Michel Platini

**Michel François Platini** (born 21 June 1955) is a retired French footballer. He was the president of UEFA between 2007 and 2015. In 2015, he was banned from football due to ethics violations. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was the all-time top scorer for France between June 19, 1984 (when he overtook Just Fontaine's record) and October 17, 2007 (when Thierry Henry became France's top scorer).

As a player, he played for Nancy-Lorraine, A.S. Saint-Étienne, and . He won the Ballon d'Or three times as a player (in 1983, 1984, 1985).

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Nancy|1972–73|rowspan="2"|Division 1|4|2|–|–|4|2|||
|1973–74|21|2|3|0|–|24|2||||||
|1974–75|Division 2|32|17|6|13|–|38|30|||||
|1975–76|rowspan="4"|Division 1|31|22|7|6|–|38|28||||
|1976–77|38|25|1|0|–|39|25||||||
|1977–78|36|18|10|7|–|46|25||||||
|1978–79|19|12|5|3|–|24|15||||||
|rowspan="4"|Saint-Étienne|1979–80|rowspan="3"|Division 1|33|16|7|5|7|5|47|26|
|1980–81|35|20|10|5|7|4|52|29|||||
|1981–82|36|22|8|5|2|0|46|27|||||
|rowspan="6"|Juventus|1982–83|rowspan="5"|Serie A|30|16|9|7|9|5|48|28|
|1983–84|28|20|7|3|8|2|43|25|||||
|1984–85|30|18|9|4|9|7|48|29|||||
|1985–86|30|12|6|1|6|3|42|16|||||
|1986–87|29|2|8|1|4|2|41|5|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|France|1976|5|4|
|1977|7|2|||
|1978|6|4|||
|1979|4|2|||
|1980|6|5|||
|1981|4|2|||
|1982|10|4|||
|1983|4|1|||
|1984|10|13|||
|1985|6|2|||
|1986|9|2|||
|1987|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Platini goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|27 March 1976|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–2|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|2|1 September 1976|Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–1|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|3|9 October 1976|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–2|1978 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|4|17 November 1976|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|1978 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|5|23 April 1977|Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|4–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|6|16 November 1977|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|3–1|1978 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|7|8 February 1978|Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy||align="center"|2–2|align="center"|2–2|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|8|1 April 1978|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|9|19 May 1978|Stadium Nord, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|10|6 June 1978|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–2|1978 FIFA World Cup|||||
|align="center"|11|5 September 1979|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|3–1|UEFA Euro 1980 qualification|||||
|align="center"|12|10 October 1979|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|13|rowspan="2"|27 February 1980|rowspan="2"|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|rowspan="2"||align="center"|2–1|rowspan="2" align="center"|5–1|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|align="center"|14|align="center"|3–1|||||||||||
|align="center"|15|rowspan="2"|11 October 1980|rowspan="2"|Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus|rowspan="2"||align="center"|2–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|7–0|rowspan="2"|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align="center"|16|align="center"|3–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|17|28 October 1980|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|18|14 October 1981|Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||align="center"|2–3|align="center"|2–3|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|19|18 November 1981|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|20|23 February 1982|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|21|21 June 1982|Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|4–1|1982 FIFA World Cup|||||
|align="center"|22|8 July 1982|Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|3–3(p)|1982 FIFA World Cup|||||
|align="center"|23|10 November 1982|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|2–1|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|24|7 September 1983|Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–3|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|25|rowspan="2"|29 February 1984|rowspan="2"|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|align="center"|26|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|27|12 June 1984|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|UEFA Euro 1984|||||
|align="center"|28|rowspan="3"|16 June 1984|rowspan="3"|Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France|rowspan="3"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="3" align="center"|5–0|rowspan="3"|UEFA Euro 1984|
|align="center"|29|align="center"|4–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|30|align="center"|5–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|31|rowspan="3"|19 June 1984|rowspan="3"|Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France|rowspan="3"||align="center"|1–1|rowspan="3" align="center"|3–2|rowspan="3"|UEFA Euro 1984|
|align="center"|32|align="center"|2–1|||||||||||
|align="center"|33|align="center"|3–1|||||||||||
|align="center"|34|23 June 1984|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France||align="center"|3–2|align="center"|3–2|UEFA Euro 1984|||||
|align="center"|35|27 June 1984|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|UEFA Euro 1984|||||
|align="center"|36|13 October 1984|Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|4–0|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|37|21 November 1984|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|38|rowspan="2"|16 November 1985|rowspan="2"|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0|rowspan="2"|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align="center"|39|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|40|17 June 1986|Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|1986 FIFA World Cup|||||
|align="center"|41|21 June 1986|Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1(p)–1|1986 FIFA World Cup|||||

### Player

**Nancy**
- Coupe de France: 1977–78
- Division 2: 1974–75

**Saint-Étienne**
- Division 1: 1980–81
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1980–81, 1981–82

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 1983–84, 1985–86
- Coppa Italia: 1982–83
- European Cup: 1984–85; runner-up: 1982–83
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84
- European Super Cup: 1984
- Intercontinental Cup: 1985

**France**
- UEFA European Championship: 1984
- Artemio Franchi Trophy: 1985
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1986
- 1976 Pre-Olympic Zone European

**Individual**
- French Player of the Year: 1976, 1977
- Onze d'Argent: 1977
- L'Équipe French Champion of Champions: 1977, 1984
- Onze de Onze: 1977, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- FIFA XI: 1979
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1982, 1986
- Capocannoniere (Serie A Top Scorer): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85
- Ballon d'Or: 1983, 1984, 1985
- Onze d'Or: 1983, 1984, 1985
- Guerin d'Oro: 1983–84
- UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 1984
- UEFA European Championship Top Scorer: 1984
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1984
- European Cup Top Scorer: 1984–85
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 1984, 1985
- Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 1985
- FIFA World Cup All-Time Team: 1994
- Super Onze d'Or: 1995
- Planète Foot Magazine Team of All Time: 1996
- Planète Foot's 50 Best Player of All Time: 1996
- Venerdì's 100 Magnificent: 1997
- World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
- French Player of the Century: 1999
- RSSSF French National Team of All Time: 1999
- Placar's 100 Players of the Century: 1999 (#8)
- Guerin' Sportivo's 50 Greatest Players of the Century by Adalberto Bortolotti: 1999 (#9)
- France Football Player of the Century: 1999 (#5)
- World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1999 (#5)
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
- Golden Foot: 2004, as football legend
- FIFA 100: 2004
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: 2004 (#9)
- Placar's 100 World Cup Stars: 2005 (#19)
- AFS Top-100 Players of All-Time: 2007 (#13)
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2008 (voted All-Time Greatest European Footballer. He is only the second person outside the English game to be honoured by the Museum.)
- Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti: 2011
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2011
- World Hall of Fame of Soccer: 2011
- Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2012
- Juventus Greatest XI of All Time: 2017
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020
- IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021
- IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team: 2021
- Artemio Franchi Prize
- IFFHS Legends
- Voetball International's World Stars by Raf Willems

### Manager

**Individual**
- El País European Coach of the Year: 1991
- World Soccer Manager of the Year: 1991

### Orders

- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 1985
- Officier of the Ordre national du Mérite: 1994
- Officier of the Légion d'honneur: 1998

## Bibliography

- Michel Platini, "Ma vie comme un match", 1987

## More reading

- Tournon Philippe, _Platini, le football en fête_, Paris, Alta Sport, 1977
- Collectif, _Michel Platini : l'album photos_, Paris, PAC, December 1982

## Other websites

- Michel Platini – Goals in International Matches – www.rsssf.com – by José Luis Pierrend, RSSSF.
- Platini Calls for Bigger World Cup

## Infobox (football biography)

- **embed**: yes
- **header-color**: lavender
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1966–1972
- **youthclubs1**: AS Jœuf
- **youthyears2**: 1972
- **youthclubs2**: AS Nancy, Nancy
- **years1**: 1972–1979
- **clubs1**: AS Nancy, Nancy
- **caps1**: 181
- **goals1**: 98
- **years2**: 1979–1982
- **clubs2**: AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
- **caps2**: 104
- **goals2**: 58
- **years3**: 1982–1987
- **clubs3**: Juventus F.C., Juventus
- **caps3**: 147
- **goals3**: 68
- **totalcaps**: 432
- **totalgoals**: 224
- **nationalyears1**: 1975–1976
- **nationalteam1**: France national under-21 football team, France Olympic
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalyears2**: 1976–1987
- **nationalteam2**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps2**: 72
- **nationalgoals2**: 41
- **nationalyears3**: 1988
- **nationalteam3**: Kuwait national football team, Kuwait
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1988–1992
- **managerclubs1**: France national football team, France


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Michel Platini
- **image**: Michel Platini 2010 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Platini in 2010
- **order**: 6th
- **office**: President of UEFA
- **term start**: 26 January 2007
- **term end**: 21 December 2015
- **predecessor**: Lennart Johansson
- **successor**: Ángel María Villar (acting)
 Aleksander Čeferin
- **birth name**: Michel François Platini
- **birth place**: Jœuf, France
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **occupation**: Footballer
Manager (association football), Manager
Football administrator