Then he refused to play with the n16, stormed out of the stadium shouting that Pele, Maradona and Eusébio were the 10 and not 16. Because of that a young player that had been drinking in the boxes thinking he wouldn't be able to play was called up to fill for him. Ended up to play half drunk at the end of the game. That was the first ever game of Rio Ferdinand.
One thing you may not know.. Futre is a fantastic storyteller.. and with humor.. He has that kind of personality that grabs everybody's atention.. Even those who don't like football can be found listening him and his fantastic stories about football... and by the way.. i'm from Sporting, and i was a kid when he played for us, and yes, it was amazing to see him play.. and it was so hard to see him play for Porto... we found him, we embraced him, we loved him, but we lost him too soon.. after him, we had Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo (among many many others great players) but we never emotionally recovered from that lost.. Quaresma is another that we lost at the start of his rising, Nani is another.. Simão Sabrosa is another.. Frank Rijkaard (from ajax) was another.. And the list is long.. very long ... We had so many world-known stars..
You can actually see how much of his game he based on Maradona (many of his movements / dives / celebrations are pure Diego). It does seem that he had a crazy football IQ, very fast and skilled but sadly a bit too weak genetically (and yes, he took some REALLY bad challenges!) for the top flight game.
that's a good change in football that often gets overlooked. Some of the tackles in the 80's/90's were criminal and almost never were punished accordingly. This also made stuff like what happened to Futre possible, cutting careers for amazing players short and effectively diluting the game.
Brasilian Ronaldo as well, even though he was one of the best, we never saw his full potential. There is a reason "ronaldo before injury" videos exist.
Not just 80's and 90 but in 70's and 60's as well... but I concede it got worse after the introduction of substitutions, many read that as a free pass to injure an opponent under the excuse of "no worries, they'll just sub him"...
I agree that football has become less dangerous, but van Basten already had a problem with his ankle when he started to play as a little kid. In fact his physician warned him than that if he would play, he would run the risk of not being able to walk normally as an adult, which in fact came true as his ankle has now been completely medically immobilized to relieve the pain. (Also, i wonder how damaging it was for both players to play with painkillers and cortisone injections for a very long time ;) )
Great to see Futre getting some of the recognition he deserves.I can remember him coming on as a substitute against England in the 1986 World Cup and completely dominating the English defence. He is one of the greatest talents to have emerged from Portugal. Great tribute.
He's probably a top 5 (or around that player) for our country. He was definitely one of the best players in the world when he played for Porto and for Atletico Madrid. The portuguese national team wasn't the best from all our generations and together with the injury he had, his career got overlooked and disrespected. I'd say Ronaldo, Figo, Eusébio are ahead of him in my country but he's in that conversation with Rui Costa, Bernardo Silva, Pepe or Moutinho, for me personally.
@@RafaelOliveira-gb3ms bernardo silva? é melhor o helder postiga, simao, deus patricio, pauleta, maniche, deco, ricardo carvalho, ricardo, petit, na minha opiniao esses todos foram mais importantes que o bernardo silva pela seleção
Saw him in the flesh for west ham, still had a flow and a grace that made football into the beautiful game. Definitely a world class legendary player videos can never do justice to just how good he was
At the start of video i already said to myself , who care about a "next Maradona" if he don't reach that potential , ..i gotta say i didn't knew about Futre but what i can obviously see now , is that wherever this man goes teams start win matches and trophies , impressive , the type of player that can play in whatever team anytime , anyplace....legend
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYTYou kinda disrespected Gullit which I dont appreciate, I get that your Portoguese but the bias is clear 90% of the people you used who said "that ballon dor was robbed" were also Portuguese. Gullit > Futre.
@@hankagura5355 not necessarily true. Were alot of fellow players, coaches, from other nations, even from Italy where Gullit played his club football when he won the Ballon D'or , who said Futre should have won it that year.
@@jshsvsjejed6960maybe i wasn't as hardcore as you, it was a shame that i didn't get the chance to watch him , but i had been enjoying the ride so far, wish you the same too bro
The greatest Portuguese player of his generation. He was Figo's idol, as well as the idol of many of the "golden generation" players that followed him in the 90's. He was the first proverbial "Portuguese winger", a template many Portuguese players would follow, including Figo, and later Cristiano Ronaldo. First a winger, then midfield or centre-forward.
That is wrong. Portugal always had amazing wingers, seems like that's the position we develop the best talent. José Augusto and Simões were world class in the 60's, and Chalana in the late 70's was the man who made Futre kneel , as he was his Idol. Too bad there is almost 0 videos on the first 2, seeing as Eusébio and Coluna were the Best players in Benfica at the time and all lights were in them, and very few of Chalana, aside from his brilliant euro 84 campaign. Futre was the first to shine outside the country, and probably the most talented and gifted ever Portuguese player, that much is true.
@@belianthir We also had the young transmontano Pavão of FCPorto, who died at the age of 26 of a heart attack during a game in 1973. He was coveted by Man.United at a young age... He was a midfielder, but he played like a typical winger, quick, a dribbler, with good vision of the game, strong and he was like a pure captain type.
You Portuguese are incredible at producing players, and I'm argentine! Really the one country that deserves at least a WC FInal appearance, and ahead of a few countries that actually got one (or two)
@@VoldnarokActually I think Portugal had a great chance in the Qatar world cup too. In the group stage and second round, they were the best team along with Brazil Argentina and France. But a combo of luck and nerves caused that heartbreaking defeat to Morocco. I think Portugal would have stretched France to breaking point and anything could have happened in the final. You had an excellent team, maybe this was a chance wasted even more than 2006. Let's hope they win the euros.
yeah, with the FIFA and argentinians manipulating the results - like putting an Argentinian referee in the game between Marocco and Portugal in the quarter finals - a totally dirty game, for the glory of the mafioso called Messi
Even though I’m Dutch and Gullit & Van Basten are my 2 favourite players; I ALWAYS WAS FUTRE PLAYING AT MY LOCAL PLAYGROUND. His skill, dribbling & goals were just awesome.
Funny because I am Portuguese and I was Van Basten when playing on the streets. I was too young when Futre was in its prime (I was born in 1984) so I only remember him clearly when he signed for Benfica, far from his best form. But damn, he was good, I'd say the most talented Portuguese player of all time. And humble too, we don't give him enough credit.
On top of all the "i remember him" comments, i'll be honest and confess ive never heard of him before this, despite being a lifelong football fan. Great channel brother ❤
My childhood idol. What a monumental talent. If someone like him appeared today there would be not enough money on earth to buy him. It's truly a shame that his first major injury happened at 27 when Figo, Rui Costa, Paulo Sousa, Vítor Baia, Fernando Couto etc. were starting to dominate the main national team. Imagine that golden generation with a prime Futre... Figo and Futre on the wings, and a Midfield of João Pinto, Rui Costa And Paulo Sousa. That would be the greatest Midfield on earth by a huge margin.
Oh meu deus! Você disse as palavras apropriadas aqui! If Futre was there in prime time it would have been an unstoppable force! Tackles in that era were atrocious! Very sad to see such a demise of probably the greatest player that never was. But we know Futre was just an amazing and incredible player! As a kid I remember watching the golden gen win the under 21s world cup and they said this was the team to beat! Man I miss that! But we got a sweet win for the euros!!! Prazer amigo!
@@andrecardoso6941 Futre was great, legendary. But he's no where near Messi or Ronaldo and neither ever costed 200m as well. I think Mbappe and Haaland will surpass him easily in terms of achievements, legendary status and individual brilliance as well. Mbappe is probably ahead of him already due to his obvious brilliance and World Cup performances. Respect Futre, but don't overrate him like that. Nostalgia doesn't make football better
He was a god at Atleti, my childhood idol. Legendary status at this club, we love him to death. I met him at a training session and shook his hand in late 97, when he returned to Atleti.
I remember the goals of Futre and Schuster in the Copa Final against Marid...one of my foundest and sweet Football memories from my childhood. The Triumph of good against Evil
@@tristanherb49 But the real evil is Atlético.....jokes aside, never gonna understand the bout from Atlético fans. It's like your neighbor have something against you but you see them 2 times in a year and, well you try to behave and things like that but he is offended for all eternity and tries to kill you. Because 50 years ago something happened.....and no one remembers what.
@@tristanherb49 When you say a sport club is "evil" I hope you're referring to someone in particular, because the players and the associates can't be all "evil" just because someone do something you deemed evil. And I was writing that as a joke respond to some comments in this thread. But when someone call a sport club "evil" seriously, well, I tend to think that person is detached from reality. I hope that's not your case.
Fully agree. Futre is BY MILES the greatest talent ever from Portugal. There is a great difference between being the most talented, and the best player...
In 93-94 I've "played" ball with him, Figo, Paulo Sousa, Rui Costa, Chalana was there too, Couto, Bento, Baia, Neno, Oceano, Rui Aguas, J.Pinto and a bunch of other national team players. Someone reading this who went to ESA, ESS or ESC of Margem Sul, can atest has they will remember Seixaliadas at the time. Many of them were from the great Lisbon area and one of my teachers at the time is Figo godfather. We have an event dedicated to sports every year, the Seixaliadas, and he arranged with the municipality and Selecao Nacional for them to come to the event. They first stopped at our school unannounced and we got to kick some balls with them! Kid's dream man, it was nuts.
This TH-cam Channel always brings back so many memorys i thought i had lost and always reminds me of why i fell in love with this sport in the first place. THANK YOU.
Paulo Futre played for my club FC Porto. We became European champions in '87 with him. The older ones, there isn't one who doesn't say how much of a genius he was at his best. That left foot of his was something absurd. What ruined his career were the serious injuries; otherwise, he would certainly have had a career at Maradona level ....and R. Costa was good, but Futre was on another level.
@@Dante--X You are just as deluded as your reply,bad friend!!!When that voting process happened,I would never hesitate to vote for Paulo Futre but you just live your delusional life,bad friend!!!🤣🤣
This is the reason why I love playing Fifa (FC now), because I never heard of some of the newer Icons/Heroes and then I end up watching an amazing informative video about them
Paulo Futre, motivo por el que nací siendo del Atleti. Mi padre llegó de Portugal y eligió el club de Futre. Club para siempre de nuestros amores. Gracias Paulo por todo
phenomenal documentary! what a class he was! if admiration came from Maradona himself.. you got to believe it. Just unfortunate injury curtailed his career!
I remember him at Atletico de Madrid.......best player in the Spanish league at that time (and probably Europe).....great to watch even though I’m not not an Atleti fan.....
Futre foi dos jogadores underated na história, ''em Portugal '' parece que só os espanhóis viam a grandeza dele !!! Jogou nos 3 grandes de Portugal, se não fosse a lesão que teve ainda tinha conquistado o futebol italiano no Milan , dos jogadores com o toque mais bonito de bola que por aí já apareceu , Futre foi único 💥
Futre para mim pessoalmente foi o melhor jogador Português. Se joga-se hoje, não havia dinheiro para pagar a um craque como Futre. Eu jogava nos infantis do Sporting e ia 2 horas mais cedo so para ver Futre treinar nos juniores, eu e muitos dos meus colegas de equipa. O futebol violento dos anos 90 destruiu a carreira de Futre, ninguem o conseguia parar. No futebol atual dos ""velocistas"" e sem violencia, Futre seria imparável!!!
To begin with i would like to congratulate you on your really informative and intresting content as well as suggest a video idea on Georgios Karagounkis... a legend that hardly anyone knows but he had a wonderfull career
I saw Futre playing in in the end of his carreer, his knee was a problem but the cocaine, poor career choises and the horrible takles of the time made his desteny. Undoubtedly a magnificent talent with lots of dribling, speed and power shots.
Não há de ter sido fácil ter tudo e saber que poderia ter tido mais se não lhe tivessem dado cabo do joelho... O psicológico abala e a mente refugia-se em alternativas.
I hated when he came to my team, Benfica... I knew he was only half a player because of his injuries! Then I saw that Cup Final and I had to surrender. He was a genius even with those limitations.
amazing video!! would be nice to see one about Futre's Idol, the amazing Fernando Chalana!! I didn't watch Chalana play, but from the videos I saw of him they were both very similar players. Keep up the great content!!
Isso nao é verdade. Futre teve a oportunidade de jogar em Portugal pelos 3 grandes. Foi sempre bem sucedido e recebido. Será sempre uma grande referencia no futebol Portugues.
@@joaocabrita5220 Ainda que isso seja verdade, Ele não tem 1/10 do reconhecimento que merecia em Portugal! O que é uma pena! Para mim foi o jogador que me fez gostar de futebol!
Não concordo, não conheço ninguém, seja porto, sporting ou benfica que não o admire em todos os aspectos. Agora, jogou numa era diferente, muito menos mediática, sem redes sociais, tinham uma visibilidade muito menor que hoje.
Was there at Jamor on that Portuguese Cup final. Probably his last big performance. What a player he was. He destroyed Boavista. There was also a young Rui Costa in that team. Rui Costa was great at seeing the game, the maestro but Futre was the can opener. He was incredible in his dribble. Great video.
when i was a kid, and we would play the first football game of the school year, the best player of the game had claim to call himself Futre for the rest of the year. 30 years later, we still call him Futre. (he was the best untill we left school...)
I grew up watching both play. Both were cult heroes of mine. Just missed Futres time in Portugal + first couple of seasons at Letti(so arguably missed his best time). I started watch La Liga from 89/90 onwards. My memory is that his decline had started by then(early/mid 20s ... injuries, not looking after himself/smoking etc). He was still World class at times(copa etc) but was already a bit of a forgotten legend outside of La Liga & Portugal. When he moved to West Ham I remember telling people what a great player he was(when on form), & then been very disappointed in his time there. Rui Costa was consistently excellent. I loved him at Fiorentina. I was actually disappointed he moved to Milan as Fiorentina also had that cult status. However the move to Milan, arguably a bigger club, actually made him even better. They were different styles of players/different positions so Ive never ever thought of comparing them before, or picking one over the other. TBH I hate doing that with any players. Futre was a better dribbler/more dynamic/possibly had a higher peak etc but Costa was pure class & had longevity. Such an elegant player. If I HAD to pick one Id just go for Costa coz he was always brilliant & seemed to get better and better with age.. Both were World Class on their day tho. Gullit was also an unreal athlete and player. Plus a total icon as well. His Ballon Dor win does seem very suspicious that season but overall he was right up there with the very very best of his generation. Three great players & three legends of the game.
As a Portuguese national, I was incredibly happy for him and FC Porto when they beat Bayern. Thst gsme is engraved in my memory. Futre and Atletico were a good mix, but Gil y Gil was a corrupt demagogue and played his part in wearing down one of Portugal’s best.
Search for Daniel da Cruz Carvalho, another genius who grew up at Sporting CP and you will see what's handsome. Like Futre he also went to Atletico, West Ham and Benfica and retired at just 27 because he was more interested in other things. When he arrived at West Ham, the press said "lock up your daughters because Dani has arrived"
Around 1986, almost every soccer ball in Mexico had the name or brand "FUTRE". I had always thought that "FUTRE" was just a brand, I had never heard of the soccer player, until now.
I'm 50 and without doubt Futre is one of the best players I've ever seen play. Like Maradona and Messi he just made playing look easy, the greatest players have that ability
@@yourlord4096 Churchill flertou fortemente com o nazismo, assim como a família real e grande parte do poder económico britânico, durante a ascensão de Hitler. Ele era um anticomunista. Foi graças ao exército vermelho e aos milhões de vidas dos vários povos soviéticos que os fachos não varreram a Europa e hoje não estás aí a falar alemão.
I remember signing this guy on Fifa 96 back in the day. He became a legend for me and my favourite player in the game. Popping in goals left and right. Used always sign him
Futre is one of the few players that all of the portuguese fans adore...an exemple out and in the pitch regardable of the colour of the team jersey. In my opinion one of the best football players of all time....the way that he passed the defense with his left foot is incredible.
He played in the roughest of times of the Spanish championship... Those defenders were pure assassins! I remember being a kid and felling disgusted when we got to see any colchonero's game. Pure massacres. But that tackle in Italy should have seen the defender expelled permanently!
We need this videos in Portuguese! My kids love football and to know football players from the past times, but they don't understand English, and the subtitles run to fast for them!
It was sad that he injured his knee on his Reggiana debut. It was a beautiful goal and he could have really given a small club like that a great image boost.
I’m a huge portugese league fan( I support Benfica ), and hands down, what a player he was! Sporting must be kicking themselves in the head, not keeping him. 🖤❤️
I am 48 and had the big privilege to watch Paulo Futre playing. His talent was someting only matched by Maradona, maybe Ronaldinho and more recently by Messi. I would even say Maradona is probably the most similar to Futre's skills. Apart from Eusébio (finished career before I was born), no other Portuguese player can be compared to Futre's talent! Pitty that Futre, after winning Champions with Porto in 1987, aged 21, decided to accept a millionaire proposal from Atlético Madrid, when it was not a majour team in Europe. Eventhough he was a huge star there, he didn't have the visibility CRonaldo had in Manchester and Real or Figo in Barcelona and Real, 10 or 20 years later. Also, Futre played in a Portuguese national team with good players, but without the professionalism and orgnanizational high standards it has since the 2000s ... Thanks for the video, a nice tribute to this forgotten football genius!!!
Italy, Germany, England had insane tackless that of which today would easily be handed a red + months of suspension for asaillant on premise of atempted murder...80's90's
People watching this, should really go see Barbosa Futbol's video of his highlights on youtube. I had heard of him many times but you need to see the man in action to really get a feel for just HOW good he was. Guy was a monster!
That's mostly because our federation didn't care much about the national team until the early 90s when we won back to back u20s wc the last being played in Portugal, it was there when the general people in Portugal started carrying more about the national team +
+back then people in Portugal cared more about club football and that influenced directly our national team because the players that were from diferent clubs in Portugal didn't santa to be playing with players who played for the rival team for example And also the clubs commonly didn't let their best players go to the national team when the call up had more players from the rival team than theirs Nowadays that doesen't happen anymore but the progression of Portugal as a national team was delayed many dacades because of this things
Its not easy to reach a WC final,but in 66 we got robbed on semi against England..they changed the game to Wembley!and for many years our federation was bad!but it is what it is,at least on euros we are one of the best ever
I don't agree, there's a difference between having 2 or 3 talented players on your team and having a world class generation entitled to win WC's. Would say the 66 generation probably was the one who had more chances to win.
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When he joined us at West Ham near the end of his career, even with the injuries you could see the utter class the man possessed.
The question is, who passed his medical? 😂😂 he clearly had one knee and was still just soo good. Loved that era of West Ham.
Then he refused to play with the n16, stormed out of the stadium shouting that Pele, Maradona and Eusébio were the 10 and not 16. Because of that a young player that had been drinking in the boxes thinking he wouldn't be able to play was called up to fill for him. Ended up to play half drunk at the end of the game. That was the first ever game of Rio Ferdinand.
Good comments guys. I gain new knowledge
One thing you may not know.. Futre is a fantastic storyteller.. and with humor.. He has that kind of personality that grabs everybody's atention.. Even those who don't like football can be found listening him and his fantastic stories about football... and by the way.. i'm from Sporting, and i was a kid when he played for us, and yes, it was amazing to see him play.. and it was so hard to see him play for Porto... we found him, we embraced him, we loved him, but we lost him too soon.. after him, we had Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo (among many many others great players) but we never emotionally recovered from that lost.. Quaresma is another that we lost at the start of his rising, Nani is another.. Simão Sabrosa is another.. Frank Rijkaard (from ajax) was another.. And the list is long.. very long ... We had so many world-known stars..
You can actually see how much of his game he based on Maradona (many of his movements / dives / celebrations are pure Diego). It does seem that he had a crazy football IQ, very fast and skilled but sadly a bit too weak genetically (and yes, he took some REALLY bad challenges!) for the top flight game.
that's a good change in football that often gets overlooked. Some of the tackles in the 80's/90's were criminal and almost never were punished accordingly. This also made stuff like what happened to Futre possible, cutting careers for amazing players short and effectively diluting the game.
Very true, Van Basten is a prime example of this.
@fuzon9895 yeah, no chance. 80s was even worse than the 90s
Brasilian Ronaldo as well, even though he was one of the best, we never saw his full potential. There is a reason "ronaldo before injury" videos exist.
Not just 80's and 90 but in 70's and 60's as well... but I concede it got worse after the introduction of substitutions, many read that as a free pass to injure an opponent under the excuse of "no worries, they'll just sub him"...
I agree that football has become less dangerous, but van Basten already had a problem with his ankle when he started to play as a little kid. In fact his physician warned him than that if he would play, he would run the risk of not being able to walk normally as an adult, which in fact came true as his ankle has now been completely medically immobilized to relieve the pain.
(Also, i wonder how damaging it was for both players to play with painkillers and cortisone injections for a very long time ;) )
Great to see Futre getting some of the recognition he deserves.I can remember him coming on as a substitute against England in the 1986 World Cup and completely dominating the English defence. He is one of the greatest talents to have emerged from Portugal. Great tribute.
He's probably a top 5 (or around that player) for our country. He was definitely one of the best players in the world when he played for Porto and for Atletico Madrid. The portuguese national team wasn't the best from all our generations and together with the injury he had, his career got overlooked and disrespected. I'd say Ronaldo, Figo, Eusébio are ahead of him in my country but he's in that conversation with Rui Costa, Bernardo Silva, Pepe or Moutinho, for me personally.
@@RafaelOliveira-gb3ms bernardo silva? é melhor o helder postiga, simao, deus patricio, pauleta, maniche, deco, ricardo carvalho, ricardo, petit, na minha opiniao esses todos foram mais importantes que o bernardo silva pela seleção
@@bernardoxavier4883 HELDER POSTIGA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!
@@RafaelOliveira-gb3ms foi mais importante que o Bernardo Silva na seleção
Saw him in the flesh for west ham, still had a flow and a grace that made football into the beautiful game. Definitely a world class legendary player videos can never do justice to just how good he was
He was heavily injured by that time in his career. The knee was never the same after that tackle. He couldn't play anymore.
At the start of video i already said to myself , who care about a "next Maradona" if he don't reach that potential , ..i gotta say i didn't knew about Futre but what i can obviously see now , is that wherever this man goes teams start win matches and trophies , impressive , the type of player that can play in whatever team anytime , anyplace....legend
that's awesome, glad I managed to convey his greatness
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYTYou kinda disrespected Gullit which I dont appreciate, I get that your Portoguese but the bias is clear 90% of the people you used who said "that ballon dor was robbed" were also Portuguese. Gullit > Futre.
@@hankagura5355 not necessarily true. Were alot of fellow players, coaches, from other nations, even from Italy where Gullit played his club football when he won the Ballon D'or , who said Futre should have won it that year.
@@gcspaztik Oh yeah Milan rivals right? Oh shut up
@@hankagura5355you are the one biased here
I'm watching football for more than 20 years and never heard of this legend, thanks to this channel now I Know what I've missed
Serious ? I’ve been following football for 20 years also cause I am 36 and I’ve heard of him….
@@jshsvsjejed6960maybe i wasn't as hardcore as you, it was a shame that i didn't get the chance to watch him , but i had been enjoying the ride so far, wish you the same too bro
If you never heard before in 20 years,you re not a big football fan sry
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@@marcotaprootNo one likes a gatekeeper.
The greatest Portuguese player of his generation. He was Figo's idol, as well as the idol of many of the "golden generation" players that followed him in the 90's. He was the first proverbial "Portuguese winger", a template many Portuguese players would follow, including Figo, and later Cristiano Ronaldo. First a winger, then midfield or centre-forward.
That is wrong. Portugal always had amazing wingers, seems like that's the position we develop the best talent. José Augusto and Simões were world class in the 60's, and Chalana in the late 70's was the man who made Futre kneel , as he was his Idol. Too bad there is almost 0 videos on the first 2, seeing as Eusébio and Coluna were the Best players in Benfica at the time and all lights were in them, and very few of Chalana, aside from his brilliant euro 84 campaign. Futre was the first to shine outside the country, and probably the most talented and gifted ever Portuguese player, that much is true.
So wrong.... Portugal always had insane wingers
@@belianthir We also had the young transmontano Pavão of FCPorto, who died at the age of 26 of a heart attack during a game in 1973. He was coveted by Man.United at a young age... He was a midfielder, but he played like a typical winger, quick, a dribbler, with good vision of the game, strong and he was like a pure captain type.
You Portuguese are incredible at producing players, and I'm argentine! Really the one country that deserves at least a WC FInal appearance, and ahead of a few countries that actually got one (or two)
2006 was our year we had the best team of the WC tournament but we lost in the semi-final!
@@VoldnarokActually I think Portugal had a great chance in the Qatar world cup too. In the group stage and second round, they were the best team along with Brazil Argentina and France. But a combo of luck and nerves caused that heartbreaking defeat to Morocco. I think Portugal would have stretched France to breaking point and anything could have happened in the final. You had an excellent team, maybe this was a chance wasted even more than 2006. Let's hope they win the euros.
@@janebadalkar7848 Not with that coach. The guy could make city play like wimbledon FC
yeah, with the FIFA and argentinians manipulating the results - like putting an Argentinian referee in the game between Marocco and Portugal in the quarter finals - a totally dirty game, for the glory of the mafioso called Messi
@@racebug6134 That is what I thought, but Martinez is even worse!
Even though I’m Dutch and Gullit & Van Basten are my 2 favourite players; I ALWAYS WAS FUTRE PLAYING AT MY LOCAL PLAYGROUND. His skill, dribbling & goals were just awesome.
Funny because I am Portuguese and I was Van Basten when playing on the streets.
I was too young when Futre was in its prime (I was born in 1984) so I only remember him clearly when he signed for Benfica, far from his best form.
But damn, he was good, I'd say the most talented Portuguese player of all time. And humble too, we don't give him enough credit.
@@njsfer yeah, I'm from '75 so I remember him well, when he was playing for Atletico.
@@njsferFutre is like one of those genius artists no one cares about. Then one day he will die and everything related to him will be worth gold.
I was always either Klinsmann or Van Basten when playing local playgrounds in late 80´s in Portugal!
I was attacking player but I was Mathias Sammer
On top of all the "i remember him" comments, i'll be honest and confess ive never heard of him before this, despite being a lifelong football fan. Great channel brother ❤
My childhood idol. What a monumental talent. If someone like him appeared today there would be not enough money on earth to buy him. It's truly a shame that his first major injury happened at 27 when Figo, Rui Costa, Paulo Sousa, Vítor Baia, Fernando Couto etc. were starting to dominate the main national team. Imagine that golden generation with a prime Futre... Figo and Futre on the wings, and a Midfield of João Pinto, Rui Costa And Paulo Sousa. That would be the greatest Midfield on earth by a huge margin.
that's the thing. If there was a 17 year old kid with his talent nowadays he would cost like 200M and his career would also last longer.
Oh meu deus! Você disse as palavras apropriadas aqui! If Futre was there in prime time it would have been an unstoppable force! Tackles in that era were atrocious! Very sad to see such a demise of probably the greatest player that never was. But we know Futre was just an amazing and incredible player! As a kid I remember watching the golden gen win the under 21s world cup and they said this was the team to beat! Man I miss that! But we got a sweet win for the euros!!! Prazer amigo!
@@andrecardoso6941 exactly, a young futre today would dominate everyone and mbappe haaland and others wouldnt even be close
@@andrecardoso6941 Futre was great, legendary. But he's no where near Messi or Ronaldo and neither ever costed 200m as well. I think Mbappe and Haaland will surpass him easily in terms of achievements, legendary status and individual brilliance as well. Mbappe is probably ahead of him already due to his obvious brilliance and World Cup performances. Respect Futre, but don't overrate him like that. Nostalgia doesn't make football better
He was a god at Atleti, my childhood idol. Legendary status at this club, we love him to death. I met him at a training session and shook his hand in late 97, when he returned to Atleti.
I remember the goals of Futre and Schuster in the Copa Final against Marid...one of my foundest and sweet Football memories from my childhood. The Triumph of good against Evil
But if Atlético won, means the evil won. Maybe you're mistaken.... (Hahahahahah)
@@juananonimo6993real is the evil
@@tristanherb49 But the real evil is Atlético.....jokes aside, never gonna understand the bout from Atlético fans.
It's like your neighbor have something against you but you see them 2 times in a year and, well you try to behave and things like that but he is offended for all eternity and tries to kill you. Because 50 years ago something happened.....and no one remembers what.
@@juananonimo6993 im not even a atletico or real fan but real is more of an evil than atletico
@@tristanherb49 When you say a sport club is "evil" I hope you're referring to someone in particular, because the players and the associates can't be all "evil" just because someone do something you deemed evil.
And I was writing that as a joke respond to some comments in this thread.
But when someone call a sport club "evil" seriously, well, I tend to think that person is detached from reality. I hope that's not your case.
Fully agree. Futre is BY MILES the greatest talent ever from Portugal. There is a great difference between being the most talented, and the best player...
In 93-94 I've "played" ball with him, Figo, Paulo Sousa, Rui Costa, Chalana was there too, Couto, Bento, Baia, Neno, Oceano, Rui Aguas, J.Pinto and a bunch of other national team players. Someone reading this who went to ESA, ESS or ESC of Margem Sul, can atest has they will remember Seixaliadas at the time. Many of them were from the great Lisbon area and one of my teachers at the time is Figo godfather. We have an event dedicated to sports every year, the Seixaliadas, and he arranged with the municipality and Selecao Nacional for them to come to the event. They first stopped at our school unannounced and we got to kick some balls with them! Kid's dream man, it was nuts.
Do you know Marco Conde ?
This TH-cam Channel always brings back so many memorys i thought i had lost and always reminds me of why i fell in love with this sport in the first place.
THANK YOU.
I only knew his name before this. What an absolute legend. Shame about his injuries.
Futre and Maradona had so much in common. Talent and that love for the line 😂
Of course, they played on the wing. It was their job. 😂
@@kofio7581 That too! 😂👍
What LINE__________ __________ __________ __________ ?
One of the best players, if not the best, to play for Atletico de Madrid. Thank you Paulo.
What a video, thank you. I’ve heard his name before but didn’t know he was this good. What a career!
I’ve never heard of Futre up until this point but I think this is the most entertaining footballing story you’ve told so far.
Now Serch for chalana
Futre was for sure on the top 5 best players of is time!! He is the reason i started to love futebol
Paulo Futre played for my club FC Porto. We became European champions in '87 with him. The older ones, there isn't one who doesn't say how much of a genius he was at his best. That left foot of his was something absurd. What ruined his career were the serious injuries; otherwise, he would certainly have had a career at Maradona level ....and R. Costa was good, but Futre was on another level.
Damn! You can tell a story. Your delivery and flow is next level
Oh!!!Paulo Futre sir is a legendary footballer even though,he retired early but he was a talented player at that time,good friends!!!🙏
But u voted for Rui Costa.. Bandwagon jumper !! 😂😂
@@Dante--X You are just as deluded as your reply,bad friend!!!When that voting process happened,I would never hesitate to vote for Paulo Futre but you just live your delusional life,bad friend!!!🤣🤣
💪👏Parabéns pelo vídeo. O Futre vai ficar contente, ótimo canal, de um português. Grande crescimento
Im an atletico fan, and his carreer here was just amazing. Thank yoi for covering this!
Was waiting for this video. I live near Reggio Emilia (Italy) Futre is still a legend here!
This is the reason why I love playing Fifa (FC now), because I never heard of some of the newer Icons/Heroes and then I end up watching an amazing informative video about them
Paulo Futre, motivo por el que nací siendo del Atleti. Mi padre llegó de Portugal y eligió el club de Futre. Club para siempre de nuestros amores. Gracias Paulo por todo
What an incredible player he was. A true legend.
phenomenal documentary! what a class he was! if admiration came from Maradona himself.. you got to believe it. Just unfortunate injury curtailed his career!
I remember him at Atletico de Madrid.......best player in the Spanish league at that time (and probably Europe).....great to watch even though I’m not not an Atleti fan.....
Superb tribute to a superb player. Well done. Most of your videos are a class above virtually all others on YT.
Futre foi dos jogadores underated na história, ''em Portugal '' parece que só os espanhóis viam a grandeza dele !!! Jogou nos 3 grandes de Portugal, se não fosse a lesão que teve ainda tinha conquistado o futebol italiano no Milan , dos jogadores com o toque mais bonito de bola que por aí já apareceu , Futre foi único 💥
grande símbolo⚫⚪
@@fknpires4665 obrigado amigo 🏁
Futre para mim pessoalmente foi o melhor jogador Português.
Se joga-se hoje, não havia dinheiro para pagar a um craque como Futre.
Eu jogava nos infantis do Sporting e ia 2 horas mais cedo so para ver Futre treinar nos juniores, eu e muitos dos meus colegas de equipa.
O futebol violento dos anos 90 destruiu a carreira de Futre, ninguem o conseguia parar. No futebol atual dos ""velocistas"" e sem violencia, Futre seria imparável!!!
Eu concordo Plenamente
Terá siso a época das entradas à Paulinho Santos?
To begin with i would like to congratulate you on your really informative and intresting content as well as suggest a video idea on Georgios Karagounkis... a legend that hardly anyone knows but he had a wonderfull career
Such a great documentary! Thank you! Never knew how talented FUTRE was! so inspiring.
I saw Futre playing in in the end of his carreer, his knee was a problem but the cocaine, poor career choises and the horrible takles of the time made his desteny. Undoubtedly a magnificent talent with lots of dribling, speed and power shots.
Não há de ter sido fácil ter tudo e saber que poderia ter tido mais se não lhe tivessem dado cabo do joelho... O psicológico abala e a mente refugia-se em alternativas.
I didn't realise Futre was so good. Wow even Maradona praised him - that is in itself an accolade. Thanks for letting us know.
Paulo Futre deserves spot in Portugal Hall of Fame.
tem jogadores superiores.
@@MrMiCruzquem ?
I heard about futre many times, but the way this youtuber tells his story is awesome...
I never knew this guy I'm humbled and shocked... This man is the closest thing to Messi I've ever seen
So true...i felt the same❤❤
Vídeo fantástico, Futre era bom demais, aquela bola de ouro em 87 devia ter sido dele não fosse o jornalista de Abola ter votado no holandês.
I have chosen Futre although it was a tough choice vs Rui Costa. Futre was pure genius! ❤
Figo
Como Rui Costa houve vários , topo de Portugal , figo, Futre, Eusébio, e Ronaldo
I hated when he came to my team, Benfica... I knew he was only half a player because of his injuries! Then I saw that Cup Final and I had to surrender. He was a genius even with those limitations.
amazing video!! would be nice to see one about Futre's Idol, the amazing Fernando Chalana!! I didn't watch Chalana play, but from the videos I saw of him they were both very similar players. Keep up the great content!!
Futre is a legend! Every Atletico supporter love him, no matter if you were able to see him play or not. 🔴⚪
Uma lenda, muitas vezes mal compreendido mais apreciado pelos espanhóis do que por os verdadeiros portugueses 😢
sou de portugal e acho futre o jogador mais talentoso que portugal ja produziu.
Isso é normal... A inveja cá é uma instituição
Isso nao é verdade. Futre teve a oportunidade de jogar em Portugal pelos 3 grandes. Foi sempre bem sucedido e recebido. Será sempre uma grande referencia no futebol Portugues.
@@joaocabrita5220 Ainda que isso seja verdade, Ele não tem 1/10 do reconhecimento que merecia em Portugal! O que é uma pena! Para mim foi o jogador que me fez gostar de futebol!
Não concordo, não conheço ninguém, seja porto, sporting ou benfica que não o admire em todos os aspectos. Agora, jogou numa era diferente, muito menos mediática, sem redes sociais, tinham uma visibilidade muito menor que hoje.
Was there at Jamor on that Portuguese Cup final. Probably his last big performance. What a player he was. He destroyed Boavista. There was also a young Rui Costa in that team. Rui Costa was great at seeing the game, the maestro but Futre was the can opener. He was incredible in his dribble. Great video.
when i was a kid, and we would play the first football game of the school year, the best player of the game had claim to call himself Futre for the rest of the year. 30 years later, we still call him Futre. (he was the best untill we left school...)
I was 8 years old, but on November 21, 1993, I was there at Mirabello Stadium enjoying this wonderful player.... For 60 minutes 🥲
Very sad what happened to Futre. Better than any player I’ve seen so far. Pure talent and courageous to the max.
That shot of the coach trying to drink from a closed bottle. Genius when put in the context of denying a playing like van Basten.
I grew up watching both play. Both were cult heroes of mine. Just missed Futres time in Portugal + first couple of seasons at Letti(so arguably missed his best time). I started watch La Liga from 89/90 onwards. My memory is that his decline had started by then(early/mid 20s ... injuries, not looking after himself/smoking etc). He was still World class at times(copa etc) but was already a bit of a forgotten legend outside of La Liga & Portugal. When he moved to West Ham I remember telling people what a great player he was(when on form), & then been very disappointed in his time there.
Rui Costa was consistently excellent. I loved him at Fiorentina. I was actually disappointed he moved to Milan as Fiorentina also had that cult status. However the move to Milan, arguably a bigger club, actually made him even better.
They were different styles of players/different positions so Ive never ever thought of comparing them before, or picking one over the other. TBH I hate doing that with any players. Futre was a better dribbler/more dynamic/possibly had a higher peak etc but Costa was pure class & had longevity. Such an elegant player. If I HAD to pick one Id just go for Costa coz he was always brilliant & seemed to get better and better with age.. Both were World Class on their day tho.
Gullit was also an unreal athlete and player. Plus a total icon as well. His Ballon Dor win does seem very suspicious that season but overall he was right up there with the very very best of his generation.
Three great players & three legends of the game.
Wow nice video I didn't know about futre at all
As a Portuguese national, I was incredibly happy for him and FC Porto when they beat Bayern. Thst gsme is engraved in my memory. Futre and Atletico were a good mix, but Gil y Gil was a corrupt demagogue and played his part in wearing down one of Portugal’s best.
FIFA PLAYERS WE DO REMEMBER HIM 😂❤
Outside his talent and everything, I can see him and Ginola competing on the most handsome player discussion.
I can see your comment competing for the most gay comment award lol
Search for Daniel da Cruz Carvalho, another genius who grew up at Sporting CP and you will see what's handsome. Like Futre he also went to Atletico, West Ham and Benfica and retired at just 27 because he was more interested in other things. When he arrived at West Ham, the press said "lock up your daughters because Dani has arrived"
Cannavaro will always be the most beautiful player ever, IMO.
@@dandaluna handsome but not top tier
Maldini, Roque Santa Cruz, Dino Baggio, future, ginola, Andre Gomes, Fabian Schar. Most handsome ballers ever
Around 1986, almost every soccer ball in Mexico had the name or brand "FUTRE". I had always thought that "FUTRE" was just a brand, I had never heard of the soccer player, until now.
I'm 50 and without doubt Futre is one of the best players I've ever seen play. Like Maradona and Messi he just made playing look easy, the greatest players have that ability
what an incredible story and production! thank you, I enjoyed it very much!
Sou Benfiquista, mas tenho orgulho das conquistas do Porto na Europa, joga sem medo e com vontade de ganhar.
Assim como o Benfica as ganhou com muita vontade e também não era favorito
pinto the Costa is no don corleone, he is the Winston Churchill of Portuguese football saving us all from the fascists in red.
@@yourlord4096 Churchill flertou fortemente com o nazismo, assim como a família real e grande parte do poder económico britânico, durante a ascensão de Hitler. Ele era um anticomunista.
Foi graças ao exército vermelho e aos milhões de vidas dos vários povos soviéticos que os fachos não varreram a Europa e hoje não estás aí a falar alemão.
@@yourlord4096 Literally the dumbest thing ever written.every single word is false.almost impressive tbh
Sou sportinguista e concordo plenamente consigo. Jamais esquecerei esses momentos. ainda que tenha jogado no Porto. Bem haja.
I remember signing this guy on Fifa 96 back in the day. He became a legend for me and my favourite player in the game. Popping in goals left and right. Used always sign him
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre was a superstar in the 80s but like many people forgot how great he was
Thank you for the Futre tribute
Futre is one of the few players that all of the portuguese fans adore...an exemple out and in the pitch regardable of the colour of the team jersey. In my opinion one of the best football players of all time....the way that he passed the defense with his left foot is incredible.
What an awesome tribute, obrigada.
de nada!
My childhood idol! Probably still most liked player at Atletico!
Greatest tribute ever, very well done, thanks.
He played in the roughest of times of the Spanish championship... Those defenders were pure assassins! I remember being a kid and felling disgusted when we got to see any colchonero's game. Pure massacres. But that tackle in Italy should have seen the defender expelled permanently!
Pepe: hold my beer!
I'm in love with you videos
pauloooooooo fuuuutreee maaan!!!!!!!!! got goosebumps
I was member of Atlético in 1985..and Paulo arrived..nobody of this club Will forget him,like person and player
Easily one the most gifted and destructive dribblers of all time!
i had no idea about futre. after seeing his plays i am amazed. he dribbles like messi, passes like toni kroos. what a player
Refs during his time should have protected this jewel of a player. He was a monster.
Futre was a beast.
But u voted for Rui Costa.. Bandwagon jumper !! 😂😂
9:37 Thanks for adding this clip. I had a good laugh.
Imagine Futre and Maradona playing football these days.
Only Lucas from this amazing channel can tell Futre's story with such passion, the same passion Futre put into his playing.
We need this videos in Portuguese! My kids love football and to know football players from the past times, but they don't understand English, and the subtitles run to fast for them!
Sim era de valor ele também fazer videos em português!
It was sad that he injured his knee on his Reggiana debut. It was a beautiful goal and he could have really given a small club like that a great image boost.
I’m a huge portugese league fan( I support Benfica ), and hands down, what a player he was! Sporting must be kicking themselves in the head, not keeping him. 🖤❤️
I am 48 and had the big privilege to watch Paulo Futre playing. His talent was someting only matched by Maradona, maybe Ronaldinho and more recently by Messi. I would even say Maradona is probably the most similar to Futre's skills. Apart from Eusébio (finished career before I was born), no other Portuguese player can be compared to Futre's talent! Pitty that Futre, after winning Champions with Porto in 1987, aged 21, decided to accept a millionaire proposal from Atlético Madrid, when it was not a majour team in Europe. Eventhough he was a huge star there, he didn't have the visibility CRonaldo had in Manchester and Real or Figo in Barcelona and Real, 10 or 20 years later. Also, Futre played in a Portuguese national team with good players, but without the professionalism and orgnanizational high standards it has since the 2000s ...
Thanks for the video, a nice tribute to this forgotten football genius!!!
How do you know so much about football, had no clue who he was when I saw the poll
He is portuguese
As an Atlético fan, thank you for talking about Futre, he's very underrated.
Im portuguese and i voted Futre 😅. I respect rui costa a lot...but....ive watched futre play...
Well shit man!
Até a mim, que não gosto especialmente de futebol, conseguiste cativar.
Excelente narração!
Well done.
Can you perhaps make a video about another star of the Porto team? It was before my time but Madjer looked great in the final against Munich.
The only reason i know futre because of fifa it's sad to know he couldn't achieve his potential.
Since you mentioned madjer i hope you do a video about the algerian national team in 82 wc and the scandal of Gijón
Parabéns pelo video, é dificil de não ficar emocionado com a história dele.
Italy, Germany, England had insane tackless that of which today would easily be handed a red + months of suspension for asaillant on premise of atempted murder...80's90's
The best player for Maradona I think he said Magico Gonzalez. He was the Ronaldinho of his generation. Fantastic Futre!
Nowadays he’s only remembered as the “homem do motor de arranque”. Kinda sad but funny at the same time
People watching this, should really go see Barbosa Futbol's video of his highlights on youtube. I had heard of him many times but you need to see the man in action to really get a feel for just HOW good he was. Guy was a monster!
incredible how portugal can have so many talents but never even played a wc final
That's mostly because our federation didn't care much about the national team until the early 90s when we won back to back u20s wc the last being played in Portugal, it was there when the general people in Portugal started carrying more about the national team
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+back then people in Portugal cared more about club football and that influenced directly our national team because the players that were from diferent clubs in Portugal didn't santa to be playing with players who played for the rival team for example
And also the clubs commonly didn't let their best players go to the national team when the call up had more players from the rival team than theirs
Nowadays that doesen't happen anymore but the progression of Portugal as a national team was delayed many dacades because of this things
Portugal got robbed in 66 so the englishmen got to do their party at home. generations of grandfathers still hate England to this day.
Its not easy to reach a WC final,but in 66 we got robbed on semi against England..they changed the game to Wembley!and for many years our federation was bad!but it is what it is,at least on euros we are one of the best ever
I don't agree, there's a difference between having 2 or 3 talented players on your team and having a world class generation entitled to win WC's. Would say the 66 generation probably was the one who had more chances to win.
My favourite FIFA Icon ever. Club Legend
Paulo Futre is a Legend!! The best ever of our generation, obrigado Paulinho!