Michel platini, playing here for france at the 1986 world cup, captained his country to the european championship title in 1984. View frederic platini s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Football demi finale france allemagne 1982 platini. The second goal in a remarkable second successive hattrick for michel platini in the 1984 uefa european championship, this diving header featured in a 32 victory for the hosts against yugoslavia. Uefa president michel platinis father aldo poses on june. Platini article about platini by the free dictionary. France michel platini juventus 71 premier football cards. Join facebook to connect with france platini and others you may know. France 1984 championnats d europe maillot score draw. Michel platini, in full michel francois platini, born june 21, 1955, joeuf, france, french professional football soccer player and administrator who was named the european footballer of the year three times 198385 and served as president of the union of european football associations uefa. Following his retirement as a player, platini was the france national team coach for four years and was the coorganizer of the 1998 world cup in france.
Franceyugoslavia magnificent platini the scourge of yugoslavia. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Jun 10, 2016 the team pushed france all the way, platini scoring another hattrick in a 32 win that restored a bit of pride within the yugoslav camp. May 12, 2012 the 1984 european championship in france had the lot, a perfect storm that culminated in french glory, their first major trophy. However, when we look at the record books in another 32 years, there should be a. Coupe du monde 1998 french edition platini, michel on. Platini made his last appearance for france on 29 april 1987, in a european championship qualifier at. Michel platini article about michel platini by the free. Former players praise del bosque in new book wales overtake england in fifa world rankings. Michel platini born 21 june 1955 is a former french football player. The 1984 uefa european football championship final tournament was held in france from 12 to 27 june 1984. Uefa president michel platini s father aldo poses on june 11, 2011, after being decorated by his son with a golden order of the french football federation fff, during a general assembly of the lorraine football league in joeuf, eastern france, platini s hometown where he started playing football.
Michel platini simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michel platini was outstanding while giresse, tigana and fernandez werent halfbad either. How france hosted and won euro 1984 and british tv ignored the. France 1984 european championship shirt france retro. He started playing very young and first caught attention in a coupe gambardella. Secondhalf goals from michel platini and bruno bellone secured france a 20 win over spain at the.
It was the seventh european football championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by uefa at the time, only eight countries took part in the final stage of the tournament, seven of which had to come through the qualifying stage. Michel platini at his peak inspires france bbc sport. Michel platini has drifted from to 1110 to be fifas next president after swiss prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into sepp blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as alternatively on suspicion of misappropriation. Added time world view back to yours the irish times book club. Platini holds the record for most goals 9 scored in european championship final tournaments despite only appearing in the victorious 1984 edition. Michel platini snatched glory from spain in the 1984 european championship, which was held in france.
Michel platini bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Michel hidalgos side came into the 1984 finals as favourites to lift the trophy. Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your platini family tree. Michel hidalgo, frances euro 1984winning coach, has died aged 87. He scored seven goals in the group stages, including hattricks against belgium and yugoslavia. Uefa president michel platinis father aldo poses on june 11. Michel platini retired from the game, still a young man, just shy of his 32nd birthday in 1987 after 680 official career appearances and 368 goals of which 72 matches and 41 goals were with france. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, platini won the ballon dor three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and came sixth in the fifa. The 1984 european championship in france had the lot, a perfect storm that culminated in french glory, their first major trophy. Michel platini of france euro 1984 print at sports photo gallery. At the age of 31, michel platini, announced his retirement from the big football.
Michel platini of france with coach michel hidalgo after victory in the 1984. Platini was the record goalscorer of the france national team until striker thierry henry surpassed the 41 goals mark in 2007. Animated version of italy free kick vs france at euro2008. Sep 16, 20 this feature is not available right now. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover frederic. Beautiful images of football as prints, framed, wall stickers or on canvas in different formats. Michel francois platini, 21 june 1955, joeuf, france. But france won the euros in 1984, largely down to the genius of. Platini was a member of the french national team that won the 1984 european championship, a tournament in which he was voted the best player and top goalscorer. Platini, le millesime 1984 en route vers leuro top 100. Denmark side and two genuine dark horses belgium and yugoslavia. During his career, the football player scored 265 goals in 501 game. Produced on june 21, 1955, in joeuf, france, michel platini started his professional football career with as nancy in 1972.
Sep 25, 2015 michel platini, who made his name as an outstanding player and then took on the role of coaching france, is in his third career, as an administrator of the game the announcement by the swiss. Platini taken into custody over qatar world cup probe i hope that fifa will have the courage and the decency to lift my suspension, platini told in a telephone interview. Yugoslavias manager todor veselinovic summed up the situation neatly. Michel platini biography childhood, life achievements. He is the son of ado platini, the former footballer and director of as nancy and anna nee piccinelli. Attacking midfielder who helped the french national team win the 1984 euro cup and was voted the best player of the tournament. Michel francois platini born 21 june 1955 is a french former football player, manager and. Frederic platini head of business development monaco. His father, aldo, was a professional footballer and director of as nancy. Platini was a key player of the france national team that won the 1984 european championship, a tournament in which he was the top scorer and best player, and reached the semifinals of the 1982 and 1986 world cups. How france hosted and won euro 1984 and british tv. France 32 yugoslaviacaptain michel platini scored his second hattrick in as many games to. Both juventus and france fell in quality in the wake of his retirement as there was no available player on the planet who could fill his boots 100%.
Michel platini known people famous people news and. Michel platini captained france, scored in every match nine goals in five games in total, including hattricks against belgium and yugoslavia and virtually won the henri delauney european championship trophy singlehanded. The 48,000seat parc des princes in paris was the venue for the opening match and the final. Platini, a former france soccer great, was being detained at the anticorruption office of the judicial police outside paris. He married christelle in 1977 they have two children.
Yugoslavia werent the silky force they had been in the 1970s. Soccer european championships france 1984 group one. Belgium and yugoslavia, before then seeing off portugal in the semifinals. He started playing very young and first caught attention in a coupe gambardella tournament where j. Une camera qui illustre les papiers contenant une video. Watch michel platini score his second hattrick in as many games as three strikes in 18 minutes proved decisive in the 1984 european. Michel platini biography famous people biographies. The les bleus captain and playmaker michel platini scored backtoback hattricks against belgium and yugoslavia to take them to the lastfour. After retiring in 1987, platini became a trainer and held several executive posts until he was elected uefa president in 2007. France s winning bid to host the euro was based on seven stadia. Ver mas ideas sobre futbol soccer, michel platini y deportes.
Platini was a key player of the france national team that won the 1984 european. France 1984 platini free kick story video dailymotion. The team pushed france all the way, platini scoring another hattrick in a 32 win that restored a bit of pride within the yugoslav camp. Built in 1972, it was still stateoftheart in 1984 and needed minor improvements only. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, platini won the ballon dor three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and came sixth in the fifa player of the century vote. Michel platini was outstanding while giresse, tigana and fernandez werent half bad either. In 19881992 platini was coach of france, then engaged in administrative activities in football. Three times he was honored golden ball 1983, 1984, 1985. But tragedy would strike the team when doctor milenovic.
Michel platini on france 84 it was the only final tournament. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time 1 2. Here youll find stories about every aspect of football history, like great matches, legendary players, glorious defeats, cult heroes, and much more. As the president of uefa in 2015 he was banned from football, over ethics violations.
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