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Michel Platini

French football player, manager and executive (born 1955)

  • Fame72.1
  • Momentum13.0
  • Footballers rank#117
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Born 1955 · age 71France
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  • Age
    71
    Born 1955
  • Known for
    Anelka: Misunderstood
    2020
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

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.

Biography

About

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 FC
    1982–1987
  • AS Saint-Étienne
    1979–1982
  • France men's national association football team
    1976–1987
  • France Olympic football team
    1975–1976
  • France national under-21 association football team
    1975–1976
  • France national amateur football team
    1973–1975
  • A.S. Nancy-Lorraine
    1972–1979
19721987
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Season stats

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1982–198714768
1979–198210458
1976–19877241
1975–197630
1972–197918198
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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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72.1
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Momentum13.0
Historical30.7
Now attention54.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Category rank
#117
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