Michel Platini is a famous French footballer, until 2007 - the best scorer of the team. The owner of three “golden balls" and a huge variety of other trophies.
Biography
Michel Platini was born in the small commune of Jeff in the northeastern region of France, Lorraine. Date of birth - June 21, 1955. Despite the fact that Michel was born in France, he is Italian by birth. His grandparents were native Italians, but during World War I they were forced to move to neighboring France.
The boy always wanted to play football, especially since his father Aldo Platini also played football, but at an amateur level. Learning about his son’s passion, he supported him and helped in everything. As early as 11 years old, Platini Jr. began playing for the local team. At the age of 16, the Platini club at the regional level was able to defeat the Mets youth team, representatives of League 1, the main tournament of France.
Breeders drew attention to a talented young man and invited him to his academy, but dreams of playing for their favorite team were not destined to come true. Platini missed the first viewing because of an injury, on the second attempt of a promising player the doctors rejected him, he fainted during spirometry (measuring the volume of air in the lungs). By that time, Aldo Platini was the director of another club from the top divisions of “Nancy”, having talked with coaches and management, he took his upset son to the reserve of his team.
Career
Michel Platini began his professional career as a football player at Nancy at the end of the 1972/1973 season - the team’s top scorer was injured and replaced by Platini. Already in the next season, he began to appear more often on the field and played 20 matches, in which he scored only 2 goals. Speaking for the “Nancy”, Michel also served six months in the army, in the sports unit, so he had the opportunity to continue to train and play for his club. In total, Platini played 214 matches for his father’s team, in which he scored 127 goals.
The next round of the career of the famous football player was “Saint-Etienne”, where he played 3 seasons, appearing on the field 145 times and scoring 82 goals. Also, as part of this club, Platini first became the champion of France in 1981. In 1982, thanks to the expansion of the quota of legionnaires, Platini transferred to Turin Juventus, in which he immediately became a key player. As part of the “Old Senora, ” he three times in a row becomes the top scorer in Serie A, Italy's main tournament.
During his career at Juve, Platini twice became the champion of Italy, won the Italian Cup, the goblet cup and the most prestigious Old World trophy - the European Champions Cup. In total, in the camp of “black and white” Platini spent 5 seasons in which he went out onto the field 224 times and 104 times upset opponents with a goal.
In the French national team, the famous football player became the European champion in 1984 and the bronze medalist of the World Cup in 1986.
After completing his football career, Platini briefly engaged in coaching. In 2015, he was promoted to the presidency of FIFA, but a few months later he was dismissed when a corruption scandal erupted around the football federation, and Platini was the key figure in it.
