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\"Platini\" redirects here. For the Brazilian footballer, see Michel Platini (Brazilian footballer). For the Cape Verdean footballer, see Platini (Cape Verdean footballer).

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Michel Platini

Platini in 2010

6th President of UEFA

In office
26 January 2007 \u2013 21 December 2015

Preceded by

Lennart Johansson

Succeeded by

\u00c1ngel Mar\u00eda Villar (acting)
Aleksander \u010ceferin

Personal details

Born

Michel Fran\u00e7ois Platini^[1]

21 June 1955 (age 69)^[2]
J\u0153uf, France

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)^[2]

Occupation

Footballer
Manager
Football administrator

Association football career

Position(s)

\nAttacking midfielder

Youth career

1966\u20131972

\nAS J\u0153uf

1972

\nNancy

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1972\u20131979

\nNancy

\n181

\n(98)

1979\u20131982

\nSaint-\u00c9tienne

\n104

\n(58)

1982\u20131987

\nJuventus

\n147

\n(68)

Total

\n432

\n(224)

International career

1975\u20131976

\nFrance Olympic

\n7

\n(4)

1976\u20131987

\nFrance^[3]

\n72

\n(41)

1988

\nKuwait^[4]

\n1

\n(0)

Managerial career

1988\u20131992

\nFrance

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ France\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Winner	1984 France	\n
Finalissima\n
Winner	1985 France	\n
FIFA World Cup\n
$\"Third$	1986 M\u00e9xico	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Fran\u00e7ois Platini (French pronunciation: [mi\u0283\u025bl f\u0281\u0251\u0303swa platini]; born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985,^[5] and came seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century vote.^[6] In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Chevalier of the L\u00e9gion d'honneur in 1985 and became an Officier in 1998. As the president of UEFA in 2015 he was banned from involvement in football under FIFA's organisation, over ethics violations. The ban lasted until 2023.^[7]\n

During his career, Platini played for the clubs Nancy, Saint-\u00c9tienne, and Juventus. Nicknamed Le Roi (The King) for his ability and leadership, he was a prolific goalscorer; he won the Serie A capocannoniere award three consecutive times between 1983 and 1985, and was the top scorer of Juventus's victorious 1984\u201385 European Cup campaign.^[8] Platini was a key player of the France national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top scorer and best player, and reached the semi-finals of the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. Together with midfielders Alain Giresse, Luis Fern\u00e1ndez and Jean Tigana, he formed the carr\u00e9 magique (magic square) of the French team in the 1980s. Platini was his country's record goalscorer until 2007, and held the record for most goals scored (9) in the European Championship until being surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021, despite only appearing in the 1984 tournament.^[8]\n

Following his retirement as a player, Platini was the France national team coach from 1988 to 1992, and was the co-organizer of the 1998 World Cup in France. In 2007, he became the first former player to be elected as the president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He also held the positions of chairman of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee and vice-president of the French Football Federation.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Nancy\n	1972\u201373\n	Division 1\n	4	2	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	4	2\n
1973\u201374\n	Division 1\n	21	2	3	0	\u2013	\u2013	24	2\n
1974\u201375\n	Division 2\n	32	17	6	13	\u2013	\u2013	38	30\n
1975\u201376\n	Division 1\n	31	22	7	6	\u2013	\u2013	38	28\n
1976\u201377\n	Division 1\n	38	25	1	0	\u2013	\u2013	39	25\n
1977\u201378\n	Division 1\n	36	18	10	7	\u2013	\u2013	46	25\n
1978\u201379\n	Division 1\n	19	12	5	3	\u2013	\u2013	24	15\n
Total\n	181	98	32	29	\u2013	\u2013	213	127\n
Saint-\u00c9tienne\n	1979\u201380\n	Division 1\n	33	16	7	5	7^[b]	5	\u2013	47	26\n
1980\u201381\n	Division 1\n	35	20	10	5	7^[b]	4	\u2013	52	29\n
1981\u201382\n	Division 1\n	36	22	8	5	2^[c]	0	\u2013	46	27\n
Total\n	104	58	25	15	16	9	\u2013	145	82\n
Juventus\n	1982\u201383\n	Serie A\n	30	16	9	7	9^[c]	5	\u2013	48	28\n
1983\u201384\n	Serie A\n	28	20	7	3	8^[d]	2	\u2013	43	25\n
1984\u201385\n	Serie A\n	30	18	9	4	9^[c]	7	1^[e]	0	49	29\n
1985\u201386\n	Serie A\n	30	12	6	1	6^[c]	3	1^[f]	1	43	17\n
1986\u201387\n	Serie A\n	29	2	8	1	4^[c]	2	\u2013	41	5\n
Total\n	147	68	39	16	36	19	2	1	224	104\n
Career total\n	432	224	96	60	52	28	2	1	582	313\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
France\n	1976	5	4\n
1977	7	2\n
1978	6	4\n
1979	4	2\n
1980	6	5\n
1981	4	2\n
1982	10	4\n
1983	4	1\n
1984	10	13\n
1985	6	2\n
1986	9	2\n
1987	1	0\n
Total\n	72\n	41\n
Kuwait\n	1988\n	1\n	0\n
Total\n	1\n	0\n
Career total	73	41\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1\n	27 March 1976\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Czechoslovakia\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20132\n	Friendly\n
2\n	1 September 1976\n	Idr\u00e6tspark, Copenhagen, Denmark\n	$\"\"$ Denmark\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131\n	Friendly\n
3\n	9 October 1976\n	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria\n	$\"\"$ Bulgaria\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20132\n	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
4\n	17 November 1976\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
5\n	23 April 1977\n	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland\n	$\"\"$ Switzerland\n	1\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n
6\n	16 November 1977\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Bulgaria\n	2\u20130\n	3\u20131\n	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
7\n	8 February 1978\n	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy\n	$\"\"$ Italy\n	2\u20132\n	2\u20132\n	Friendly\n
8\n	1 April 1978\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Brazil\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	Friendly\n
9\n	19 May 1978\n	Stadium Nord, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France\n	$\"\"$ Tunisia\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	Friendly\n
10\n	6 June 1978\n	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina\n	$\"\"$ Argentina\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20132\n	1978 FIFA World Cup\n
11\n	5 September 1979\n	R\u00e5sunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden\n	$\"\"$ Sweden\n	2\u20131\n	3\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying\n
12\n	10 October 1979\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ United States\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20130\n	Friendly\n
13\n	27 February 1980\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Greece\n	2\u20131\n	5\u20131\n	Friendly\n
14\n	3\u20131\n
15\n	11 October 1980\n	Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus\n	$\"\"$ Cyprus\n	2\u20130\n	7\u20130\n	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
16\n	3\u20130\n
17\n	28 October 1980\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
18\n	14 October 1981\n	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland\n	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland\n	2\u20133\n	2\u20133\n	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
19\n	18 November 1981\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Netherlands\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
20\n	23 February 1982\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Italy\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	Friendly\n
21\n	21 June 1982\n	Estadio Jos\u00e9 Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain\n	$\"\"$ Kuwait\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20131\n	1982 FIFA World Cup\n
22\n	8 July 1982\n	Estadio Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez Pizju\u00e1n, Seville, Spain\n	$\"\"$ West Germany\n	1\u20131\n	3\u20133 (4\u20135 p)\n	1982 FIFA World Cup\n
23\n	10 November 1982\n	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Netherlands\n	2\u20131\n	2\u20131\n	Friendly\n
24\n	7 September 1983\n	Idr\u00e6tspark, Copenhagen, Denmark\n	$\"\"$ Denmark\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20133\n	Friendly\n
25\n	29 February 1984\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ England\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	Friendly\n
26\n	2\u20130\n
27\n	12 June 1984\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Denmark\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1984\n
28\n	16 June 1984\n	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France\n	$\"\"$ Belgium\n	1\u20130\n	5\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1984\n
29\n	4\u20130\n
30\n	5\u20130\n
31\n	19 June 1984\n	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-\u00c9tienne, France\n	$\"\"$ Yugoslavia\n	1\u20131\n	3\u20132\n	UEFA Euro 1984\n
32\n	2\u20131\n
33\n	3\u20131\n
34\n	23 June 1984\n	Stade V\u00e9lodrome, Marseille, France\n	$\"\"$ Portugal\n	3\u20132\n	3\u20132\n	UEFA Euro 1984\n
35\n	27 June 1984\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Spain\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1984\n
36\n	13 October 1984\n	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg\n	$\"\"$ Luxembourg\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
37\n	21 November 1984\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Bulgaria\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
38\n	16 November 1985\n	Parc des Princes, Paris, France\n	$\"\"$ Yugoslavia\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
39\n	2\u20130\n
40\n	17 June 1986\n	Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico\n	$\"\"$ Italy\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1986 FIFA World Cup\n
41\n	21 June 1986\n	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico\n	$\"\"$ Brazil\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131 (4\u20133 p)\n	1986 FIFA World Cup\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G	W	D	L	Win %\n
France\n	1 November 1988\n	17 June 1992\n	29\n	16\n	8\n	5\n	055.17\n
Total\n	29\n	16\n	8\n	5\n	055.17\n

Olympic Games\n
Preceded by Chung Sun-Man, Sohn Mi-Chung, & Kim Won-Tak \n	Final Olympic torchbearer Albertville 1992 With: Fran\u00e7ois-Cyrille Grange \n	Succeeded by Antonio Rebollo \n
Preceded by Robyn Perry \n	Final Winter Olympic torchbearer Albertville 1992 With: Fran\u00e7ois-Cyrille Grange \n	Succeeded by Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway \n
Civic offices\n
Preceded by Lennart Johansson \n	President of UEFA 2007\u20132015\n	Succeeded by \u00c1ngel Mar\u00eda Villar (Acting) \n

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Early career

Club career

Nancy (1972\u20131979)

Saint-\u00c9tienne (1979\u20131982)

Juventus (1982\u20131987)

International career

1976 Olympics

Prior to 1978 World Cup

1978 World Cup

Road to Spain '82 and the World Cup

Euro '84

Mexico '86

Retirement

Kuwait

Style of play

Coaching career

Administrative roles

UEFA presidency

FIFA presidential campaign

Corruption

Personal life and health

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

Orders

Bibliography

References and notes

Further reading

External links

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