Raymond Kopa
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Raymond Kopa (Raymond Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a professional French football player. He has played for France national team and for Real Madrid.
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Full name | Raymond Kopaszewski[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1931-10-13)13 October 1931[1] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nœux-les-Mines, France[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 March 2017(2017-03-03) (aged 85) | |||||||||||||
Place of death | Angers, France | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1941–1949 | Nœux-les-Mines | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1949–1951 | Angers | 60 | (15) | |||||||||||
1951–1956 | Reims | 158 | (48) | |||||||||||
1956–1959 | Real Madrid | 79 | (24) | |||||||||||
1959–1967 | Reims | 244 | (36) | |||||||||||
Total | 541 | (123) | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1952–1962 | France | 45 | (18) | |||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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In 1970 he became the first football player to receive the Légion d'honneur, and in 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.