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[Awards Review]
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▶ Luis Figo is was announced as FIFA's World Player of the Year
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[2001/12/18 ]
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Luis Figo is was announced as FIFA's World Player of the Year, and became the first Portuguese player to receive the award.
The Real Madrid's player won ahead of England captain David Beckham, who plays for Manchester United over a lead of only 12 points. Figo's teammate ,Raul Gonzalez, was third.
"I'm delighted to receive this trophy." ,Figo said, "I'd like to thank my teammates for their support and help in winning it and I dedicate the award to them, to my family and to my friends, above all to my wife and daughter."
Figo added: "I think my two colleagues, and a lot more players throughout the world, deserve it just as much for the work we've all done in our teams. In the end, I was the one lucky enough to win it."
Luis Figo joins now to the hall of fame of world football, along side of some of the greatest footballer of the last decade:
Luis Figo 2001
Zinedine Zidane 2000
Rivaldo 1999
Zinedine Zidane 1998
Ronaldo 1997
Ronaldo 1996
George Weah 1995
Romario 1994
Roberto Baggio 1993
Marco Van Basten 1992
Lothar Matthaus1991 |
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