For some, Michel Platini is the greatest player in the history of French football just ahead of Zinedine Zidane. If “Zizou” was Ballon d'Or 98 after winning the Blues World Cup, “Platoche” is the very first player in the history of football to be elected Ballon d'Or three years in a row (the reward of France Football only concerned European players at the time). The captain of France European champion 84 was an exceptional number 10 because it a prolific scorer. As proof, he multiplied the seasons at nearly 30 goals at AS Nancy-Lorraine, AS Saint-Etienne and Juventus!
Platini is thus one of the best scorers in history in the five major European championships with 207 achievements. At a time when, if the French D1 was argued at 20 clubs, Serie A only competed in 16 training courses per season. The native of Meurthe-et-Moselle was however preceded by his former teammates Bernard Lacombe and Hervé Revelli, real goal machines of the hexagonal championship.
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Kylian Mbappé has already exceeded Platini by scoring his 208th goal in the league, but Alexandre Lacazette, scorer with OL against Montpellier last weekend, scored his 207th goal in the league and thus equaled “Platoche”. The Gones captain, 33, is still three months old to exceed the triple Ballon d'Or, who scored 153 goals with his training club in Ligue 1 and 54 with Arsenal in five seasons of Premier League.
Best French artilleryman in the Champions League, Karim Benzema is the undisputed number 1 of this ranking with 281 goals scored in the championship (in the European top 5, therefore excluding his stats in Saudi Arabia). He is followed in the top 5 by Bernard Lacombe (255 goals), Thierry Henry (233 goals), Hervé Revelli (216 goals) and Roger Courtois (210 goals). Then follow Kylian Mbappé (208 goals), 6th but only 26 years old, and therefore Michel Platini and Alexandre Lacazette (207 goals).
