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| Full name | Michael Platt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1984 Manchester, England |
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Full-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As of 2 November 2014 Source: Rugby League Project |
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Michael Platt (born 23 March 1984) is a rugby league player who plays for the Salford Red Devils; he joined the Salford Red Devils in April 2014 and is contacted until the end of the 2014 season following a successful trial with the Superleague club..Michael joined the Red Devils following 3 appearances with the North Wales Crusaders in 2014. Platt’s 1st choice position is Full Back but he has been more effective at Centre for the Bradford Bulls winning the ‘Rugby League World Centre of the Month’ for August.
Early career
Platt started his career at the Salford City Reds, making his début in Super League against the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the final game of the 2001 season at just 17. However he never quite made the grade and was released by the club.
Michael then signed for the Rochdale Hornets. His impressive début season was somewhat blighted by a broken jaw, although he did go on to win the National League’s Young Player Of The Year award in 2004.
Castleford Tigers
Michael then joined the Castleford Tigers, and helped the Tigers gain promotion in 2005. Despite the subsequent Super League season proving to be difficult in a squad which lacked quality, Platt still managed to score 7 tries. However, after a heartbreaking 29-17 defeat against Wakefield in the final game of the season, Castleford were relegated.
Michael Platt Net Worth: Michael Platt is a British businessman who has a net worth of $3.6 billion. Michael Platt acquired his billionaire status as co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm. It was in late 2000 that he teamed-up with Williams Reeves to set up the company, as he was well-equipped with experience having spent almost a decade at JP Morgan. Since its foundation, the company has grown opening additional offices in New York, Boston, Geneva, and Singapore, apart from its headquarters in London. Over the years, BlueCrest Capital Management has accumulated $35 billion in assets under management, thus becoming one of Europe’s biggest hedge funds. In 2011, Platt bought his partner’s share and even the minority owner Man Group, for $633 million. But in 2013, his multi-strategy BlueCrest International fund is said to have lost 1.57%.
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