European Championships Winning Captains
Italian captain Giacinto Facchetti with the trophy after the Euro 1968 Final.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
As you'd expect, there's been some great names who've lifted the European Championship trophy over the years, but given the spread of countries who've won the competition, there's some more unexpected names on there as well.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING CAPTAINS
Tournament | Winning Captain | Team |
---|---|---|
2016 France | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
2012 Poland/Ukraine | Iker Casillas | Spain |
2008 Austria/Switzerland | Iker Casillas | Spain |
2004 Portugal | Theodoros Zagorakis | Greece |
2000 Belgium/Holland | Didier Deschamps | France |
1996 England | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany |
1992 Sweden | Lars Olsen | Denmark |
1988 West Germany | Ruud Gullit | Holland |
1984 France | Michel Platini | France |
1980 Italy | Bernard Dietz | West Germany |
1976 Yugoslavia | Anton Ondruš | Czechoslovakia |
1972 Belgium | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany |
1968 Italy | Giacinto Facchetti | Italy |
1964 Spain | Ferran Olivella | Spain |
1960 France | Igor Netto | USSR |
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