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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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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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