Michel Platini
French football player, manager and executive (born 1955)
- Fame72.2
- Momentum13.5
- France rank#217
Source-basedRising
- Fame72.2
- Momentum13.5
- France rank#217
- Footballers rank#120
- Wikipedia224K
Born 1955 · age 71France
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Updated 2026-06-21
Three consecutive Ballon d'Or wins in the mid-1980s, a midfield engine who scored like a striker, and the architect of France's 1984 European Championship triumph — until a 2015 ethics ban severed him from the game he'd risen to administer.
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Born 21 June 1955, Platini moved through Nancy and Saint-Étienne before landing at Juventus, where he claimed three straight Serie A top-scorer titles between 1983 and 1985 and led the club to the 1984–85 European Cup. Nicknamed Le Roi, he anchored the carré magique midfield that carried France to the 1984 Euros — a tournament he dominated as top scorer and best player — and to the semi-finals of two World Cups. He retired as France's all-time leading scorer, a mark that stood until 2007, and his nine European Championship goals weren't overtaken until Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021. After managing…
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Teams
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- Juventus FC1982–1987
- AS Saint-Étienne1979–1982
- France men's national association football team1976–1987
- France Olympic football team1975–1976
- France national under-21 association football team1975–1976
- France national amateur football team1973–1975
- A.S. Nancy-Lorraine1972–1979
19721987
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Season stats
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| 1982–1987 | 147 | 68 |
| 1979–1982 | 104 | 58 |
| 1976–1987 | 72 | 41 |
| 1975–1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1972–1979 | 181 | 98 |
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Awards
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- Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the National Order of Merit
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Rising72.2
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Momentum13.5
Historical32.1
Now attention9.6
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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- WikipediaHigh confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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