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Football: when Michel Platini launched his career thanks to FC Nancy
One of the best players in the history of football started his career in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle): Michel Platini. – (France 2)
One of the best players in the history of football started his career in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle): Michel Platini.
Michel Platini, former number 10 of the Blues, European champion in 1984, started at AS Nancy-Lorraine (Meurthe-et-Moselle). The footballer was born in Joeuf (Meurthe-et-Moselle). At five years old, he went to AS Jœuf. When he’s not at the stadium, he practices on the family garage door. At the age of 16, Michel Platini will undergo a pre-selection course at FC Metz (Moselle), but he fails the spirometry respiratory test. Michel Platini faints and the doctor makes a diagnosis: respiratory failure, “unfit for professional football”.
“Football comes first”
Head to AS Nancy-Lorraine for Michel Platini, where he trained and discovered professional football. He launched his career, with seven long years spent shining, specifies the journalist from France Télévisions, Samuel Ollivier. “Football comes first”confided Michel Platini in an interview dating from 1976.
