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Platini

30th August 2026 28 mins Season 1 Episode 5

Platini became a global superstar by winning the Intercontinental Cup in Japan, leading the French national team at the World Cup in Mexico, launching his own television show, and becoming one of the faces of Restos du cœur. But even his third Ballon d’Or couldn’t erase the weariness that was increasingly taking hold of him.

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Season 1 · Episode 6

Politics

With his soccer career over at just 32, Platini was named head coach of the French national team. Soon after, he entered the world of politics. In 2007, his election as president of UEFA, the governing body of European soccer, marked a first for a former soccer player. But the next step—toward FIFA—proved to be more complicated than he had imagined.

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