French football great Michel Platini announced on Thursday that he will seek re-election as president of European football\’s governing body UEFA next year.
The 54-year-old Platini beat off the challenge of the sitting president Lennart Johansson of Sweden to be first elected at the position in March 2007.
Platini is regarded as one of greatest French players of all time with the peak of his career coming in the 1980s when he starred as a multi-talented, goal-scoring No.10.
He had spells with Nancy, Saint Etienne and Juventus and won the coveted Ballon d\’Or (European footballer of the Year) three years consecutively — in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
In 1984, he inspired France to the European Championship title on home soil.
Source: Xinhua
