Enzo Francescoli | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Enzo Francescoli Uriarte | |
Date of birth | November 12, 1961 | |
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
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 Marseille Cagliari Torino River Plate |
74 (20) 81 (43) 89 (32) 28 (11) 98 (17) 24 (3) 84 (47) |
National team | ||
1982-1997 | Uruguay | 72 (15) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football player of Italian and spanish origin, who retired in 1997. He played 72 times for the Uruguay national team between 1982 and 1997, making him the most capped outfield player in Uruguayan international football.[1] He currently is the vice president of GOL TV and Tenfield.
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His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Montevideo Wanderers. He played several years for River Plate of Argentina where he won five league titles and the Copa Libertadores in 1996 in his two spells with the club.
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 played 72 times for the Uruguay national team scoring 15 goals, between 1982 and 1997. He made appearances at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups. He won the Copa América three times with Urugauy in 1983, 1987 and 1995, he also played in the 1989 and 1993 editions of the tournament.
He 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 was named by Pelé as one of the top 100 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Uruguay | League | Cup | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
1980 | Montevideo Wanderers | Primera División | ||||||||||
1981 | ||||||||||||
1982 | ||||||||||||
Argentina | League | Cup | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
1983 | River Plate | Primera División | 27 | 11 | ||||||||
1984 | 49 | 29 | ||||||||||
1985-86 | 37 | 28 | ||||||||||
France | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | |||||||
1986-87 | Paris | Division 1 | 35 | 14 | ||||||||
1987-88 | 28 | 8 | ||||||||||
1988-89 | 26 | 10 | ||||||||||
1989-90 | Olympique Marseille | Division 1 | 28 | 11 | ||||||||
Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1990-91 | Cagliari | Serie A | 33 | 4 | ||||||||
1991-92 | 33 | 6 | ||||||||||
1992-93 | 32 | 7 | ||||||||||
1993-94 | Torino | Serie A | 24 | 3 | ||||||||
Argentina | League | Cup | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
1994-95 | River Plate | Primera División | 16 | 12 | ||||||||
1995-96 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||||
1996-97 | 26 | 15 | ||||||||||
1997-98 | 22 | 13 | ||||||||||
Total | Uruguay | 74 | 20 | |||||||||
Argentina | 197 | 115 | ||||||||||
France | 117 | 43 | ||||||||||
Italy | 122 | 20 | ||||||||||
Career Total | 510 | 198 |
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