Michel Platini

Michel Platini
Platini in 2010
6th President of UEFA
In office 26 January 2007 – 21 December 2015
Preceded by	Lennart Johansson
Succeeded by	Ángel María Villar (acting) Aleksander Čeferin
Personal details
Born	Michel François Platini[1] (1955-06-21) 21 June 1955 (age 69)[2] Jœuf, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Occupation	Footballer Manager Football administrator
Association football career Position(s) Midfielder Youth career 1966–1972 AS Jœuf 1972 Nancy Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1972–1979 Nancy 181 (98) 1979–1982 Saint-Étienne 104 (58) 1982–1987 Juventus 147 (68) Total 432 (224) National team 1975–1976 France Olympic 7 (4) 1976–1987 France[3] 72 (41) 1988 Kuwait[4] 1 (0) Teams managed 1988–1992 France Honours Men's football Representing  France FIFA World Cup 1986 México UEFA European Championship Winner 1984 France * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.^[5] He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.^[6][7] 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 Juventus. He won the Ballon d'Or three times as a player (in 1983, 1984, 1985).

1. ↑ "Décret du 13 juillet 1998 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 13 July 1998 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 1998 (161): 10831. 14 July 1998. PREX9801876D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Michel Platini". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
3. ↑ "Michel Platini Biography". Soccer-fans-info.com. 3 May 1973. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009.
4. ↑ "Michel Platini – Goals in International Matches". rsssf.com. 21 April 2011.
5. ↑ "Fifa: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini get eight-year bans". BBC Sport. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
6. ↑ "Legends Revisited: Michel Platini - France's Greatest Player?". Bleacher Report.
7. ↑ "FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.12, Michel Platini". 26 July 2017.