Enzo Francescoli

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Enzo Francescoli
Full name	Enzo Francescoli Uriarte
Date of birth	November 12, 1961 (age 45)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Nickname	El Principe, Le Prince
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder / Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1982 1983-1986 1986-1989 1989-1990 1990-1993 1993-1994 1994-1997	Wanderers River Plate Racing Club Paris Olympique de Marseille Cagliari Calcio Torino FC River Plate	74 (20) 81 (43) 89 (32) 28 (11) 98 (17) 24 (3) 84 (47)* *^{[dubious — see talk page]}
National team²
1982-1997	Uruguay	73 (17)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 9, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player who retired in 1997.

His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Montevideo Wanderers. Francescoli played for Uruguay at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups. He played several years for River Plate of Argentina. He also played for the French Racing Club de Paris (Matra Racing Paris at the time), Olympique de Marseille, and the Italian teams Cagliari and Torino.

Francescoli was noted for his grace and fluid abilities on the ball. These qualities would later influence the style of French midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who has stated that Francescoli was his favorite player as a young boy and even named one of his sons Enzo.

Francescoli is known as El Principe (Spanish) or Le Prince (French), which means The Prince.

He is one of the few foreign players admired by most Argentine football fans. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is also Vice-President of GOL TV and Tenfield.

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South American Player of the Year 1984
Argentina Top Scorer 1985
Argentina Top Scorer 1986
Argentina Player of the Year 1986
France Foreign Player of the Year 1990
Argentina Top Scorer 1994
Argentina Top Scorer 1996
Argentina Player of the Year 1996
Foreign 3rd Top Scorer in Argentina
Foreign Top Scorer for River Plate
Confessed fan of famous uruguayan team Peñarol

Preceded by Sócrates	South American Footballer of the Year 1984	Succeeded by Julio César Romero
Preceded by Cafu	South American Footballer of the Year 1995	Succeeded by José Luis Chilavert

	Uruguay squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Rodríguez \| 2 Gutiérrez \| 3 Acevedo \| 4 Diogo \| 5 Bossio \| 6 Batista \| 7 Alzamendi \| 8 Barrios \| 9 da Silva \| 10 Francescoli \| 11 Santín \| 12 Alvez \| 13 Vega \| 14 Pereyra \| 15 Rivero \| 16 Saralegui \| 17 Zalazar \| 18 Paz \| 19 Ramos \| 20 Aguilera \| 21 Cabrera \| 22 Otero \| Coach: Borrás

	Uruguay squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Alvez \| 2 Gutiérrez \| 3 de León \| 4 Herrera \| 5 Perdomo \| 6 Domínguez \| 7 Alzamendi \| 8 Ostolaza \| 9 Francescoli \| 10 Paz \| 11 Sosa \| 12 E. Pereira \| 13 Revelez \| 14 Saldanha \| 15 Correa \| 16 Bengoechea \| 17 Martínez \| 18 Aguilera \| 19 Fonseca \| 20 R. Pereira \| 21 Castro \| 22 Zeoli \| Coach: Tabárez