Michel François Platini is a football administrator and a former French football player and manager. A three time winner of the Ballon d’Or Awards is regarded as one of the best footballers of all time. This French player led his country to two World Cup semi-finals. He was the top goal scorer and best player in the 1984 European Championship, which was won by the French National Team. A master of the free-kick, Platini was given the nickname of ‘Le Roi’ or ‘The King’ due to his amazing leadership qualities. He, Alain Giresse, Luis Fernández and Jean Tigana made up the ‘Magic Square’, a midfield players' group which was the crux of the French National Team. Even though he was mainly a forward midfield playmaker, he is noted for some celebrated goal scoring. He won the Serie A capocannoniere award three times straight and retired as the country’s highest goal scorer in international careers. Platini was also the coach of the French national team for four years and one of the organizers of the 1998 World Cup held in France. Apart from being the chairman of the FIFA Technical and Development Committee and vice-president of the French Football Federation, he was the president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) till 2015. In recognition of his talent, he was included in the English and Italian Football Hall of Fame. He was banned for 8 years following an ethics investigation by the FIFA ethics committee on 21 December 2015.