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Michel Platini
Michel François Platini (; born 21 June 1955) is a French association football, football Administrator (business), 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, and came seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century#FIFA Magazine and Grand Jury vote, FIFA Player of the Century vote. In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1985 and became an Officer in 1998. As the president of UEFA in 2015 he was banned from involvement in football under FIFA's organisation, over ethics violations. The ban lasted until 2023. During his career, Platini played for the clubs AS Nancy, Nancy, AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, and Juventus FC, Juventus. Nicknamed ''Le Roi'' (The King) for his ability and leadership, he was a prolific goalscorer; he won the Capocannoniere, Serie A ''capocannoniere'' award three consecutive times be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennart Johansson
Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his election at the UEFA Congress in 1990 until 2007. In June 1998, he contested the FIFA presidential election against Sepp Blatter, losing by 111 votes to 80. Early life Johansson grew up in , a then newly built suburb west of Stockholm with his parents, his father Erik Hilmer Johansson (1884–1963) and mother Anna-Maria Johansson (née Pettersson 1886–1964). As a child, he used to bike from his home to Råsunda Stadium to watch AIK Fotboll, AIK matches along with his brothers. He also played football for his local team Åkeshov. Career Johansson worked at Forbo Forshaga (now Forbo Flooring) from 1950 to 1990, starting as an errand-boy and in the end becoming the company's CEO and chairman. From 1984, he was a president of the board of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finalissima
The Finalissima or officially CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, formerly known as European/South American Nations Cup and also called Artemio Franchi Cup, is an intercontinental football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA and contested by the winners of the Copa América and Euros. Organised as an occasional one-off match, it is a national team equivalent to the defunct Intercontinental Cup between the club champions of Europe and South America. The competition was held twice, in 1985 and 1993, before being discontinued. It was relaunched in 2022, after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between CONMEBOL and UEFA. History First editions and abolition Created in 1985 as the European/South American Nations Cup, it was also referred to as the "Artemio Franchi Cup" due to the competition's trophy, named after Artemio Franchi, former president of UEFA who died in a road accident in 1983. It was organised jointly between CONMEBOL and the European confederation, act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Giresse
Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French association football, football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo national football team, Kosovo. Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking or Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder, he was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of Thibault Giresse, also a football coach and former player. International career Giresse played for the France national football team, France national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (fourth place) and the 1986 FIFA World Cup (third place). He was a member of the UEFA Euro 1984, Euro 84 winning team, and alongside Michel Platini, Luis Fernández and Jean Tigana, forming the team's legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield. Coaching career Other national teams He has been in charge of Toulouse F.C., Toulouse and the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national football team, Italy, who defeated Germany national football team, West Germany 3–1 in the 1982 FIFA World Cup final, final held in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the capital, Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938. The defending champions, Argentina national football team, Argentina, were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group). Algeria national football team, Algeria, Cameroon national football team, Cameroon, Honduras national football team, Honduras, Kuwait national football team, Kuwait and New Zealand men's national football team, New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals. The tournament featured the first penalty shootout in World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. At the time, only eight countries took part in the final stage of the tournament, seven of which had to come through the qualifying stage. France qualified automatically as hosts of the event; in the tournament led by Michel Platini, who scored nine goals in France's all five matches, which is still the record for goals scored in a single tournament and until 2020 also the record for goals scored by a single player at all tournaments. ''Les Bleus'' won the championship – their first major international title. Bid process The hosting of the event was contested by bids from France and West Germany. The French bid was unanimously selected by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting on 10 December 1981. Tournament summary Group matches The opening game of tournament feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984–85 European Cup
The 1984–85 European Cup was the 30th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The tournament was won for the first time by Juventus in a 1–0 win against defending champions Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population .... Juventus became the first club to have won all three major European trophies at the time (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup), as well '' a posteriori'' as the one that needed the shortest amount of time to complete this (8 years). This edition of the tournament was overshadowed by the Heysel Stadium disaster that happened prior to the final match. Following the disaster, English clubs received a five-year ban from entering any European competition, thus en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capocannoniere
The ''capocannoniere'' award (; ), known as Paolo Rossi Award since 2021, is awarded by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) to the highest goalscorer of each season in Italy's Serie A. From the 2010–11 season unti the change of denomination, it was called the AIC Award to the Top Scorer (Italian language, Italian: ''Premio AIC al Capocannoniere'' in Italian). The award is currently held by Mateo Retegui, who scored 25 goals for Atalanta BC, Atalanta in the 2024–25 Serie A, 2024–25 season. The highest number of goals scored to win the ''Capocannoniere'' is 36, by Gino Rossetti for Torino FC, Torino in 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale, 1928–29, Gonzalo Higuaín for Napoli in 2015–16 Serie A, 2015–16 and Ciro Immobile for SS Lazio, Lazio in 2019–20 Serie A, 2019–20. Ferenc Hirzer, Julio Libonatti and Gunnar Nordahl are in joint fourth place for this record; they each scored 35 goals for Juventus FC, Juventus, Torino and AC Milan, Milan respectively. Gunnar Norda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was originally established in 1802 by Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, and it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its Seat (legal entity), seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General François Lecointre, who succeeded fellow retired General Benoît Puga in office. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander (order), Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA Player Of The Century
FIFA Player of the Century was a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000. Diego Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award.FIFA Player of the Century Background Since 1991, FIFA has had awards for and they decided to bring in the year 2000 by conducting a public vote to decide the FIFA Player of the Century. This was to be decided by votes on their official website, their official magazine, and a grand jury. Maradona won the Internet-based poll by wide margins, garnering 53.6% o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballon D'Or
The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual association football, football award presented by French magazine ''France Football'' since 1956 Ballon d'Or, 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006 Ballon d'Or, 2006. Originally, it was awarded only to players from Europe and was widely known as the European Footballer of the Year award. In 1995 Ballon d'Or, 1995, the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players of any origin that have been active at European clubs. The award became a global prize in 2007 Ballon d'Or, 2007 with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible; additionally, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote, before reverting to just journalists in 2016 Ballon d'Or, 2016. Between 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, 2010 and 2015 FIFA Ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrator (business)
Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance or management of business operations and decision-making, as well as the efficient organization of people and other resources to direct activities towards common goals. In general, "administration" refers to the broader management function, including the associated finance, personnel and MIS services. Administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of routine office tasks, usually internally oriented and reactive rather than proactive. Administrators, broadly speaking, engage in a common set of functions to meet an organization's goals. Henri Fayol (1841–1925) described these "functions" of the administrator as " the five elements of administration". According to Fayol, the five functions of management are planning, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
