A teenager of outrageous talent and now one of the game's premier wide midfield players, Luís Figo relishes teasing defenders with his trickery and dribbling ability. The leader of the Portuguese 'golden generation', Figo won a FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991, the same year he made his debut for Portugal in a game against Luxembourg. After joining aged eleven, Figo made his Sporting Clube de Portugal debut when he was 16 in 1989 and went on to make 124 appearances, winning the Portuguese Cup and earning the captaincy before joining FC Barcelona in 1995. It was at Camp Nou that his career took off: Figo won a UEFA European Cup Winners' Cup in 1996/97, back-to-back Primera División titles and went on to appear 172 times for the Azulgrana, scoring 30 goals. In 2000, there was his controversial, world-record transfer to Real Madrid CF. The move caused outrage among Barcelona fans and many others baulked at the €65m transfer fee. Yet Figo justified the investment by helping Madrid to the Primera División title and UEFA Champions League semi-finals as well as winning the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award. In 2001/02, he went one better, playing through injury for an hour of the final against Bayer 04 Leverkusen as Madrid prevailed 2-1. In 2002/03 season, Figo played a major role as Madrid won the Spanish title, scoring ten times in 33 matches. In 2005 he went to Internazionale FC where he won four Italian titles in a row. On 16 May 2009, Figo announced his retirement from football, his final game was on the 31 May.