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Raymond Kopa was a French footballer who played from the 1930s to 1950s and is remembered as one of the greatest players of his era. He matters because he was a pioneering figure in European football who won major championships and influenced the sport during a formative period in its history.
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Vinony catalogs Raymond Kopa in its Ballon d'Or collection (46 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 466 inbound references to Raymond Kopa, and connects out to Legion of Honour, Union of European Football Associations and UEFA Champions League.
Vinony files it under 1931 births, 1954 FIFA World Cup players and 1958 FIFA World Cup players.
Vinony links it to 55 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Raymond
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Nœux-les-Mines
- Place of death
- Angers
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- 1954 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- France national under-21 association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 68
- Image
- Raymond Kopa 1963b.jpg
- Height
- 168
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- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- date of birth
- 1931-10-13
- Commons category
- Raymond Kopa
- name in native language
- Raymond Kopa
- date of death
- 2017-03-03
- end of work period
- 1967-00-00
- birth name
- Raymond Kopaszewski
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Raymond Kopa (né Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three European Cups.
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