Michel Platini

Michel Francois 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-Etienne, and . He won 3 Ballon d'Ors as a player (1983, 1984, 1985).
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Platini goal.
Honours
Player
Nancy
Coupe de France: 1977-78
Division 2: 1974-75
Saint-Etienne
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'Equipe 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
IOC European Footballer of the Season: 1983-84, 1984-85
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
Planete Foot Magazine Team of All Time: 1996
Planete Foot's 50 Best Player of All Time: 1996
Venerdi'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 Pais European Coach of the Year: 1991
World Soccer Manager of the Year: 1991
Orders
Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur: 1985
Officier of the Ordre national du Merite: 1994
Officier of the Legion d'honneur: 1998
Bibliography
Michel Platini, "Ma vie comme un match", 1987
References and notes
Further reading
Tournon Philippe, Platini, le football en fete, 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 Jose Luis Pierrend, RSSSF.
Platini Calls for Bigger World Cup
1955 births
Living people
French footballers
Association football midfielders
Ballon d'Or winners
1978 FIFA World Cup players
1982 FIFA World Cup players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
French football managers
Presidents of UEFA
France at UEFA Euro 1984
France at UEFA Euro 1992