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Enzo Francescoli
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Enzo Francescoli Uriarte is a former Uruguayan football player of Italian origin, who retired in 1997. He currently is the vice president of GOL TV and Tenfield.
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.
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 Pele as one of the top 100 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
Titles
1981 South American Youth
1983 Nehim Cup
1983 Copa America
1986 Primera Division Argentina
1987 Copa America
1990 Ligue 1
1994 Apertura
1995 Copa America
1996 Apertura
1996 Copa Libertadores de America
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
Foreign Uruguayan Top Scorer in Argentina
External links
Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa America Enzo Francescoli listed in the top 10
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