitled about Figo.
- Perez was willing to *quadruple* Figo's salary
- Perez was explicit in his promise to make Figo the first of his "Galacticos" vision, a promise he fully kept
- Gaspart didn't want to negotiate any sort of pay increase for Figo
- Gaspart didn't want to show any respect to Figo at all, frankly
- Gaspart is well established as an inveterate liar, both before and after the 'Figo Affair', nevermind during it
- Figo was a professional, and professionals measure career success by their compensation -- we _all_ do that
- Figo is a foreigner, with no rational incentive to be loyal to Catalonia -- he wasn't a native, he had no investment in the whole Catalonia vs Madrid cultural concept
Barca slandered Figo for a mercenary, and that's obviously BS codespeak for a man simply being the professional athlete that he was, while Barca essentially acted like he should've been honored to stay at the club for less money. It's utter nonsense. And Gaspart lied lied lied about the whole thing from the outset, desperate not to be blamed for losing Figo, and Barca's fans ate up those lies.
Figo could've easily stayed in Barca. All Gaspart had to do was make _some_ effort to communicate to Figo that Barca wanted him as much as Real Madrid did. But Gaspart couldn't be bothered, and Barca's fans have forever been too stupid to lay the blame for losing Figo where it actually belonged.
Well said sir and from what ive seen some Barca fans are still blind, its sad really the beautiful game of football being used as some hate train.
@@hankagura5355 just an excuse for people to let their dark side out
refpaycelona fans are the worst kind of football fans anyways
For more than 20 years Figo was considered to be impossible to defend and he was an assist machine for club and country.
I feel like he definitely deserves more credit than most people give him.
A player like that, if he performed in our time, would have a crazy recognition. In the 90's there was not yet internet and youtube. Zidane is more known and recognized because he won the world cup, but many players of that time were really excellent (the golden age of soccer for me) and yet don't have the recognition he deserves. Figo is recognized by his football mates as a legend, an outstanding player. Just see how R9, Guardiola, Roberto Carlos and Zidane talk about him. Figo has also won the golden ball and the fifa award, which gives him a lot of recognition.
He was so good I named 2 cats after him , 2nd one is still alive is 15 yo.
That's quite a tribute 😂😂
Yo I named my dog after him.
My future dog has always been named Figo.
@@BioHydroniC I named by dog as messi.
What’s is you a cat also
My favorite Portuguese player of all time, Figo, Rui Costa, Ronaldo that order. No disrespect to Ronaldo, i just grew up watching the magic of Figo and Rui Costa. *Honorable mention, Nuno Gomes*
Luis Nani?
@@louong93 The likes of Figo and Rui Costa and Ronaldo is legendary status, as good as Nani was he never came anywhere close to their level. Thats just my opinion
Chalana, Futre, João Vieira Pinto, Quaresma....
Let’s not forget legend Abel Javier
@@atuka9759 if we're getting into Abel than we'd have to mention Fernando Couto, Vítor Baía and a couple others...
Figo was one of the greatest of all time
Definitely not one of the greatest top 80 most likely
@@lxfj2128 what? name 30 better players
@@lxfj2128 u don’t have a clue
@@lxfj2128lol u never saw him play. His peak in 99/00 and 00/01. If Zidane is a top 5 then how is Figo #80. Figo was more deadly at Barca than Zidane at Juve or Real.
How good was Figo?? Absolutely phenomenal 👏
I remember Figo signing with Madrid back in 2000, it was a hype I've never experinced before as a football fan. He delivered in every way
He was definitely one of the best in his era not only by his football but also through his sustainability and consistency in the midst of so much pressure from many different directions.
This was some really good and informative content. This should have way more views.
Thanks man I try my best, lots of more videos coming soon, don't forget to like and subscribe
I know! But we have to understand Zlatan is still playing, you know...
😁
Was thinking the same. Good quality content. Needs more views. I’ve subscribed and I’m only a casual football fan. Love this channel though.
Real Madrid never played with wingers in their Galactico Era... they played 4-4-2 where Raul & Ronaldo stayed upfront and the likes of Zidane Beckham Figo & Guti were told to run the midfield and during that time any player from that 4 used to go out to play either as a No.10 or play wide as a RW or LF and that was the only reason why Madrid’s Galactico era failed because it had no balance...
All of them were told to create chances and that’s why the likes of Figo or Zidane didn’t scored so many goals but assisted like hell and Ronaldo-Raul in 4/5 season scored more than 200 goals individually
I have started from the beginning and I’m glad you have made it on a Portuguese great.
It's crazy to think that people actually watch my videos like a Netflix TV show, thanks man, it means a lot
Thank you for making these videos.
Footballers need to make they're money, its their choice if they wanna transfer despite being rivals. What would you do if you got offered 62 mil for another of the one of the best clubs in the world. Figo always has a special place in my heart, hes the GOAT.
Bro you are made huge improvements since this video. Respect
5 for finishing? Never scored more than 14 goals a season. Hes a winger and thats a very good amount of goals for a winger.
@XDNOPES YT it is. For a winger 14 goals a season is really good and then add assists. 5 for finishing isn't right
@XDNOPES YT it is, because he is a playmaker winger
@xdnopesyt2213those days it was notable.
Nice content, would love it if u talked about the great maestro Michael Laudrup, on of the greatest and most underrated. (Iniesta’s idol 2, tells alot)
I'm open to do videos like this about anyone, my objective is to one day be able to say that I have reviewed all of the greats
(subscribe for more content)
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT still waiting, he was the deciding factor between Real and Barca for many years
Keep this up my man!!! Love your videos. From West Michigan.....us......Thank you for what you do
Judging by your accent, I'm very sure you are Portuguese. Great job with this channel, keep going! 😁
He is... why he says Sporting Lisbon is the real mistery though
I get the feeling this guy doesn't like Figo
Same. 4 out of 10 in Iconic gives it away.
Why would he like a trator
My football hero growing up.....
Great contents...subbed.
Truly a LEGEND 🤜🏻🤛🏻
A legend that betrayed his own kind💀
Great analysis. Consider doing a video review for Nedved, Ian Wright, Alvaro Recoba and Zamorano.
Great channel! Keep it up
Já percebi que és português mas tens um excelente vocabulário em inglês. Parabéns.
Obrigado, eu tento o meu melhor
O sotaque e pronunciares bem os nomes portugueses denunciaram-te🤣
One of the greatest Portuguese soccer players of all time
Soccer ❌
Football ✅
Figo:simple the best. N7 Who does it like HE did until 36, with the same drible? Given personality and talent... Give me Figo every day...
Good video although Makelele being ignored seems dirty, he practically shielded the midfield so Figo and Zidane could attack more freely and backtrack little.
Once Beckham came in and Makelele went to Chelsea the team started to struggle and no manager could fit hard-working but unmarketed talents like Cambiasso or Gravesen, who often got subbed to give more time to the stars like Beckham and McManaman being infamously used as defensive midfielders.
And Figo could dribble at walking speed as he did in Italy, Messi cannot. A very rough assessment for someone who often fought (and won) against Zidane and Ronaldo Nazario for glory.
Figo and Rivaldo are 2 of the most underrated greats to play the game imo.
Yes. Both were every inch as good as Zidane or Ronaldinho.
Figo the best technical player for Portugal. Also an excellent dead ball specialist. Also Beckham was a very good player too and his private life overshadowed him but still a good player and England would not have made the 2002 World Cup without him.
This is 100% facts most gifted Portuguese player of all time so elegant and beautiful to watch
@@brandao76 👍
Start of something greattt
Legend
In that generation my favorite player was Zidane and after Zidane it was Figo. Even in this generation I only see Ronaldo and Messi above him.
Man legend.when I was teenager I was in love with him
great video!
Thanks, there's one more coming tomorrow, it's about Ibrahimovic
I remember wearing his real Madrid jersey in Italy recently moving from Morocco and Figo in Italy means good looking guy. I can tell the girls were impressed!
It was a very good video, but lost interest when you started rating the player. Facts made the video good.
Legend was born
I'm a Chelsea fan ans I remember the early days of Real Madrid. I remember the 0-0 draw were the pig heads was on the feild. I also remember him hitting the bar from a corner that match. I was a young boy, but I use to watch Real Madrid alot back then in the early 00s. Great to be in those ps2 days on pes.
Great videos ..not sure on ur ratings .but great watch
great!
He and Robinho I admired. I am a fan of wingers that bamboozled defenders.
idk man his icon factor is 10/10 for me bro his transfer scandal was the first and biggest of its kind and noones can forget, he was the first player to cross 50 + mill barrier transfer fee, i think you are a biased barca fan who seems upset, his dribbling was always on point, he fuckin glided past defenders dude, idk what football you watched man, some sad ratings, even for thierry henry sad ratings man
Good video, but maybe a bit harsh. Figo is well remembered for his dribbling abilities and is regularly cited as one of the greatest wingers of all time. Icon factor: at least a 7. I feel he should approach an 80 score overall. Some player suggestions: Laudrup, Rui Costa, Garrincha, Zidane, Rivaldo, Eusébio. They all relate to Figo one way or another in my mind and I'm curious to see how you compared them. Vota Chega!
Totally agree that he deserves higher (I'm portuguese too BTW) I am thinking about making a video with adjustments to the ratings (Ronaldinho deserves higher too) exactly I think he should be 80 and Ronaldinho a bit higher than 80
Owh also, I'll take into consideration those suggestions, I've already planed to make Eusébio and Zidane so those should be coming sooner
Would rather watch Figo than Neymar tbh
80 LOL. Figo for me was better than Cristus Penaldos
@@marjansarec2337 how many times did Ronaldo knock your team out of qualifiers for tournaments? Lol
Can you do Alan Shearer next? I think his career is quite a curious case.
I think "icon status" biases the final score towards larger football nations
Luis Figo ❤️
He was injured in 01/02 and that was the only season i saw him go "missing" nearly in a few big games. His worst season.
Legend Figo
I'm 45 and Figo has been the best winger I've ever seen in my life.
birth of a legend
the real legend
i watch figo early 2000 hes good playmaker
As a Greek damn I remember every minute of that euros final...hellas ole ole
My stand out memory of him (as a United fan) was how many stepovers he did. Used to really annoy me.
What does someone need to get a 10/10 on longevity? also icon rating was harsh
Lovely video from a portuguese speaker, if I can catch your accent correctly, am I right?
4 on a icon factor??? Ur crazy... Never really saw Him playing have u? Ballon d'or should suffice. 4? Crazy?
yeah he nerferd him a lot with those stats
One of my nik names 👏👏
Heavily underrated...💔
Please do a video on Raul Gonzalez
He deserves a much higher score!
Master
No bro Figo will always be remembered as a GREAT even amongst the new generation.
Next video Recommendation-Video on tony Adams
Plzzzzzzzzz🙏🙏🙏
Otherwise great, but leave the last part out where you give those points.
Sérgio Conceição, Paulo Futre, Fernando Chalana, Simão Sabrosa. João vieira Pinto, Rui Costa e Paulo Sousa!!!
My childhood hero
The betrayal is from the fans not being in debt towards a player that was there for years. The hatred against another team is just not something anyone should bow for. Politics and sport need to be seperated. Barcelona fans betrayed a player not vice versa.
Can you please do one on Di Stéfano
one day, ill keep him in mind
Greatest Real Madrid player ever
Should be 76 with 6 points for icon factor, 4 is too harsh
i cried when he moved to Real Madrid T_T
Ik a better club
@@kyrlosemad8617 Barca >>>>> Real Madrid
@@fargo1234 clowns have been licking Real Madrid's boot for two years straight now, haven't won UCL in past 7 seasons. That club is in ventilation, barely surviving by one player, who has also lost his touch recently.
@@Gamerloaders oh has he? That clown is the favourite for the ballondor
@@aliyannadeem1104 you mean the dwarf actor?
Can you do one about Zidane?
❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Fogo
Pls do sadio mane 🥺😢🙏🏾🙏🏾 and your old song pls
Excelente jogador mas um peseteiro..🤘
Do a video of roque Santa Cruz
Cristiano Honaldo will also have a vidoe
Yea that’s true real was struggling and Perez wanted to make him and love him had a conscience as he found it hard to leave when I first saw him I thaught who is this he looks like John travolta and the kits suited him when he had rivaldo the two colours as I didn’t receive Spanish football my mate did the point he wanted to be valued which I get like in all walks off life the Netflix documentary about him really gave him a chance to say his side
When you Said at 7:20 “that might be the biggest upset in european football”. I disagree, now keep in mind in ‘84 and ‘86 denmark had a deadly and one of the strongest teams, with some of my favourite players ever. In ‘92 we didn’t really have a great team, dont get me wrong it was strong, but it didn’t Seem like much. But we beat a french team that had names like Jean-Pierre Papin, Eric Cantona, Didier Deschamps and Manuel Amoros, a dutch team with Hans Van Breukelen, Marco Van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank De Boer, Ronald Koeman, Ruud gullit, Frank rijkaard, and a German team with Jürgen Klinsmann, Jürgen Kohler, Mathias Sammer, Lothar Matthäus, Stefan Reuter and Berti vogts as their manager. If those three aren’t the biggest upsets i dont know what is.
Unfair as usual
What happen to the word ' professional' in the word ' professional footballer' ? If Barcelona so loyal to their fans , why are the fans paying expensive tickets to watch those matches ? It should be free isn't it ?
Do ryan giggs
XDD
How good was don Elias Figueroa? The best almighty defender
I see you are a fellow Portuguese
Sou sim senhor
I see you are a fellow MF Doom enjoyer
@@ylonmc2 i see you're both
A mercenary, realy, mate!!!!!!!!!
As far as i know, its called, being a professinal football player.
Like in any other profession, you chose, whos give the better conditions, including money.
Get a grip, mate.
Tu es Portugues?
Throwing a pig's head was savage though 😂😂😂
Paulo Sousa, Rui Costa, J. V. Pinto e Luis Figo... smart career moves aside for me that's the natural order of talent, class and football IQ of our GOLDEN generation X . ;-)
You're trying too hard to look like the smartest guy in the room.
@@pmaigotthat7211 why there's always haters?! Wouldn't be easier just to say I agree or i don't agree?!... If you don't like my opinions do not read them...that easy!
@@eduardocachim if you dont want to be criticized or challenged dont post on the internet. Save that attitude for your poor wife.
@@pmaigotthat7211 I am the same age, from the same country, followed their careers since even before 1991 under 20 nworld cup final in the old Estádio da Luz where i was amongst a record 130 000 people watching the game! You don't Effin' know me, so if you want to challenge my opinion it's all good, if you just wanna show how rude, basic and ignorant you are, then by all means criticize me (a man that you know nothing about)!
@@pmaigotthat7211 Might not be the smartest in the room, but definitly the smarter of the 2!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOOL You lazy B#&ch.
Watching him was clearly different.
NExt: Adrian Ilie
you gave 5 for finishing? You're delirious
yeah i know, the scale was tougher back when i starte dmaking these videos, gotta make a video about balancing the rankings