French footballer (born 1961)
Yannick Stopyra
Stopyra in 1978
Date of birth
(1961-01-09 ) 9 January 1961 (age 64) Place of birth
Troyes , France Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Position(s)
Striker
USSC Redon
Sochaux 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) 1980–1988
France
33
(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Yannick Stopyra (born 9 January 1961) is a French former footballer who played as a striker .
He amassed Ligue 1 totals of 455 matches and 130 goals in representation of six teams, mainly Sochaux and Toulouse , in a 17-year professional career.
Stopyra appeared for France at the 1986 World Cup .
Club career
Born in Troyes , Aube of Polish ancestry ,[ 1] Ligue 1 , representing FC Sochaux-Montbéliard , Stade Rennais FC , Toulouse FC , FC Girondins de Bordeaux , AS Cannes and FC Metz .[ 2] 1979–80 and the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup the following campaign.[ 3]
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.[ 4]
International career
Stopyra won his first cap for the France 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 over eight years.[ 5]
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).[ 6] [ 2]
International goals
#
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
Ref
1
27 February 1980
Parc des Princes , Paris , FranceGreece 5 –15–1
Friendly [ 7]
2
16 February 1983
Estádio Municipal , Guimarães , PortugalPortugal 1 –03–0
Friendly
[ 8]
3
3 –0
4
13 October 1984
Stade Municipal , Luxembourg City , LuxembourgLuxembourg 3 –04–0
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification [ 9]
5
4 –0
6
8 December 1984
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
East Germany 1 –02–0
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 10]
7
9 June 1986
Estadio León , León , MexicoHungary 1 –03–0
1986 FIFA World Cup [ 11]
8
17 June 1986
Estadio Olímpico Universitario , Mexico City , MexicoItaly 2 –02–0
1986 FIFA World Cup
[ 12]
9
29 April 1987
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
Iceland 2 –02–0
UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying [ 13]
10
27 January 1988
Ramat Gan Stadium , Ramat Gan , IsraelIsrael 1 –01–1
Friendly
[ 14]
11
5 February 1988
Stade Louis II , Monaco Morocco 2 –12–1
Friendly
[ 15]
Personal life
Stopyra's father, Julien (1933–2015), was also a forward. He earned one cap for France.[ 2]
Honours
France
References
^ Braun, Didier (July–August 2000). "L'Équipe de France de football, c'est l'histoire en raccourci d'un siècle d'immigration" [France national team, a century of immigration in a nutshell] (PDF) . L'Équipe the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009 . ^ a b c Colombari, Bruno (18 February 2018). "Les Bleus, c'est de famille (1): de père en fils" [The Blues, it runs in the family (1): from father to son] (in French). Chroniques Bleues. Retrieved 26 August 2021 . ^ Simon, Thomas (28 August 2015). "Sochaux rugit pour toujours dans les coeurs" [Sochaux echo in heart for the ages] (in French). France Football . Retrieved 26 August 2021 . ^ "Bordeaux: Stopyra intègre le centre de formation" [Bordeaux: Stopyra joins youth center] (in French). Foot 365. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014 .^ Glo, Pascal; Cointot, Jean-Philippe (10 July 2018). "Le débrief de Yannick Stopyra, Maxime Bossis et Alain Boghossian après France-Belgique" [Yannick Stopyra, Maxime Bossis and Alain Boghossian's debriefing after France-Belgium]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2021 . ^ a b Mayen, Philippe (28 June 2020). "28 juin 1958–28 juin 1986: d'un podium à l'autre" [28 June 1958–28 June 1986: from one podium to the other] (in French). French Football Federation . Retrieved 26 August 2021 . ^ "France 5–1 Grèce" [France 5–1 Greece] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "Portugal 0–3 France" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "Luxembourg 0–4 France" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "France 2–0 R.D. Allemagne" [France 2–0 East Germany] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "France 3–0 Hongrie" [France 3–0 Hungary] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "France 2–0 Italie" [France 2–0 Italy] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "France 2–0 Islande" [France 2–0 Iceland] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "Israël 1–1 France" [Israel 1–1 France] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .^ "France 2–1 Maroc" [France 2–1 Morocco] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .
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