Michel Platini

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1 Early career

Michel Franois Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a former

French football player and manager, and the president
of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
since 2007. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers
of all time, he came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote, and was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream
Team.[3] He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1983,
1984 and 1985, a record jointly held with Dutch internationals Johan Cruy and Marco van Basten.[4] In 2004,
Platini was named by Pel in the FIFA 100 list of the
worlds greatest living players.[5]

Born in Joeuf, in the Lorraine region, Platini is the son of

Aldo and Anna (ne Piccinelli), both of Italian ancestry.
Annas family has its roots in the province of Belluno,
while Aldos father, Francesco Platini, was an immigrant
from Agrate Conturbia, in the province of Novara, and
settled in France shortly after the end of the First World
War.[10] Aldo was a professional footballer and a longtime director for AS Nancy, the club where Michel started
his professional career.

During his professional football career, Platini played for

the clubs Nancy, Saint-tienne, and Juventus, and was a
member of the French national team that won the 1984
European Championship, a tournament in which he was
the top goalscorer and voted the best player. He also
participated in the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cups,
reaching the semi-nals in the latter two. Platini, Alain
Giresse, Luis Fernndez and Jean Tigana together made
up the "carr magique" (French for magic square), the
group of mideld players that formed the heart of the
French team in the 1980s.

After performing poorly in the nal of a 1969 young

footballers competition, Michel Platini attracted attention at 16 years of age in a Coupe Gambardella tournament match with an impressive display for Juf juniors
against a Metz junior side. Platini was called up for a trial
with Metz, but missed out on the opportunity due to injury, and was not immediately invited back after the Metz
coach moved to another club. He returned to regional
league football with Juf. Another trial at Metz went horribly wrong when a breathing test on a spirometer caused
Platini to faint. The doctors verdict on Platinis breathing
A versatile oensive mideld playmaker renowned for his diculties and weak heart ended any hopes Platini had of
control, technical ability, and vision, Platini is regarded as playing for his boyhood favorites. He then joined the reone of the best passers in football history, and one of the serve side of his fathers club Nancy in September 1972,
best penalty kick and free kick specialists.[6][7][3][8] De- and became friends with team goalkeeper Jean-Michel
spite primarily being a creative midelder who provided Moutier.
assists, Platini was also a prolic goalscorer, renowned for
his accurate nishing ability, winning the Serie A capocannoniere award three consecutive times between 1983- 2 Club career
1985; he was also the top scorer of Juventuss victorious 1984-85 European Cup campaign.[3] Platini was the 2.1 Nancy (19721979)
record goalscorer of the France national team until striker
Thierry Henry surpassed the 41 goals mark in 2007; Pla- Platini was quick to make a big impression at his new club,
tini holds the record for most goals (9) scored in European scoring a hat-trick in a reserve team match against WitChampionship nal tournaments despite only appearing telsheim. Further outstanding displays put him in conin the victorious 1984 edition. Due to his leadership, as tention for a place in the Nancy rst team. His introducwell as his technical and creative attributes, he was given tion to the rst-team squad was inauspicious. On the subthe nickname Le Roi (The King, in French).[8][9]
stitutes bench for a match against Valenciennes, Platini
was spat on and hit by various objects thrown from the
crowd when a ght broke out in the stands. Playing for
the reserves a few days later, a hefty challenge from an
opponent left Platini with a bad ankle injury. His season
would nish on a more positive note, and he would go on
to make his league debut against Nmes on 3 May 1973.

Platini was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour on

29 April 1985 and became Ocier in 1988. He was the
French national team coach for four years, and was the
co-organizer of the 1998 World Cup in France. He has
also been the chairman of the FIFA Technical and De-

2
In March 1974, he suered a setback when he sustained
a double fracture of his left arm in a match at OGC Nice.
Platini missed the remainder of the season as a result,
unable to assist Nancy in an unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation from Ligue 1. The following season saw Nancy
win promotion back to the French rst division with ease.
Platini became the teams most important player, scoring
17 goals, a number of which were scored from free-kicks,
as was becoming Platinis specialty. Saint-tienne, the
then reigning French league champions, were knocked
out of the French Cup with two goals from Platini freekicks. Platini practised his free-kicks with the help of his
friend, goalkeeper Moutier, and using a row of dummies
to form a defensive wall of sorts.
With Nancy back in Ligue 1, Platinis military service
reduced his availability for matches, but he continued to
make himself available to play when possible. In a match
away to Laval, Platini, angered by the taunts of the home
supporters, scored a hat-trick, but unluckily sustained another injury. Press reports claimed that Platinis season
was over and that he would require a knee operation, but
neither claim proved to be correct. Instead, Platini returned to rst-team football two weeks later for Nancys
French Cup semi-nal against Marseille at the Parc des
Princes. Platini headed the only Nancy goal in their 41
loss and was forced to leave the eld injured. Following
his participation in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Platini
signed a two-year contract with Nancy, his rst professional contract.

CLUB CAREER

While in Argentina for the World Cup, he would squeeze

tubes of toothpaste into his team-mates beds.

2.2 Saint-tienne (19791982)

Platinis three years at Saint-tienne were a mixed success. The club had signed him with a view to success in
the European Cup, but despite some excellent results (including a 60 win over PSV in the 197980 UEFA Cup
and a 50 win at Hamburger SV in the UEFA Cup the following season), the club were unable to surpass the feats
of the Saint-tienne side that had reached the nal of the
1976 European Cup.
Platini won the French league title in 1981 with Les Verts,
but was on a losing Saint-tienne side in two French
Cup nals, against Bastia in 1981 and against Paris SaintGermain in 1982, in what was his last match for the club
before joining Juventus. He left for a nominal transfer fee
(under UEFA regulations) despite being out of contract
and no fee being necessary under French regulations at
the time.[11]

2.3 Juventus (19821987)

Before travelling to Argentina for the World Cup, Platini

won the rst major trophy of his playing career, captaining Nancy to victory in the 1978 French Cup nal against
Nice and scoring the only goal of the game. President
Valry Giscard d'Estaing presented him with the trophy.
However, with the World Cup scheduled to start two
weeks after the cup nal, there was little time left for
preparation.
Although Platini was not disgraced by his performances
at his rst World Cup, fans held him responsible for the
French teams failure to progress in the tournament, and
in the season that followed he was a target of jeering
crowds. The situation came to a head in a match away to
Saint-tienne. Spurred on by booing fans, Platini competed for every ball, and he picked up a bad ankle injury in a tackle. As a result, he was ruled out of Nancys
Cup Winners Cup campaign. His contract with the club
expired in June 1979, and Internazionale, Paris SaintGermain, and Saint-tienne emerged as the clubs most
likely to sign him, although the Nancy club president had
been unwilling to let Platini leave the club. Having set his
mind on a transfer to Saint-tienne, he signed a three-year
contract with les Verts.

Platini holding aloft the Ballon d'Or in Juventus colours.

At Juventus, in a team featuring numerous members of

Italys victorious World Cup squad, Platini had a dicult introduction to Italian football. He was a target in
the demanding Italian sports media, and even came close
to leaving Italy in the winter of his rst season. Platini
and teammate Zbigniew Boniek successfully called for a
change in tactics, and in the second half of the season Juventus saw an upturn in their fortunes. They reached the
European Cup nal, losing to Hamburger SV, but won
the Italian Cup, the rst of many club honours to follow
for Platini in the coming seasons.

In spite of his injuries and the boos that would greet him,
Platini maintained his pranksterish sense of humour. On Michel was one of those great players who saw tness
away trips, he would set o recrackers in public places work as being a bit supercial. He used to say, 'We're not
and then pretend to be dead, inevitably drawing a crowd. going to compete in the 5,000 metres at the Olympics, we
have to play with our feet.

3.1

1976 Olympics

Giovanni Trapattoni, Juventus coach.[12]

coach Michel Hidalgo's rst game in charge, a friendly

against Czechoslovakia in Paris (27 March 1976, 22),
He won the Serie A title with Juventus in 1984 and and scored his rst goal with a trademark free kick.
1986, the European Cup Winners Cup in 1984, the 1984
European Super Cup, the European Cup in 1985 and the
1985 Intercontinental Cup. He nished top scorer in Se- 3.1 1976 Olympics
rie A for three consecutive seasons (198283, 198384,
and 198485), and won a hat-trick of European Foot- Platini was a member of the French football team at the
baller of the Year awards (1983 through 1985). He was 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Their tournament
also voted Player of the Year by World Soccer magazine began on 19 July with an 40 win over Mexico. They
registered another 40 win in their next match against
in 1984 and 1985.
Guatemala, with two goals from Platini. The French
The 1985 European Cup nal against Liverpool at the team completed the group stage with a draw against IsHeysel Stadium in Brussels should have been the crown- rael, Platini scoring from a penalty. France progressed
ing moment of Platinis Juventus career, but was instead to the quarter-nal stage, where they would face a fullovershadowed by the Heysel Stadium disaster in which strength East German team. France lost 40 and nished
39 people died, and 600 more were injured. It was de- the match with nine men.
cided to proceed with the match in order to avoid inciting any further trouble, and after both captains had appealed for calm, the match began just under an hour and 3.2 Prior to 1978 World Cup
a half beyond schedule, with riot police still engaged in a
pitched battle with Juventus fans. Platini scored the only With a 31 win over Bulgaria at the Parc des Princes on
goal of the match from a penalty kick awarded for a foul 16 November 1977, a match in which Platini excelled in
on Zbigniew Boniek. In the days following the nal, Pla- the role of playmaker and scored with a strike from 30
tini was criticised in some quarters for his lack of restraint yards, France secured qualication for the 1978 World
in celebrating Juventus win. In his own defence, Platini Cup in Argentina for their rst appearance in the World
maintained that he had not been made fully aware of the Cup nals since 1966. In the month following the decisive
scale of the disaster. Following the 1986 World Cup in qualifying match, Platini nished third in the voting for
Mexico, Platini spent another season at Juventus before the 1977 European Footballer of the Year.
retiring from football in June 1987.
Among the international friendlies France played in
preparation for the World Cup, their match against Italy
in Naples on 8 February 1978 (22) was particularly signicant for Platini. With a number of scouts from Ital3 International career
ian clubs in attendance, he was in excellent form. He
beat Italian goalkeeping legend Dino Zo from two diHaving rst attracted the attention of national team se- rect free-kicks, the rst being ruled out because the reflectors in the Coupe Gambardella tournament, Platini eree had not blown his whistle. The re-taken free-kick
was selected for the French junior team, but injuries pre- was blocked by the defensive wall, but minutes later Plavented him from playing. He made his rst appearance tini had the ball in the Italian net from another free-kick.
for a French national selection playing for the French am- Zo attempted to anticipate the ight of the ball by posiateur side on 26 September 1973.
tioning himself on the left side of the goal, only for Platini
Platini began his military service in summer 1975. He to nd the unguarded area of the net with his free-kick,
was assigned to the Joinville battalion, as were all tal- leaving Zo rooted to the spot. Platinis duels with Zo
ented French sportspeople fullling their military obliga- and his performance in a match that was broadcast on
tions. His colleagues in the battalion included his Nancy Italian television made him a name in Italy. A number
team-mates Olivier Rouyer and Jean-Michel Moutier, as of clubs both in France (Paris Saint-Germain and Saintwell as Maxime Bossis, soon to become a regular in the tienne) and across Europe (Juventus, Internazionale,
French national team along with Platini. Platini would Napoli, Barcelona, Valencia, and Arsenal, to name a few)
turn out for the French military team, in addition to rep- began the clamour for his services.
resenting the French under-23s and the French Olympic
team. He impressed in the Olympic teams 40 win over
Romania in Brest, a result made even more impressive by 3.3 1978 World Cup
the fact that Romania had elded a full international side
for the Olympic qualier. Platinis performance made In retrospect, this match may have been a Pyrrhic vichim a star in France. The away leg of the qualifying tie tory because Platinis brilliance drew the attention of Italy
was a mere formality, France coming away with a 11 coach Enzo Bearzot, who devised a successful plan to
draw. Three days after the draw in Bucharest, Platini re- contain him in a match-up that really matteredthe rst
ceived his rst call-up to the a national team for what was round of the 1978 World Cup four months later. Platini

4 COACHING CAREER

was kept in check by Marco Tardelli's implacable mark- at the end of the match secured Frances rst major title
ing and Italy won 21. Drawn in a dicult group with in international football.
Italy as well as hosts (and eventual winners) Argentina,
Frances loss to the hosts in Buenos Aires eectively ensured their elimination; France did not survive the rst 3.6 Mexico '86
round.
Suering from groin pain and playing under injection,
Platini was not in peak physical condition for the 1986
3.4 Road to Spain '82 and the World Cup World Cup in Mexico. Nonetheless he contributed two
important goals. The rst contributed to their 20 defeat
Platini was nonetheless made captain of the French na- of defending champions Italy at the Olimpico Stadium in
tional side after the World Cup and made the number 10 Mexico City. The second came during the quarter-nal
jersey his own. One of his trademark free-kicks helped match against Brazil in Guadalajara. After Careca scored
France defeat the Netherlands 20 in Paris (18 November for Brazil, Platini scored the equalizer, his 41st on his
1981) in a crucial qualifying match for the 1982 World 31st birthday, which sent the game into a penalty shootout. France won 43, with Platini infamously sending his
Cup in Spain.
over the bar. This goal was to be the last of his internaFrance unexpectedly reached the seminals of the 1982 tional career. After losing a second World Cup semi-nal
World Cup where they met West Germany in Seville for in a row to West Germany in Guadalajara, France had to
what proved to be one of the great matches of World settle for third place. Platini did not take part in the 1982
Cup history. German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher had or 1986 World Cup third-place matches.
collided with Patrick Battiston, leaving the Frenchman
knocked-out cold, and the referee did not call a penalty,
much to the anger of the French. With both sides level 3.7 Retirement
at 33 after extra time had been played (Platini having
scored Frances rst goal of the game from a penalty) the When I was a kid and played with my friends, I always
match went to a penalty shoot-out which West Germany chose to be Platini. I let my friends share the names of
won 54. Interestingly, Platini would consider this match my other idols between themselves.
the greatest memory of his career.
Zinedine Zidane[12]

3.5

Euro '84

He didn't run a lot like Cruy and didn't depend on his

physique, but I liked how he was the brain organising
things on the pitch. He was a player who used his head in
the broader sense. The way he shone with France and Juventus, and his capacity for taking free-kicks, made him
the European footballer of the 1980s.
Pel.[12]

Platini made his last appearance for France on 29 April

1987, in a European Championship qualier at home to
Iceland, a few weeks before announcing his retirement
from all football. In 72 appearances for France from
1976 to 1987, including 49 appearances as captain, Platini scored 41 times, a record for the French national
team, which has since only been surpassed by Thierry
Henry after scoring his 42nd and 43rd national team goals
against Lithuania in a Euro 2008 qualifying match on 17
October 2007.

In 1984, Platini captained France to success in the

European Championship on home soil. His individual 3.8 Kuwait
impact on the tournament was huge with nine of Frances
14 goals in just ve games (the top goal scorer in Euro Michels last match came on 27 November 1988, when
'84).
he came out of retirement for one day to play in an interHe scored the winner in Frances opening match against national friendly match representing Kuwait against the
Denmark, and scored one perfect hat-trick against Soviet Union, at the request of the Kuwaiti Emir. Platini
Belgium as France topped their rst-round group with played a total of 21 minutes in the 2-0 loss to the Soviets.
three wins out of three. In the dramatic semi-nal in In doing so, Platini completed the rare feat of appearing
[2]
Marseille against Portugal, Platini scored the nal goal for more than one country at full international level.
of the match for a memorable 32 win in the last minute
of extra time.

In the nal against Spain at the Princes Stadium in Paris, 4 Coaching career
he opened the scoring with a free kick-goal, helped by
a monumental blunder from Spain goalkeeper Luis Ar- Platini was named coach of the French national side on 1
conada. A second goal from Bruno Bellone in injury time November 1988, replacing Henri Michel, who had been

5
forced out after France infamously drew with Cyprus (1
1) in a 1990 World Cup qualier. Frances qualifying
campaign was ultimately unsuccessful.
The focus of the team shifted to qualifying for the 1992
European Championship in Sweden. France excelled in
the qualifying stages, winning all eight of their group
matches, including notable victories away to Spain and
Czechoslovakia. After a record 19-match unbeaten run,
they were among the favourites to win the competition
and Platini was named Manager of the Year by the World
Soccer Awards. But a string of uninspiring performances
in warm-up matches, followed by Frances rst-round
elimination from the tournament, led Platini to step down Michel Platini visiting the construction site of Stadium in Malice,
as coach.
2009

Administrative roles

He [Platini] was a great player who left a mark on his

era, and its always good when players take up positions
in the higher echelons of the game. He knows everything
there is to know about football.
Lilian Thuram, France '98 World Cup winning
defender.[12]
Platini was, along with Fernand Sastre, head of the organizing committee for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, held in
France. He served on the UEFA Technical Development
Committee from 1988 to 1990. He has been a member
of the UEFA Executive Committee and European member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 2002. He
continued to climb the ranks of UEFA and FIFA football administration and in 2006, became a chairman of
the FIFA Technical and Development Committee, while
also being vice-president of the French Football Federation.

champions of smaller countries and non-champions of

bigger countries. He has also talked about banning clubs
from the competition based on the debts of the clubs.[16]
Among his more contentious claims is that international
transfer of players under 18 is in fact a form of illegal
child tracking and should be prohibited by the EU.
Paying a child to kick a ball is not that dierent from
paying a child to work [...] in a factory, said Platini to
members of the EU on 18 February 2009.[17]

6 Health

On 9 July 2010, the day before the third place play-o of

the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Platini collapsed at
a restaurant in the Michaelangelo Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. He was rushed to the Morningside MediClinic with a suspected heart attack after having received
rst aid care by a Brazilian radio director who was sitting
at a table next to him. He was attended to and discharged
by cardiologist and former President of the South African
Heart Association Dr Leonard Steingo.[18] The ocial
statement released by FIFA conrmed that Platini was
discharged, stating that the UEFA President was ne,
5.1 UEFA presidency
and merely suering from a bout of u.[19] Platini was
conrmed in attendance at the nal between Spain and
Platini conrmed that he would run for the UEFA presi- Netherlands on the evening of the 11 July.
dency in July 2006.[13] In the election in Dsseldorf on 26
January 2007, he defeated Lennart Johansson, who held
the post for the previous 16 years, by 27 votes to 23.[14] 7 Honours
Platini based his speech on virtues of solidarity and universality.

7.1 Club

Platini has recently backed the 6+5 idea, six home-grown

players and ve foreign players to be introduced in top- Nancy
ight teams in Europe. Platini has also backed caps on
wages, transfer spending both absolute and as a frac Coupe de France: 1977-78
tion of club turnover and foreign ownership of clubs.
Ligue 2: 1974-75
He has stated that he wants to reduce the number of Italian, Spanish, and English teams that participate in the
UEFA Champions League to a maximum of three in- Saint-tienne
stead of four.[15] This hasn't happened yet, but instead
for the 200910 season, dierent routes were created for
Ligue 1: 1980-81

10
Coupe de France runner-up: 1980-81, 1981-82

Juventus
European Cup: 1984-85; runner-up: 1982-83
European Cup Winners Cup: 1983-84

REFERENCES AND NOTES

L'quipe French Champion of Champions: 1977,

1984
Capocannoniere (Serie A Top Scorer): 1982-83,
1983-84, 1984-85
European Cup Top Scorer: 1984-85

Intercontinental Cup: 1985

Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the

Match Award: 1985[20]

UEFA Super Cup: 1984

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1982, 1986

Serie A: 1983-84, 1985-86

FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002

Coppa Italia: 1982-83

Italian Football Hall of Fame member

UEFA European Football Championship: 1984

English Football Hall of Fame member (voted AllTime Greatest European Footballer. He is only the
second person outside the English game to be honoured by the Museum.)

Artemio Franchi Trophy: 1985

Artemio Franchi Prize

FIFA World Cup: Third-Place 1986

Premio Internazionale Giacinto Facchetti: 2011[21]

FIFA World Cup: Fourth-Place 1982

Golden Foot: 2004, as football legend

7.2

International

1976 Pre-Olympic Zone European

7.3.2 Manager
During Platinis international career, France were ve
times holders of Nasazzis baton, and Platini was captain
on the third, fourth, and fth occasion that the French
national team held the unocial title while he was an international.

7.3

Individual

El Pas European Coach of the Year: 1991

World Soccer Manager of the Year: 1991

8 Career statistics
[22] [23]

7.3.1

Player

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor

Ocier of the Legion of Honour
FIFA 100
Ballon d'Or: 1983, 1984, 1985

9 Bibliography
Tournon Philippe, Platini, le football en fte, Paris,
Alta Sport, 1977

Onze d'Or: 1983, 1984, 1985

Collectif, Michel Platini : l'album photos, Paris,

PAC, December 1982

Onze d'Argent: 1977

Michel Platini : Ma vie comme un match, 1987

World Soccer Player of the Year: 1984, 1985

UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 1984

10 References and notes

UEFA European Championship Top Scorer: 1984

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rsssf.com. 21 April 2011.

France Football French Player of the Year: 1976,

1977

[3] FIFA Player of the Century (PDF). touri.com. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

[4] European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)".

RSSSF. Retrieved 13 January 2015
[5] Peles list of the greatest. BBC Sport. 4 March 2004.
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[6] Michel Platini. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
[7] Michel Platini Biography. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
[8] Michel Platini. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
[9] Tra Hamrin e Batigol Toni per la storia. Retrieved 9
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[10] Buon compleanno, Monsieur Calcio. Archivio - la Repubblica.it.
[11] Moving with the Ball: The Migration of Professional Footballers. Books.google.com.au. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
[12] Michel Platini - I was there. FIFA.com. Retrieved 24
May 2014
[13] Platini to run for UEFA presidency. EuFootball.biz. 27
July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 December
2007. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
[14] Platini elected UEFA president. UEFA.com. 27 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 February
2007. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
[15] Scott, Matt (29 December 2006). Platini victory
would reduce Englands Champions League quota. The
Guardian (UK). Retrieved 7 May 2009.
[16] Tynan, Gordon (27 June 2008). Platini warns clubs in
debt of possible Champions League ban. The Independent (UK). Retrieved 7 May 2009.
[17] Platinis latest foe, and maybe the toughest: The EU.
New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014
[18] Lipton, Martin (9 July 2010). UEFA chief Michel Platini suers suspected heart attack News MirrorFootball.co.uk. Mirror Football. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
[19] Uefa president Michel Platini collapses in Johannesburg.
BBC Sport-Football. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
[20] Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award.
Retrieved 2014-08-30.
[21] Il premio Facchetti a Michel Platini Festa (con fair play)
a Milano. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
[22] Michel Platini. National Football Teams. Retrieved
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[23] Michel Platini - Goals in International Matches.
Rsssf.com. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

11 External links
Michel Platini at National-Football-Teams.com
FIFA Classic Players biography faworldcup.yahoo.com, FIFA Retrieved November 2006.
Sports-Reference.com prole.
Michel Platini Goals in International Matches
www.rsssf.com by Jos Luis Pierrend, RSSSF.
(French) Fiche de Michel Platini career summary www.lequipe.fr L'Equipe newspaper,
2006.
Platini Calls for Bigger World Cup

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