Luís Figo belongs to the record of sport as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Luís Figo as Portuguese football player (born 1972).
Luís Figo was born at Almada in 1972. His recorded nationality is Portugal.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
Luís Figo is described as association football player.
In sport the margin between the remembered and the forgotten is often a fraction of a second.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Ballon d'Or (2000).
That the work was done from Portugal matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Luís Figo is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Ballon d'Or — 2000
- Worked as association football player
