SOCCER PLAYER

Michel Platini

1955 - Today

Photo of Michel Platini

Icon of person Michel Platini

Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French former football player, manager and administrator. As the president of UEFA in 2015 he was banned from football, over ethics violations. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and came seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Platini has received more than 2,218,665 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Michel Platini is the 17th most popular soccer player (down from 15th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from France (down from 294th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Soccer Player.

Michel Platini is most famous for being the president of UEFA and the president of the Union of European Football Associations.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michel Platinis by language


Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michel Platini ranks 17 out of 16,923. Before him are Giuseppe Meazza, Zinedine Zidane, Cesare Maldini, George Best, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, and Zico. After him are Just Fontaine, Didi, Luis Suárez, Mário Zagallo, Josef Bican, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Michel Platini ranks 7. Before him are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Bruce Willis, Rowan Atkinson, Jair Bolsonaro, and Nicolas Sarkozy. After him are Tim Berners-Lee, Kevin Costner, Alain Prost, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Whoopi Goldberg, and Kris Jenner.

Others Born in 1955

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Michel Platini ranks 348 out of 5,234. Before him are Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Jean Buridan (1295), Jean Gabin (1904), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), and Ernest Renan (1823). After him are Sophie Germain (1776), Elisabeth of France (1602), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Nicolas Appert (1749), Jean Fouquet (1420), and Jules Rimet (1873).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Michel Platini ranks 2. Before him are Zinedine Zidane (1972). After him are Raymond Kopa (1931), Eric Cantona (1966), Lucien Laurent (1907), Thierry Henry (1977), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Laurent Blanc (1965), Didier Deschamps (1968), Michel Hidalgo (1933), Raymond Domenech (1952), and Franck Ribéry (1983).

French born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • Datawheel