Claude Papi
Claude Papi (* April 16, 1949 in Porto- Vecchio, † January 28, 1983 in Corsica ) was a French football player.
Club career
The Corsican in his birthplace Purtivechju / Porto -Vecchio grown Papi began his professional career in the 1967/68 season when Zweitdivisionär SEC Bastia with which he ascended into the top flight at the end of this season. Bastia he remained for 15 years - so throughout his career - faithful; later he knocked out, among other things offers of FC Nantes and of the New York Cosmos.
Claude Papi was a prolific playmaker in midfield with an early " high forehead ", the particular game overview, ball technology and its ability to open teammates the way to the opponent's goal distinguished. Among his most famous players at SEC included in the first years Dragan Džajić, René Ferrier, Rachid Mekhloufi, Jacques Zimako and later goalkeeper Pierrick Hiard, Abdelkrim Merry, Jean -François Larios, Roger Milla and Johnny Rep. But the really big success in the championship remained however, the Corsicans fails during Papis time, usually graduating in mid-table: a third (1976 /77), a fifth (1977 /78) and twice a sixth rank ( in 1968/69 and 1974 /75) were the best rankings of the SEC.
More successful than the League SEC Bastia was in the cup competitions. In the National Cup the team the final, which they lost to OM reached in 1972. Papi was not loaded until the 77th minute in and led his comrades still to 1:2 port Hits, which was, however, synonymous with the final score. In the same year the SEC defeated his final opponent in the final of the Super Cup, the Challenge of Champions, but with 5:2. Bastia following three Cup highlights were both games against AS Saint- Étienne, the dominant club of the decade: 1975 and 1982 were subject to the Corsicans, respectively in the semifinals and 0-2, respectively, but in 1981 succeeded the SEC a 2-1 playoff victory. Ironically, this up to the present (2010) single title Bastia had Claude Papi however follow from the stands because he was usually only considered as a substitute since the beginning of the season Coach Redin. 1977 was also the SEC in the final of the Coppa delle Alpi, however it lost 1:3 against Stade Reims.
At Bastia's biggest success of midfielder however, was quite instrumental in: - as only the third French club ( this to Reims and Saint- Étienne, respectively in third in Division 1 1976 /77 UEFA Cup qualifying 1977/78, the Corsicans fought national champion competition) - is up in the final by. On the way to the finals of the SEC succession Sporting Lisbon, Newcastle United, AC Turin turned off ( against these opponents, each with two wins ), Carl Zeiss Jena and the Grasshoppers Zurich; of Bastia 27 hits Claude Papi had seven self- made . Only the PSV Eindhoven under his coach Rijvers, a former professional player with AS Saint- Étienne was able to Torfabrik to stop successfully; with 0:0 and 0:3 Bastia missed the first international title of a French club team ultimately clear. Even otherwise, this season was one of the most successful individually Papis: he finished second in the championship with 15 hits season 12th among the league goalscorers and then was even a World Cup participants (see below, " In the National Team ").
1983, six months after the end of his active career, and only 33 years old, Claude Papi died of an aneurysm while he played a tennis match. The stadium his native city bears his name, since 2005, the Stade Armand Cesari of the grandstand in Bastia.
Stations
- Sporting Club de Bastia Étoile (1967-1982, of which 1967/68 in D2)
In the National Team
In November 1973, March 1975 to June 1978 Claude Papi played three matches for the French national team, where he was in the first two games against Denmark ( 3-0) and Hungary ( 2-0) loaded only during the second half. Due to its performance, especially in the UEFA Cup coach Michel Hidalgo summoned him to the French squad for the World Cup finals in 1978; this decision had a " sleepless night cost " Hidalgo - not because he was with respect to the Corsicans uncertain, but because he had to leave for another team regular at home. In Argentina, Papi was in, however, already had become meaningless last game of the preliminary round against Hungary ( 3-1 ) in the starting line - as his teammates in a borrowed green and white striped jersey, because the blue shirts had been forgotten in the property and carried white Dress could not be used because the Hungarians also wore white jerseys. Replaced after half-time by Michel Platini, Papi is still to this day (2008) the only Corsican who has ever contested a World Cup match for France.
Palmarčs
- French Champion: None
- French Cup Winners: 1981 (without insert; a finalist 1972)
- French Supercup winner: 1972
- 3 'A' matches ( no hit) for France, World Cup 1978 participant
- 392 games and 110 goals in Division 1, all for Bastia
- 16 European Cup Appearances ( 7 goals); Finalist in the UEFA Cup 1977/78
- Coppa delle Alpi - finalist: 1977