Yannick Stopyra
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Stopyra (right) in action for France in 1986
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 January 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Troyes, France | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Sochaux | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1983 | Sochaux | 176 | (57) |
1983–1984 | Rennes | 37 | (9) |
1984–1988 | Toulouse | 147 | (46) |
1988–1989 | Bordeaux | 34 | (8) |
1989–1991 | Cannes | 37 | (9) |
1991–1992 | Metz | 24 | (1) |
1992–1994 | Mulhouse | 59 | (22) |
Total | 514 | (152) | |
International career | |||
1980–1988 | France | 33 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yannick Stopyra (born 9 January 1961) is a French retired footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed Ligue 1 totals of 455 games and 130 goals in representation of six teams, mainly Sochaux and Toulouse, during a 17-year professional career.
Stopyra appeared for France at the 1986 World Cup.
Club career
Born in Troyes, Aube of Polish ancestry,[1] Stopyra spent 15 of his 17 seasons as a professional in Ligue 1, representing FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Stade Rennais FC, Toulouse FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, AS Cannes and FC Metz. He made his senior debuts with the former at only 17, helping it to the second position in the domestic championship in 1979–80 and the following campaign's UEFA Cup semifinals.
Stopyra retired in June 1994 at the age of 33, after two years in Ligue 2 with FC Mulhouse. He later returned to Bordeaux, going on to work with its youth sides.[2]
International career
Stopyra gained his first cap for the French national team on 27 February 1980, in a friendly with Greece where he scored the final 5–1. He appeared in a further 32 internationals and netted 11 goals, during eight years.
Stopyra was picked by manager Henri Michel for the squad that competed at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He appeared in all the games but one in Mexico as Les Bleus finished in third position, scoring against Hungary in the group stage (3–0) and against Italy in the round-of-16 (2–0).
Honours
- FIFA World Cup: Third place 1986
References
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External links
- French Football Federation profile (French)
- Yannick Stopyra at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Yannick Stopyra – FIFA competition record
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Troyes
- French people of Polish descent
- French footballers
- Association football forwards
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Toulouse FC players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- AS Cannes players
- FC Metz players
- FC Mulhouse players
- France international footballers
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players