Champions League, CR7, Nancy: the long career of Laszlo Bölöni in pictures

Without a club, he returned to Romania to take the lead in the selection. Thirteen matches later, he decided to leave and joined Sporting. Crowned Portuguese champion in 2002 in his first season in Lisbon, he launched a certain Cristiano Ronaldo, then aged 17, a few months later in a Champions League preliminary round match against Inter in mid -august. At the beginning of October, the native of Funchal scored twice against Moreirense for his first tenure. “This player will be stronger than Eusebio”, predicted Laszlo Bölöni at the end of the meeting. The two men left Portugal in the summer of 2003: one flew to Manchester, the other to Rennes.

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