Claude Papi

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Claude Papi (1978)

Claude Papi (born April 16, 1949 in Porto-Vecchio , † January 28, 1983 in Corsica) was a French football player .

Club career

Who in his Corsican grown birthplace Purtivechju / Porto-Vecchio Papi started his professional career in the 1967/68 season when Zweitdivisionär SEC Bastia , with whom he in the end this season top division rose. He remained loyal to Bastia for 15 years - that is, throughout his entire career; later he turned down offers from FC Nantes and Cosmos New York , among others .

Claude Papi was a goal-scoring playmaker in midfield with a "high forehead" from an early age, who particularly distinguished the game overview, ball technique and his ability to open the way for teammates to the opposing goal. His best-known teammates at SEC in the early years included Dragan Džajić , René Ferrier , Rachid Mekhloufi , Jacques Zimako and later goalkeeper Pierrick Hiard , Abdelkrim Merry , Jean-François Larios , Roger Milla and Johnny Rep . The great success in the championship was denied to the Corsicans during Daddy's time, who mostly finished in the middle of the table: a third (1976/77), a fifth (1977/78) and twice a sixth place (1968/69 and 1974/75 ) were the best rankings of the SEC.

SEC Bastia was more successful than in the league in the cup competitions. In the national cup , the team reached the final in 1972, which they lost to OM . Papi was only brought on in the 77th minute and led his comrades to the 1: 2 connection goal, which, however, was synonymous with the final score. In the same year the SEC defeated its final opponent in the final of the Supercup, the Challenge of the Champions , but with 5: 2. Bastia's subsequent three cup highlights were games against AS Saint-Étienne , the dominant club of that decade: in 1975 and 1982, the Corsicans were defeated in the semifinals and 2-0 each, but in 1981 the SEC achieved a 2-1 final victory. However, Claude Papi had to follow Bastias' only title win to date (2010) from the stands because coach Redin had only considered him as a substitute since the start of the season . In 1977 the SEC was also in the final of the Coppa delle Alpi , but lost it 3-1 against Stade Reims .

However, the midfielder played a key role in Bastia's greatest success: after qualifying for the 1977/78 UEFA Cup as third in Division 1 in 1976/77 , the Corsicans fought each other - as the third French club after Reims and Saint-Étienne (both in National championship competition ) - through to the final. On the way to the final, the SEC knocked out Sporting Lisbon , Newcastle United , AC Turin (against these opponents with two wins each), Carl Zeiss Jena and the Grasshoppers Zurich ; Of Bastia's 27 goals, Claude Papi had scored seven himself. Only PSV Eindhoven under its coach Rijvers , a former professional player at AS Saint-Étienne, was able to successfully stop the peat factory; With 0: 0 and 0: 3 Bastia missed the first international title win of a French club team in the end. Otherwise, this season was one of Papi's individually most successful: he finished 12th in the championship with 15 goals this season among the league chasers and then even became a World Cup participant (see below, "In the national team") .

In 1983, six months after the end of his active career and only 33 years old, Claude Papi died of an aneurysm while playing a tennis match. The stadium in his hometown now bears his name, and since 2005 has also been the main stand of the Stade Armand Cesari in Bastia .

Stations

  • Sporting Étoile Club de Bastia (1967–1982, of which 1967/68 in D2)

In the national team

In November 1973, March 1975 and June 1978, Claude Papi played three international matches for France's senior team , although he was only substituted in the first two games against Denmark (3-0) and Hungary (2-0) during the second half. Because of his achievements, especially in the UEFA Cup, national coach Michel Hidalgo appointed him to the French squad for the 1978 World Cup finals ; this decision had cost Hidalgo a “sleepless night” - not because he was unsure about the Corsican, but because he had to leave another regular at home. In Argentina Papi was in the last game of the preliminary round against Hungary (3: 1), which had already become insignificant - like his teammates in a borrowed green and white striped jersey because the blue shirts had been forgotten in the accommodation and the white one they carried with them Dress could not be used because the Hungarians also wore white jerseys. Replaced by Michel Platini after the half-time break , Papi is still the only Corsican who has ever played a World Cup game for France to this day (2008).

Palmarès

  • French cup winner: 1981 (not used); also finalist 1972
  • French Super Cup winner: 1972
  • 3 international matches (no hit) for France, 1978 World Cup participant (one mission)
  • 392 games and 110 goals in Division 1 , all for Bastia
  • 16 appearances in Europe (7 goals); 1977/78 UEFA Cup finalist
  • Coppa delle Alpi finalist: 1977

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6
  • Michel Hidalgo: Le temps des bleus. Mémoires. Jacob-Duvernet, Paris 2007 ISBN 978-2-84724-146-4
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: 50 ans de Coupes d'Europe. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2005 ISBN 2-951-96059-X
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915-53562-4

Remarks

  1. ^ A b L'Équipe / Ejnès, 50 ans, p. 224
  2. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe de France, p. 388
  3. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Coupe de France, p. 23
  4. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, 50 ans, pp. 221-225.
  5. ^ Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2007. Vecchi, Paris 2006 ISBN 2-7328-6842-6 , p. 179
  6. ↑ Chaumier, p. 231
  7. ↑ http://www.sc-bastia.net/v4/?page_id=24
  8. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Belle histoire, pp. 332/333
  9. ↑ Hidalgo, pp. 85f.
  10. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, Belle histoire, p. 142; Hidalgo, pp. 104/105
  11. ↑ Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
  12. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, 50 ans, p. 225

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personal data
SURNAME Papi, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto-Vecchio
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1983
Place of death Corsica