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Raymond Kopa

1931 - 2017

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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 legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Kopa is the 31st most popular soccer player (down from 29th in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from France (down from 344th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Soccer Player.

Raymond Kopa is most famous for being the first French player to win the Ballon d'Or in 1958.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Raymond Kopa ranks 31 out of 21,273. Before him are Jairzinho, Sócrates, Didi, Josef Bican, Lionel Messi, and Rivellino. After him are Roberto Carlos, Just Fontaine, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Roberto Baggio, Gunnar Nordahl, and Luís Figo.

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Among people born in 1931, Raymond Kopa ranks 14. Before him are James Dean, Chun Doo-hwan, Isabel Martínez de Perón, Mário Zagallo, Robert Duvall, and Irvin D. Yalom. After him are Riccardo Giacconi, Philip Kotler, Leslie Caron, Roger Penrose, Anita Ekberg, and Desmond Tutu. Among people deceased in 2017, Raymond Kopa ranks 11. Before him are Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, Roger Moore, Bill Paxton, and Tom Petty. After him are Jalal Talabani, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Salvatore Riina, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and David Rockefeller.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Kopa ranks 397 out of 6,770. Before him are Marin Mersenne (1588), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Charles Messier (1730), Jean Buridan (1295), Maurice Leblanc (1864), and Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930). After him are Odilon Redon (1840), Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Louis IV of France (920), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jules Rimet (1873), and Albert Fert (1938).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Raymond Kopa ranks 3. Before him are Zinedine Zidane (1972), and Michel Platini (1955). After him are Eric Cantona (1966), Lucien Laurent (1907), Didier Deschamps (1968), Thierry Henry (1977), Laurent Blanc (1965), Kylian Mbappé (1998), Franck Ribéry (1983), Karim Benzema (1987), and Antoine Griezmann (1991).

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