Former French football player Michel Platini - born June 21 1955 - enjoyed a long and celebrated career, which included captaining the French National Team to European Championship honours in 1984, and becoming the top scorer of the tournament with nine goals. Platini was voted European Footballer of the Year three times in succession in 1983, 1984 and 1985 - an unprecedented achievement. He was also voted World Soccer Player of the Year in 1984 and 1985. Platini started his soccer career at Nancy-Lorraine and subsequently Saint-Etienne, winning the 1981 league games as a midfielder, during his time with Juventus Platini helped the club win two league titles, the Italian Cup, the European Cup, and the Cup Winners Cup, this is his remarkable story...