Michel Platini
Michel Platini is a French former professional footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, winning three Ballon d'Or awards and captaining France to victory in the 1984 European Championship. After retirement, he served as president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) from 2007 to 2015 and was a vice-president of FIFA. His later career was marked by a suspension from football due to ethics violations related to a payment from FIFA.
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Jun 9, 2026
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The 70-year-old former UEFA president has filed a criminal complaint against Infantino just before the World Cup, reigniting scandal around football's governing elite.
Reform supporters will see this as two members of a self-serving globalist establishment fighting each other, with neither figure commanding any public trust or democratic mandate.