Raymond Kopa
1931 – 2017 · aged 86
French footballer (1931–2017)
- Born
- 13 Oct 1931 · Nœux-les-Mines
- Died
- 3 Mar 2017 · Angers
Life timeline
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- 13 Oct 1931BornBorn in Nœux-les-Mines
- 1949 – 1951TeamAngers SCO
- 1951 – 1956TeamStade de Reims
- 1952 – 1962TeamFrance men's national association football team
- 1952TeamFrance national under-21 association football team
- 1954Took part1954 FIFA World Cup
- 1956 – 1959TeamReal Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1958Took part1958 FIFA World Cup
- 1958AwardBallon d'Or
- 1958AwardL'Équipe Champion of Champions
- 1959 – 1967TeamStade de Reims
- 2007AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
- 2010AwardUEFA President's Award
- 3 Mar 2017DiedDied in Angers
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1931 – 2017).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Biography
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 the club level he played primarily for Reims but also for Real Madrid teams that won three European Cups.
Considered one of the greatest players of all-time, Kopa was a forward or an attacking midfielder who was quick, agile and known for his dribbling, playmaking, and prolific scoring. In 1958, Kopa was awarded the Ballon d'Or. In 1970, he became the first football player to receive the Legion of Honour. In 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.
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