Luís Carlos Almada Soares (born 16 April 1986), commonly known as Platini, is a Cape Verdean professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger.
He spent five years of his professional career in Portugal in addition to playing in seven other countries, and chose his name in honour of
French
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international
Michel Platini
Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, ...
.
Platini made his international debut for
Cape Verde
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in 2012, and represented the country at two
Africa Cup of Nations
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tournaments.
Club career
Portugal
Born in
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. , Cape Verde, Platini started playing football for the local team
Sporting Clube da Praia
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, making his debut in 2006. He moved to
Portugal
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in 2008, joining
Associação Académica de Coimbra
The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union of the University of Coimbra (UC). Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the oldest students' union in Portugal. It is also the biggest Portuguese students' union belongi ...
.
[
Platini never appeared officially for the Students, who loaned him to two ]Portuguese Second Division
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clubs in consecutive seasons, G.D. Tourizense and Sertanense FC
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...
. In the summer of 2010 he signed a three-year contract with C.D. Santa Clara
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of the Segunda Liga, appearing in 19 games for the Azores
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team in his first year, 11 as a substitute; one of his two goals came on 31 October 2010, in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Os Belenenses
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.
Later years
On 22 June 2013, Platini joined Cypriot First Division
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side AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...
. In July of the following year, he signed for two seasons with PFC CSKA Sofia
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from Bulgaria. He returned to Africa to play for Egypt's Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in ...
, but left in January 2016 alleging that he had not been paid for five months.
In the summer of 2017, after ending his contract with Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club
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History
The first team to be founded in Dib ...
from the United Arab Emirates
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, Platini moved to Romania
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n club CSM Politehnica Iași
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on a two-year deal. On 26 October, he scored the only goal in the 1–0 victory over FC Steaua București FC Steaua București was a Romanian professional football club of which two current entities are claiming the records. The original ''FC Steaua București'' team was part of the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club and belonged to the Ministry ...
.
Platini agreed to a one-year contract with Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.
, ''Brezil-e Irān'') Yellow Dragon ( fa, اژدهای زرد, ''Ezhdehā-ye Zard'')
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, founded = 11 January 1972; 49 years ago
, dissolved =
, ground = Takhti Stadium Abadan
, capacity = 15,000
, owner = NIOC
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of the Iran Pro League
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on 29 June 2018. He played their first five matches of the season, then returned to Iași in September.
International career
Platini made his debut for Cape Verde
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, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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, largest_city = capital
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in 2012. He scored the Blue Sharks' first goal in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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– also a first-ever in the tournament – opening the scoring in the 1–1 draw against Morocco
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in Durban
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.
Career statistics
International
International goals
(Cape Verde score listed first, score column indicates score after each Platini goal)[
]
Honours
Club
Sporting Praia
* Cape Verdean Championship: 2007
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, 2008
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*Santiago South Premier Division
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: 2007–08
References
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1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Praia
Cape Verdean footballers
Association football wingers
Sporting Clube da Praia players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
G.D. Tourizense players
Sertanense F.C. players
C.D. Santa Clara players
Cypriot First Division players
AC Omonia players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
PFC CSKA Sofia players
Egyptian Premier League players
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club players
UAE First Division League players
Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club players
Liga I players
FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players
Persian Gulf Pro League players
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. players
Cape Verde international footballers
2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
Expatriate footballers in Egypt
Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Expatriate footballers in Iran
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Romania