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Enzo Francescoli Uriarte, nicknamed "El Príncipe", is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of Uruguay's and South America's greatest ever players. He represented his nation at two FIFA World Cups, in 1986 and 1990, also winning the Copa América in 1983, 1987 and 1995.
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Born 12 November 1961 · Q210083
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He is the most important businessman in my country, and built [his power] from nothing. He is involved in things that generate passion for football and carnival, and this creates divisions [of opinions]... he is a good person. The man helps more than people believe. Paco did not get up one day and said,
when I saw Francescoli play, he was the player I wanted to be. He was the player that I saw and admired at Olympique de Marseille, my idol when I played against him when I was at Juventus... Enzo is like a god.
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“He is the most important businessman in my country, and built [his power] from nothing. He is involved in things that generate passion for football and carnival, and this creates divisions [of opinions]... he is a good person. The man helps more than people believe. Paco did not get up one day and said,”
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“when I saw Francescoli play, he was the player I wanted to be. He was the player that I saw and admired at Olympique de Marseille, my idol when I played against him when I was at Juventus... Enzo is like a god.”
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– ironically, exactly 15 years to the day after the team had won the 1996 Copa Libertadores with Francescoli
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With the victory of their 15th Copa América title
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“s comment caused him sit in a corner of the Maracanã and cry. The 1995 Copa América on home soil under Uruguay”
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And he was also elected by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the sixth-greatest Uruguayan player and the 24th greatest South American player of the 20th century
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Won award: South American Team of the Year (1997).
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Won: Primera División with River Plate (1997).
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Won: Supercopa Sudamericana with River Plate (1997).
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Making him the most capped outfield player in Uruguayan international football at the time
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Won: Primera División with River Plate (1996).
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Won: Copa Libertadores with River Plate (1996).
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Won award: South American Team of the Year (1996).
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Won award: South American Team of the Year (1995).
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Won: Copa América with Uruguay (1995).
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Won award: Copa América player of the tournament (1995).
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Won award: South American Footballer of the Year (1995).
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Won award: Player of the Year of Argentina (1995).
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Finishing tenth in the Clausura, and seventh in the Apertura, while suffering a semifinal elimination against Colombia's Atlético Nacional in the Copa Libertadores
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Won award: South American Team of the Year (1994).
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Won: Primera División with River Plate (1994).
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Won award: Argentine Primera División top scorers (1994).
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At age 33, after an uninspiring season with Torino, Francescoli decided to return to Argentina to play for former team River Plate, where he had previously played his best football
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Played for Club Atlético River Plate (1994–1997) — 84 appearances, 47 goals.
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Francescoli accepted an offer from Turin side Torino, the most recent winner of the Coppa Italia
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Played for Torino FC (1993–1994) — 24 appearances, 3 goals.
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Did not play a single match), Francescoli carried his team to the Copa América final against Brazil, at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo
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Won: French Division 1 with Marseille (1989–90).
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Played for Cagliari Calcio (1990–1993) — 98 appearances, 17 goals.
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Played for Olympique de Marseille (1989–1990) — 28 appearances, 11 goals.
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Won: Copa América with Uruguay (1987).
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Won award: French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year (1987).
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Was elected the best foreign player in France
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Although Francescoli refused the offer
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Won: Primera División with River Plate (1985–86).
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Won award: Argentine Primera División top scorers (1985–86).
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And 1990, also winning the Copa América in 1983, 1987 and 1995
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A long established team which had been in a slump since the 1950s and had recently started a rivalry with its growing neighbour, Paris Saint-Germain founded in 1970, which had won the French title the previous season
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Played for Racing Club de France (1986–1989) — 89 appearances, 32 goals.
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Won award: Player of the Year of Argentina (1985).
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Francescoli was voted Argentina's best player, the first foreign player to be given the honour
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Won award: South American Footballer of the Year (1984).
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Won award: Argentine Primera División top scorers (1984).
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Won: Copa América with Uruguay (1983).
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Won award: Copa América player of the tournament (1983).
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Played for Club Atlético River Plate (1983–1986) — 113 appearances, 68 goals.
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Chose to stay at his high school football team while completing his studies, winning five championships
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Competing in a friendly tournament in India
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Played for Uruguay men's national football team (1982–1997) — 73 appearances, 17 goals.
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Won: South American Youth Football Championship with Uruguay (1981).
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Francescoli performed well for the team, which finished only behind Peñarol and Nacional
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Played for Uruguay national under-20 football team (1981–1981) — 10 appearances, 5 goals.
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One year after his professional debut, Francescoli joined the Uruguayan team that won the South American Under-20 Championship
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Played for Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club (1980–1982) — 74 appearances, 20 goals.
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Debuted with the Wanderers first team, achieving their best position since their fourth and last national title in 1931, a second-place finish
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Born 1961-11-12.
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The Brazilians took the lead, although they were the winners on this occasion
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