Despite being a key player over the years, Figo was substituted several times during Euro 2004.
Beckham padded a lineup that already included such all-stars as Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Ronaldo .
In January, the Ford Figo was ranked No. 11 in terms of overall sales, with 7, 508 units sold last month.
Ford Figo, which has sales exceeding 76, 000 units since its launch in March 2010, contributed significantly to this sales growth.
It seems unlikely - but then so was the idea of Luis Figo swapping the Catalan giants for their bitter rivals.
Beckham moved on to Real in 2003, where he played alongside the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Raul and Roberto Carlos.
Figo, along with Costa and defender Fernando Couto, was part of the so-called "Golden Generation" of players who won the world youth championship in 1989.
Inter are likely to lose Luis Figo to retirement at the end of the season and another creative player is on their wishlist.
But there was controversy when the arrival of Luis Figo, ambassador for the Portugal-Spain campaign, interrupted the USA's video presentation of their bid.
Back then, he hoped to solve what he considered financial mismanagement at the club, and he also promised to bring Luis Figo from rivals Barcelona.
The sale helped clear the club's massive debts at the time and paved the way for the purchase of players such as Figo and Zidane.
In what became known as the "Galacticos era", Perez signed a number of multi-million dollar superstars that included Luis Figo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.
Ford's marketing chief apologized, and the auto maker's ad agency in India fired an undisclosed number of workers following some "inappropriate" proposed ads for the Figo car.
The ads were drawn up by ad agency JWT India and also depict Paris Hilton behind the wheel of a Figo with the Kardashian sisters in the trunk.
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Ford India President and Managing Director Michael Boneham said the new dealerships, all opened on Friday, are mostly thanks to the sales success of the entry level Ford Figo hatchback.
Queiroz made his name as the guiding hand behind Portugal's so-called "golden generation" of youngsters including Rui Costa, Joao Pinto and the man he will rejoin at Real, Luis Figo.
The 62-year-old sealed transfers for Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, David Beckham and Michael Owen among others, to a side that won the Primera Liga twice and European Champions League under his leadership.
Figo was allowed time and space on the right, and when Raul was afforded the same luxury 20 yards out, he punished United savagely with a fierce left foot finish that left Barthez no chance.
Substitute Dani had two glorious chances to level for Barcelona - but he headed wide after Figo's free-kick had found him unmarked at the far post and then saw another header turned around the post by de Goey.
But the heart of the issue is an economic one: Why should, say, Spain's Real Madrid , the European champion club, care that its two star players, Zidane, a Frenchman, and Figo, a Portugeuse, be fit for the World Cup?
President Florentino Perez smashed previous highest marks to bring Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane to the Bernabeu in his first stint in charge, then made AC Milan's Brazilian superstar Kaka his first 'Galactico' capture of his second reign at the start of this month.
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