For his performances at Real, he received the 2001 | Prior to that, he won the 1991 FIFA Under-20 World Championships and Under-16 European Championships with Portugal junior sides alongside and |
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Figo is an ambassador for the Stop TB Partnership in the fight against | Figo is fluent in five languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian and French |
In his manifesto, Figo mentioned his support for expanding the World Cup to 48-team finals tournaments, and promised greater investment in grassroots football and national federations | However, Portugal fell behind 2—0 to hosts and Figo replaced Pauleta in the 77th minute, who handed him back the captain's armband to cheers from both Portuguese and German fans |
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Sport, Culture and Advertising: Identities, Commodities and the Politics of Representation | Considered an outsider compared to Blatter and the other two candidates — and — Figo withdrew from the election campaign on 21 May, stating that he did not want to be given "absolute power |
This has been said to please Figo, as he would have several Portuguese teammates during the remainder of his stay at Inter.
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