Claude Papi

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Claude Papi
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Papi in 1978
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-04-16)16 April 1949
Place of birth Porto-Vecchio, France
Date of death 28 January 1983(1983-01-28) (aged 33)
Place of death Porto-Vecchio, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1982 Bastia 410 (115)
International career
1973–1978 France 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claude Papi (16 April 1949 – 28 January 1983) was a French football midfielder who is regarded as the all-time best player for the SC Bastia.

Playing career

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Born in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, Papi played his entire career for SC Bastia.[1] He led Bastia to the 1978 UEFA Cup Final, scoring seven goals that season. Papi remains the all-time leading scorer for Bastia with 134 goals in 479 games.

International career

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Papi was a member of the France national team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. His only World Cup appearance came in a 3–1 group match win against Hungary.

Death

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Papi died on 28 January 1983 at the age of 33 of a ruptured aneurysm.[2]

Honours

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Bastia

See also

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References

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