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The 1984 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michel Platini on 25 December 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rankings
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Michel François Platini (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl fʁɑ̃swa platini]; born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, [5] and came seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. [6]
Serie A Team of The Year: 1984 [124] Serie A Player of the Year: 1984 [125] Beach Soccer World Championship Top Scorer: 1995 (12 goals) Beach Soccer World Championship Best Player: 1995; FIFA Order of Merit: 1996 [126] FIFA 100: 2004 [10] Golden Foot Legends Award: 2006 [127] Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame: 2010; Japan Football Hall of ...
The FIFA Order of Merit is the highest honour awarded by FIFA. The award is presented at the annual FIFA congress. It is normally awarded to people who are considered to have made a significant contribution to association football. At FIFA's centennial congress they made one award for every decade of their existence.
The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. [1]
UEFA European Championship: 1984 [2] FIFA World Cup third place: 1986 [citation needed] Individual. FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1982 [citation needed] Onze d'Argent: 1986 [citation needed] French Player of the Year: 1986 [citation needed] FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986 [citation needed] FIFA XI: 1986 [8] World XI: 1986, 1987 [9]
Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year, and was known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. That partnership ended in 2016, and the award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award, The Best FIFA Men's Player .