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Honours
editOf the many players who have represented France internationally, several have achieved international accolades. Only one player, Zinedine Zidane, has won the FIFA World Player of the Year award. Zidane won the award a record three times.[1][2] The former playmaker also won the Ballon d'Or once, which was an award given to the best European footballer of the year. Zidane is outmatched by fellow playmaker Platini who won the award three times in the 1980s.[3] Platini holds the record of having scored the most goals in a single tournament at the UEFA European Football Championship. He scored nine goals at UEFA Euro 1984.[4] Platini, who was captain at the tournament, became the first France captain to lead the national team to victory in a major international competition. He finished seventh in voting for the FIFA Player of the Century award and was a member of the World Team of the 20th Century. Striker Just Fontaine holds the the record of having scored the most goals in a single tournament at FIFA World Cup. Fontaine scored 13 goals at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, in which France finished in third place.[5] The former attacker was recognized by the French Football Federation as the best French player of the last 50 years (1954–2003) at the UEFA Jubilee Awards and is one of 14 former French internationals who are members of the FIFA 100.[5] The others are Desailly, Platini, Trésor, Thuram, Zidane, Eric Cantona, Didier Deschamps, Thierry Henry, Raymond Kopa, Jean-Pierre Papin, Robert Pirès, David Trezeguet, and Patrick Vieira.[6] Of them, eight played on the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, while only one, Platini, played on the team that won UEFA Euro 1984.
Zidane, Fontaine, Thuram, Barthez, Amoros, and Kopa are the only internationals to win an award at a FIFA World Cup finals. Zidane won the Golden Ball at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while Kopa and Thuram were awarded the Bronze Ball for their performances at the 1958 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, respectively.[7][8][9] In the former competition, Fontaine finished as the top scorer as previously mentioned, while, in the latter competition, Barthez became the first and only French international goalkeeper to receive the Yashin Award, which is given to the best goalkeeper of the year's World Cup.[10] Defender Manuel Amoros was declared the Best Young Player at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[11] Domestically, all 23 players that played on the 1998 FIFA World Cup-winning team were awarded the Légion d'honneur, a French order that is the highest decoration in France. The 23 players were honored in the Chevalier class.[12] On 30 November 1970, Kopa became the first footballer to be awarded the Légion d'honneur.[13] Other French internationals who received the honor include Platini, Fontaine, and Aimé Jacquet.[14][15][16]
References
edit- ^ "Zinedine Zidane wins the crown again". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Zidane takes Fifa crown". Guardian Media Group. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "FIFA World Player of the Year, Ballon d'Or Merge Into One Soccer Award". Bloomberg L.P. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Michel Platini: Elegance and intelligence personified in blue". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Fontaine collects Jubilee award". Union of European Football Associations. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Fifa names greatest list". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Disgraced Zidane wins World Cup Golden Ball". ESPN. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Golden club". Real Madrid C.F. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Lilian Thuram". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "1998 FIFA World Cup France ™". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Best Young Player Award - FIFA World Cup™ Final". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "France honors World Cup winners". Sports Illustrated. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Kopa to receive UEFA President's Award". Union of European Football Associations. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Platini leads from the front". Union of European Football Associations. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Just Fontaine recordman éternel" (in French). La Depeche. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "23 Légions d'honneur à l'Elysée Jacques Chirac a reçu hier Aimé Jacquet et l'équipe de France" (in French). Libération. 2 September 1998. Retrieved 1 April 2011.