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Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.French soccer great Michel Platini has been formally placed under investigation in Switzerland in relation to a $2 million payment he got from FIFA in 2011.Swiss federal prosecutors this month extended their open criminal proceedings into then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s role in the payment to include Platini, according to a document seen Friday by The Associated Press.Platini, who was the president of European soccer body UEFA at the time, is suspected of being an accomplice to criminal mismanagement, misappropriation and forgery, the document states.The former France national team captain submitted invoices to FIFA in January 2011 seeking payment for an uncontracted salary when working as a presidential adviser in Blatter’s first term, from 1998-2002.Five different courts and tribunals — including the FIFA ethics committee, the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Platini and Blatter, who were both banned by FIFA, deny wrongdoing and have not been charged by Swiss prosecutors.The Swiss attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Platini’s four-year ban expired in October and he has been planning to return to the sport.However, a new prosecutor was appointed to lead some investigations last year in the wider Swiss probe of corruption allegations in international soccer that began in 2014.Prosecutor Thomas Hildbrand’s name appears on official documents relating to Platini’s case that have been seen by the AP.That money went into the control of then-FIFA vice president Jack Warner, who was campaigning in the Caribbean nation’s general election at the time.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Born in Joeuf (Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) in 1955 from Italian immigrants, Michel Platini became one of the best French soccer players ever. Michel Platini Ferreira Mesquita or simply Michel Platini (born 8 September 1983 in Ceilândia) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for forward.

He knows everything there is to know about football. Mit dem 1:1-Ausgleichstor im Gruppenspiel gegen Jugoslawien erzielte er sein 31. Michel Platini thought playing a ‘very British’ Arsenal team at Highbury would prepare France for a World Cup qualifier in Scotland, but the plan backfired. All market data delayed 20 minutes. French soccer great Michel Platini has been formally placed under investigation in Switzerland in relation to a $2 million payment he got from FIFA in 2011. Michel Platini, Producer: 2016 UEFA European Football Championship. His colleagues in the battalion included his Nancy teammates Olivier Rouyer and Jean-Michel Moutier, as well as Platini was a member of the French football team at the Among the international friendlies France played in preparation for the World Cup, their match against Platini was nonetheless made captain of the French national side after the World Cup and made the number 10 jersey his own.

While in Platini's three years at Saint-Étienne were a mixed success. All market data delayed 20 minutes.

All rights reserved. For the Brazilian footballer, see "I played for Nancy because it was my hometown club and the best in Lorraine, for Saint-Étienne because it was the best team in France, and for Juventus because it is the best team in the world! Michel Platini is a former French football player turned manager and administrator who came into prominence during the early ’70s and is also regarded as one of the best football players of all time. Following his retirement as a player, Platini was the France national team coach for four years, and was the co-organizer of the After performing poorly in the final of a 1969 young footballers' competition, Michel Platini attracted attention at 16 years of age in a Platini was quick to make a big impression at his new club, scoring a In March 1974, he suffered a setback when he sustained a double fracture of his left arm in a match at With Nancy back in Ligue 1, Platini's military service reduced his availability for matches, but he continued to make himself available to play when possible. On 5-6-1955 Michel Platini (nickname: Le Roi) was born in Jœuf, France. Spurred on by booing fans, Platini competed for every ball, and he picked up a bad ankle injury in a tackle. On away trips, he would set off firecrackers in public places and then pretend to be dead, inevitably drawing a crowd. One of his trademark free-kicks helped France defeat the France unexpectedly reached the semifinals of the 1982 World Cup where they met In 1984, Platini captained France to success in the He scored the winner in France's opening match against Suffering from groin pain and playing under injection, Platini was not in peak physical condition for the Platini made his last appearance for France on 29 April 1987, in a Platini's last match came on 27 November 1988, when he came out of retirement for one day to play in an international friendly match representing Platini is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, and is regarded as one of the finest passers in football history, as well as one of the best ever Platini was named coach of the French national side on 1 November 1988, replacing The focus of the team shifted to qualifying for the Platini was, along with Fernand Sastre, head of the organizing committee for the Platini confirmed that he would run for the UEFA presidency in July 2006.On 8 October 2015, Platini was provisionally suspended until 6 January 2016 from any football-related activity.Platini was also involved in the Greek public polemicaIn June 2019, Platini was questioned over the awarding of the "Platini" redirects here. 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. Fox News Flash top headlines are here. "*: Golden Boot award winner (when goals scored are tied) ""Michel was one of those great players who saw fitness work as being a bit superficial. All rights reserved. He was assigned to the Joinville battalion, as were all talented French sportspeople fulfilling their military obligations.