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Paulo Futre
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| Complete Name: |
Paulo Jorge dos Santos dos Santos
Futre |
| Nationality: |
Portuguese |
| Place of Birth: |
Montijo, Portugal |
| Date of Birth: |
28/02/1966 |
| Height: |
175 cm |
| Weight: |
72 kg |
| National Team: |
Portugal |
| Current Club: |
Retired |
| Position: |
Midfielder,�Attacking Midfielder,�Forward |
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Club career history
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| Sporting Lisbon
(Portugal), FC Porto (Portugal), Atletico de Madrid (Spain), SL
Benfica (Portugal), Olympique Marseille (France), Reggiana (Italy),
AC Milan (Italy), West Ham United (England), Atletico de Madrid
(Spain), Yokohama Flugels (Japan) |
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Honours
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Biography
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Jorge Paulo dos Santos Futre (born 28 February 1966 in Montijo,
Portugal) is a former professional footballer. He is commonly
known as Futre.
Appeared in 1983, as a very young left winger in Sporting Lisbon
with dazzling speed and dribbling abilities. However, when he
asked a pay rise to president Jo�o Rocha he was denied, and soon
left Sporting to FC Porto. In the following years he collected
two Portuguese Championships, and played a key role in the 1987
European Champions Cup final won by Porto, and played one
impressive solo where he missed a goal by inches after passing
by five Bayern Munich players.
After that win he was traded to Atl�tico de Madrid for a high
sum, where he rose to a fan favourite status. However, the
roughness of the Spanish football left him with several knee
injuries which tormented his 90's career. In 1993 he arrived in
a controversial deal to Porto and Sporting rivals SL Benfica,
winning a cup. Soon after his arrival, he left but his knee
problems not allowed him to settle, and played one-season
contracts with Olympique Marseille, Reggiana, AC Milan and West
Ham United. Finally, he returned to Atl�tico de Madrid, but
ended his career with J. League side Yokohama Flugels. Now, he
is a director in Atletico Madrid, and a respected football
personality.
He was capped 41 times for Portugal (from 1983 to 1995), scoring
six goals. He was also a controversial non-playing member in the
Mexico'86 World Cup. |
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