Paulo Futre

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Paulo Futre

Full name	Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre
Date of birth	28 February 1966 (1966-02-28) (age 42)
Place of birth	Montijo, Portugal
Playing position	Winger/Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-84 1984-87 1987-93 1993 1993 1993-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998	Sporting FC Porto Atlético Madrid Benfica Olympique de Marseille Reggiana AC Milan West Ham United Atletico Madrid Yokohama Flügels	21 (3) 81 (25) 162 (38) 11 (3) 8 (2) 13 (5) 9 (0) 9 (0) 10 (0) 13 (3)
National team
1983-1995	Portugal	41 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre, (pron. IPA: ['paulu 'futɾɨ], (born 28 February 1966 in Montijo, Portugal) is a former professional footballer. He is commonly known as Futre.

Futre appeared in 1983 as a very young left winger in Sporting. When he requested a pay rise from president João Rocha he was turned down and soon left Sporting for FC Porto. In the following years he collected two Portuguese Championships and played in the 1987 European Champions Cup final won by Porto.

After that win he was traded to Atlético Madrid for a high fee. Once there he quickly rose to fan favourite status. However, the roughness of Spanish football left him with several knee injuries which tormented his career in the 1990's. In 1993 he arrived in a controversial deal to Porto and Sporting rivals SL Benfica, winning a Portuguese cup while there. Soon after his arrival he left but his knee problems never went away. After Benfica he signed one-season contracts with Olympique Marseille, Reggiana, A.C. Milan and West Ham United. Finally, he returned to Atlético Madrid, but ended his career with J. League side Yokohama Flugels. He was a director in Atlético Madrid until 2003, and now a real-estate developer in his home town of Montijo.

He was capped 41 times for Portugal (from 1983 to 1995), scoring six goals. He was a member of the Portuguese national team that competed in the Mexico'86 World Cup. His nephew, Artur Futre plays for Portuguese Liga Vitalis, (Portugal's second division) team, Desportivo das Aves. His older son Paulo has a rock band called fr1day. The younger son Fabio plays for Atletico de Madrid and has been called for the sub-17 Portuguese national football team.

[edit] Honours

European Silver Ball 1987
Portuguese Footballer of the Year 1986,1987
Portuguese SuperLiga with Porto 1985,1986
UEFA Champions League with Porto 1987
Portuguese Cup with Benfica 1993

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Paulo Futre career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Portugal squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Bento • 2 Pinto • 3 Sousa • 4 Ribeiro • 5 Álvaro • 6 Carlos Manuel • 7 Pacheco • 8 Frederico • 9 Gomes • 10 Futre • 11 Bandeirinha • 12 Martins • 13 Morato • 14 Magalhães • 15 Oliveira • 16 José António • 17 Diamantino • 18 Sobrinho • 19 Águas • 20 Inácio • 21 André • 22 Damas • Coach: Torres