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Enzo Francéscoli Uriarte (born November 12, 1961
in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football
(soccer)|football player until his retirement in
1997.

His official debut was with the Uruguayan team
Wanderers.
Francescoli played for Uruguay national football
team|Uruguay at the Football World Cup 1986|1986
and Football World Cup 1990|1990 World Cup
championships. He played several years for Club
Atlético River Plate|River Plate of Argentina. He
also played for the France|French Racing Club de
Paris (Matra Racing Paris at the time), Olympique
de Marseille, and the Italy|Italian calcio teams
in Cagliari and Torino.

Francescoli is known as El Principe (Spanish
language|Spanish) or Le Prince (French
language|French), which means The Prince.

He is one of the few players admired by most
Argentina|Argentine football team's fans.
He was named by Pelé as one of the FIFA 100|top
125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

==Clubs==
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse;
font-size:90%;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
width=50%
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF align=center
!Year
!Team
!Matches Played
!Goals

|-
|align=center|1980-1982
|Wanderers (Uruguay)
|74
|20

|-
|align=center|1983-1986
|Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate
(Argentina)
|81
|43

|-
|align=center|1986-1989
|Racing Club de France|Matra Racing Paris (France)
|89
|32

|-
|align=center|1989-1990
|Olympique de Marseille (France)
|28
|11

|-
|align=center|1990-1993
|Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari (Italy)
|98
|17

|-
|align=center|1993-1994
|Torino Calcio|Torino (Italy)
|24
|3

|-
|align=center|1994-1997
|Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate
(Argentina)
|84
|47

|-
|align=center colspan=2|TOTAL
|510
|198
|}

==Titles==
* 1981 South American Youth
* 1983 Nehim Cup
* 1983 Copa América 1983|Copa América
* 1986 Primera División Argentina
* 1987 Copa América 1987|Copa América
* 1990 Ligue 1
* 1994 Apertura
* 1995 Copa América 1995|Copa América
* 1996 Apertura
* 1996 Copa Libertadores de América
* 1997 Clausura
* 1997 Apertura
* 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana

==Other 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 


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