Enzo Francescoli

Enzo Francéscoli Uriarte (born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player until his retirement in 1997.His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Wanderers. Francescoli played for Uruguay at the 1986 and 1990 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, something that he always wished as an italian decendent.Francescoli was noted for his grace and fluid abilities on the ball. These qualities would later influence the style of 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 players admired by most Argentine football team's fans, Uruguayans, and football fans around the world. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is also Vice-President of GOL TV and Tenfield.Clubs Year Team Matches Played Goals 1980-1982 Wanderers (Uruguay) 74 20 1983-1986 River Plate (Argentina) 81 43 1986-1989 Matra Racing Paris (France) 89 32 1989-1990 Olympique de Marseille (France) 28 11 1990-1993 Cagliari (Italy) 98 17 1993-1994 Torino (Italy) 24 3 1994-1997 River Plate (Argentina) 84 47TOTAL 510 198Titles 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 SudamericanaOther info Southamerican 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 Confesed fan of famous uruguayan team Peñarol