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| | Michel Platini |
 | | The only player to be named European Footballer of the Year on three consecutive occasions, Platini is also a twice-winner of the World Player of the Year award, and before the start of France '98, was named, along with the above-mentioned trio, in the Mastercard World Team of the Century. |
 | | The jewel in the crown for footballing connoiseurs, of course, was the 1984 European Championship finals. |
 | | There were any number of other highlights enjoyed by one of the best passers of a football ever to grace the game, so many, in fact, that he finds it difficult to single one out. |
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