| 1 | PRESENTATION |
Platini Michel ( 1955 -), French footballer, one of the best playmakers in Europe in the 1980s and one of the major figures the history of the sport.
| 2 | THE CAREER CLUB: THE ADVENT OF AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
| 2. 1 | The first weapons to AS Nancy-Lorraine |
Born JOEUF (Meurthe-et-Moselle) of Italian parents, Michel Platini shows very young exceptional ability to playing football. Cadet Training Centre SA JOEUF for several years, he joined the first team in 1971. He played his first game of Championship of France's first division (D1) in the team AS Nancy-Lorraine in May 1973. However the club down to the second division (D2) the following year, to quickly reinstate the "elite" of French football after a title of champion of France D2 in 1975, won the first trophy by Michel Platini.
key element of the training Nancy, Michel Platini is growing rapidly and needed to conclusively at the highest level: author of 25 league goals during the 1976-1977 season, he won the Coupe de France in 1978.
| 2. 2 | The revival of AS Saint-Etienne |
When transferred to AS Saint-Etienne at the beginning of the 1979-1980 season, Michel Platini already a safe bet in French football. If the "Greens" have had their heyday - including in Europe - a few seasons ago, the club only to find its status as the best club in France since 1976. The contribution of Michel Platini is quick decisive, since AS Saint-Etienne gets a new national title in 1981, takes up twice consecutively in the finals of the Coupe de France (1981 and 1982) and offered to the public Geoffroy-Guichard few "purple passages" in the European Cup (especially against PSV Eindhoven, severely beaten on the score of 6-0 in 1979). Michel Platini left AS Saint-Etienne in 1982.
| 2. 3 | Consecration international Juventus |
French league's top scorer last season at its Allen, known for its exceptional vision of the game - "vista", including Zinedine Zidane in particular, "heir" of Michel Platini is one of the most striking illustrations - and its technical qualities, including a free kick, he is fluent gesture, Michel Platini wants to give an international dimension to his career. He signed a contract with the prestigious Italian club Juventus in 1982. Five seasons are enough for him to become the best player in Europe and accumulate victories and trophies: best scorer of the Italian Championship - he wins in 1984 and 1986 - three times consecutively (1983, 1984 and 1985), he also won the Italian Cup in 1983, the Cup European Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Club Champions (future Champions League) in 1985. Elected Golden Ball in 1983, 1984 and 1985, Michel Platini was at the height of his fame.
In 1985, he attended as a player in the tragedy of Heysel (Brussels football stadium) occurred within minutes of kick off the final of European Cup Champion Clubs played against Liverpool FC. Two years later, he left Juventus after a disappointing last season and announced alongside the end of his career.
| 3 | Michel Platini and TEAM FRANCE |
| 3. 1 | The best player in the history of the national team? |
The career of Michel Platini for France began in 1976 at a meeting in Paris against Czechoslovakia selected by Michel Hidalgo, the medium Field scored his first goal for the tricolor jersey. In 1977, Michel Platini at a meeting decisive qualifier for the World Cup finals which take place in 1978 in Argentina. He scored his first goal in the tournament against the host country, but the France team is eliminated in the first round. In 1981, the selection National has qualified for the finals of the World Cup to a new - and now "legendary" - Michel Platini free-kick. Eliminated in the semifinals of the competition by the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of a match "history" played in Seville (Spain) in 1982, France has nevertheless achieved its best result since 1958. The "quartet" composed by Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Luis Fernandez and Alain Giresse is then one of the best lines of midfielders in the world.
The European Nations Championship organized in France in 1984 marked the climax of the international career of Michel Platini author of 9 goals in 5 games, he contributes greatly to the final victory of the French team which he is the captain. In 1986, during the World Cup in Mexico, he still raised his game despite the heat and a recurring foot injury, and the team of France reached the semi-final stage for the second time consecutively.
Best scorer of the national team (41 outputs), before Thierry Henry (39 goals in January 2007) and David Trezeguet (34 goals), Michel Platini plays its final game under the tricolor jersey in April 1987.
| 3. 2 | coach Michel Platini: mixed |
Michel Platini was named coach of the France team in 1989. Absent from the 1990 edition of the World Cup in Italy, the national team connects very well under his leadership, including a series of 19 games without defeat between April 1989 and November 1991. The main players chosen by Michel Platini called when Jean-Pierre Papin, Eric Cantona, Didier Deschamps, David Ginola and Frank Sauzée. If the qualifiers for Euro 1992 are brilliantly done, the final phase is a setback for the team and its coach, who resigned a few days after the elimination of France in the first round of the competition.
| 4 | Michel Platini, DEFENDER OF FOOTBALL |
Vice President of AS Nancy-Lorraine only months after his last official match as professional player, then coach of the France team, Michel Platini immediately used his "retirement" to devote himself to football and become a media figure especially in the sports world. Commentator for television, it also carries the Olympic flame during the Winter Games in Albertville in 1992 and established himself as one of the most popular personalities in France.
Michel Platini integrates the institutions of French football in 1995; follower of the "beautiful game", it proposes measures to make football games more fluid and dramatic in order to renewed interest to the public. In 1992 he was named co-chair of the Organizing Committee of the 1998 World Cup in France and participated in the unprecedented success of the final phase.
In October 2001, Michel Platini became vice-president of the French Football Federation (FFF). He is also Special Advisor to Joseph Blatter, President of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA). Then, in January 2007 he was elected president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), including institution in charge of the Euro and European Cups including the prestigious Champions League.
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