MICHEL PLATINI (1984)

 THE Frenchman may now be better known as the controversial president of UEFA but nobody has dominated a major tournament as he did in 1984.

 The stylish midfielder crashed in a remarkable NINE goals in five games as he skippered his country to success on home soil.

 The 29-year-old was the pick of a famed midfield quartet of Luis Fernández, Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana.

 And after TWO hat-tricks in the group stage, Platini saw off Portugal in the semi with a last-minute winner in extra-time.

 The Parc des Princes was the setting for the final and again Platini delivered when a free-kick slipped through the grasp of the hapless Spanish keeper Luis Arconada.

PLAT'LL DO NICELY ... Michel Platini lifts the trophy in Paris

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