Who held football’s three major trophies before Fabian Ruiz? | OneFootball

Fabian Ruiz, the PSG midfielder, is simultaneously the reigning world and European champion and a Champions League holder, a rare treble that few have managed. To deepen his legacy he would still need to collect a few more Champions Leagues.

According to L'Équipe, several players have previously been triple holders, including three Frenchmen, Zinedine Zidane, Christian Karembeu and Bixente Lizarazu. Spain supplied 10 such cases from the 2008 and 2012 Euros, the 2010 World Cup and Champions League wins in that window.

Beyond the feat itself, the length of time spent holding all three crowns is striking. As of 6 September 2026, Ruiz had passed the 50-day mark.

He trails the Spanish record, Chelsea's Fernando Torres, who kept the treble for 372 days.

Among the six Germans who won Euro 1972, the 1974 World Cup and the 1974 Champions League, five went on to add the 1975 and 1976 Champions Leagues.

That run meant stars such as Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller held all three crowns for 715 days.

Source: L'Équipe

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