Platini was a three-time Ballon d'Or winner in his playing career
Former Uefa president Michel Platini has launched civil. legal proceedings against Fifa and current president Gianni Infantino over corruption allegations from 2015 which he says derailed his bid to lead the governing body.
The criminal complaint, filed in the French courts, accuses Infantino. two former Fifa officials – legal director Marco Villiger and audit committee chair Domenico Scala – of malicious prosecution.
In a separate civil lawsuit. Platini, 70, is seeking financial compensation from Fifa over alleged efforts to block his election as Fifa president.
Former France captain Platini was Uefa president from 2008 to 2015. had been the favourite to succeed Sepp Blatter as Fifa president in 2016.
However, in 2015 the pair became embroiled in allegations of fraud. corruption over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made to Platini in 2011, which, it had been claimed, was authorised by Blatter.
It led Blatter to resign from his role. ended Platini's hopes of becoming head of Fifa, with the Frenchman also banned for eight years by Fifa's ethics committee – a sanction later reduced to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Both Platini. Blatter subsequently faced criminal charges butwere cleared of corruptionin a Swiss federal criminal appeals court in March 2025.
Infantino, general secretary of Uefa under Platini, replaced Blatter as Fifa president.
BBC Sport has contacted Fifa for comment.
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