Uma das primeiras fotos de Abel Xavier, ao serviço das selecções nacionais, salvo erro em 1987,
no Estádio Nacional, integrando a equipa que viria a sagrar-se campeã da Europa sub/16. Abel é o
último da direita em pé e Luís Figo, o quarto em pé a contar da esquerda.
Uma das últimas selecções que integrou, em Abril de 2002, em Alvalade, antes de um
Portugal/Brasil.
Former Galatasaray and Portuguese international player Abel Xavier has announced his conversion
to be a Muslim.
Xavier held a press conference in the Ras Al Khaimah stadium in the UAE before a league match in
which he announced his conversion and his new name – Faisal.
The former Galatasaray defender held the press conference in the presence of members of the local
royal family and announced his official retirement from football.
The end of a decade. It doesn't really mean anything does it? Do people actually still bother to
organise decades into smart, distinctive categories with catch-all phrases like the 'swinging 60s'
anymore? If they do I've no idea how the noughties will be remembered; an abundance of
technological advancements and some pretty major international crises, any got a witty adjective to
capture the mood?
