So far, there have been 14 different captains who have won a EURO, with Iker Casillas the only one to have skippered two teams to victory. Meanwhile, seven other men have led their national teams at the finals of the tournament as both captains and coaches, including:
- Denmark’s Morten Olsen (captain: 1984, 1988; coach: 2004)
- England’s Kevin Keegan (captain: 1980; coach: 2000)
- France’s Didier Deschamps (captain: 1996, 2000; coach: 2016)
- France’s Michel Platini (captain: 1984; coach: 1992)
- Germany’s Rudi Völler (captain: 1992; coach: 2004)
- Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer (captain: 1972, 1976; coach: 1988)
- Italy’s Dino Zoff (captain: 1980; coach: 2004)
Now, let’s have a look at the list of the EURO players who captained their teams at the finals.
EURO 1960
Soviet Union: Igor Netto
France: Robert Jonquet
Yugoslavia: Bora Kostić
Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Novák
EURO 1964
Soviet Union: Valentin Ivanov
Denmark: Ole Madsen
Spain: Ferran Olivella
Hungary: Ferenc Bene
EURO 1968
Soviet Union: Albert Shesternev
England: Bobby Moore
Yugoslavia: Mirsad Farzlagić
Italy: Giacinto Facchetti
EURO 1972
Soviet Union: Murtaz Khurtsilava
Belgium: Paul Van Himst
West Germany: Franz Beckenbauer
Hungary: Ferenc Bene
EURO 1976
West Germany: Franz Beckenbauer
Czechoslovakia: Anton Ondruš
Netherlands: Johan Cruyff
Yugoslavia: Jovan Aćimović
EURO 1980
England: Kevin Keegan
Belgium: Julien Cools
Greece: Giorgos Koudas
Czechoslovakia: Anton Ondruš
Italy: Dino Zoff
West Germany: Bernard Dietz
Spain: Juan Asensi
Netherlands: Ruud Krol
EURO 1984
Portugal: Manuel Bento
Belgium: Jan Ceulemans
France: Michel Platini
Denmark: Morten Olsen
Spain: Luis Arconada
Romania: Costică Ştefănescu
Yugoslavia: Velimir Zajec
West Germany: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
EURO 1988
Italy: Alessandro Altobelli
Denmark: Morten Olsen
Netherlands: Ruud Gullit
England: Bryan Robson
Spain: José Antonio Camacho
Republic of Ireland: Frank Stapleton
Soviet Union: Rinat Dasayev
West Germany: Lothar Matthäus
EURO 1992
CIS: Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
England: Gary Lineker
Denmark: Lars Olsen
Germany: Rudi Völler
Netherlands: Ruud Gullit
France: Manuel Amoros
Sweden: Jonas Thern
Scotland: Richard Gough