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Raymond Kopa

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Raymond Kopa

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Also known as Raymond Kopaszewski

French footballer (1931–2017)

OverviewAI-generated

Raymond Kopa was a French soccer player who played as a forward. His professional career spanned from 1949 to 1967. Standing 168 centimeters tall and weighing 68 kilograms, Kopa was recognized in the Ballon Dor collection. He was born on October 13, 1931, and died on March 3, 2017.

Kopa is also noted as an author with one recorded work, titled *Kopa, Mon football*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Works
1

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  • Kopa
  • Mon football

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Type
Person

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Deceased Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
France

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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
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Participant in
1954 FIFA World Cup
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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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raymond Kopa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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