Dominique Dropsy

Dominique Dropsy (9 December 1951 – 7 October 2015) was a French footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He earned seventeen international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s.

Dominique Dropsy

Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-12-09)9 December 1951
Place of birth	Leuze, France
Date of death	7 October 2015(2015-10-07) (aged 63)
Place of death	Leuze, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Hirson
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1973	Valenciennes	87	(0)
1973–1984	Strasbourg	354	(0)
1984–1989	Bordeaux	170	(0)
Total		611	(0)
International career
1978–1981	France	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was a player of RC Strasbourg (1973–1984), he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He played in a total of 596 Ligue 1 matches between 1972-1989, a record at that time.

Dropsy died in Leuze, France from leukemia, aged 63.

Other websites

Media related to Dominique Dropsy at Wikimedia Commons

• French Football Federation Profile Archived 2005-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Profile Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine (in French)