ENZO FRANCESCOLI

'Enzo Francescoli Uriarte' (born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football player who retired in 1997. He currently is Vice-President of GOL TV and Tenfield.

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Career

Titles

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Career

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.

Titles

★ 1981 South American Youth

★ 1983 Nehim Cup

★ 1983 Copa América

★ 1986 Primera División Argentina

★ 1987 Copa América

★ 1990 Ligue 1

★ 1994 Apertura

★ 1995 Copa América

★ 1996 Apertura

★ 1996 Copa Libertadores de América

★ 1997 Clausura

★ 1997 Apertura

★ 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana

★ 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

External links

★ Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Enzo Francescoli listed in the top 10