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	Raymond Kopa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raymond Kopa (born October 13, 1931 in Nœux-les-Mines, France), né Raymond Kopaszewski, was a French football player of Polish descent, integral to the French national teams of the 1950's.
		This son of Polish immigrants began his professional career at 17 with SCO Angers, and was transferred two years later to Stade de Reims, with whom he won French championships in 1953 and 1955.
		Kopa returned to France in the 1959-60 season to finish his career with Reims, where he won Championnats in 1960 and 1962.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raymond_Kopa (272 words)

	Raymond Kopa - rFind.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Kopa, född som Raymond Kopaszewski den 13 oktober 1931 i
		Raymond Kopa, vars föräldrar var polska immigranter, började sin professionella karriär som 17-åring i SCO Angers.
		Han spelade i fotbolls-VM i Sverige 1958, där Frankrike tog hem bronset.
	www.rfind.net /info/Raymond_Kopa (469 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 World Cup - World Cup Hall of Fame: Raymond Kopa - Wednesday May 08, 2002 01:34 PM
		Instead, Kopa was to become France's greatest player prior to Michel Platini, and a member of Real Madrid's great multiple European Cup-winning side of the late 1950s.
		Kopa's finest performances for Les Bleus came at the 1958 finals in Sweden where he played alongside Just Fontaine as France scorched a path to the semifinals and then crushed West Germany 6-3 to claim third place.
		Kopa had previously appeared at the 1954 finals in Switzerland, although a late penalty in France's final first round game against Mexico was his only contribution.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/kopa (206 words)

	Raymond Klibansky - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Raymond Klibansky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Klibansky (born October 15, 1905) is a Canadian professor of philosophy.
		Born in Paris, to Rosa Scheidt and Hermann Klibansky, he was educated at the University of Kiel, University of Hamburg and Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, where he received a Ph.D. in 1928.
		In 2000 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Raymond-Klibansky.html (239 words)

	uefa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Like most of the men in his home town of Noeux-les-Mines, French footballing legend Raymond Kopa started working down the local coal mines when he was 14.
		Losing a finger in a mining accident may have helped confirm to Kopa that life down a mineshaft was not for him, but it was still with some reluctance that he decided to enter the trials for French young footballers in 1949, the year that he celebrated his 18th birthday.
		Kopa said: "They were three fantastic years, we won three European Cups, two Spanish League titles and only lost one game at home in the whole period.
	de.uefa.com /News/Kind=4/newsId=312526.html (544 words)

	Raymond Kopa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was transferred to Real Madrid the subsequent season, where he was soon joined by (Click link for more info and facts about Ferenc Puskas) Ferenc Puskas.
		In total, he scored 75 goals in 346 matches in the (Click link for more info and facts about Ligue 1) Ligue 1, and was given the (Click link for more info and facts about Ballon d'or) Ballon d'or by France Football in 1958.
		He was named by (Click link for more info and facts about Pelé) Pelé as one of the (Click link for more info and facts about top 125 greatest living footballers) top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/raymond_kopa.htm (368 words)

	The Sunday Telegraph : Kopa a Real master of true vintage Kim Willsher talks to Raymond Kopa, who won three successive ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kopa a Real master of true vintage Kim Willsher talks to Raymond Kopa, who won three successive European Cup winner's medals with Madrid during the Fifties
		The irony of the operation that prevents Raymond Kopa from being at Old Trafford on Wednesday night is not lost on the former Real Madrid star.
		Read 'The Sunday Telegraph: Kopa a Real master of true vintage Kim Willsher talks to Raymond Kopa, who won three successive European Cup winner's medals with Madrid during the Fifties' with a FREE Trial for instant access »
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	Real Madrid, Reims a world apart
		Oddly, Hanot was no great fan of Reims and Raymond Kopa, their mesmeric and creative little centre-forward.
		Weeks later he and Kopa combined in superb style at the World Cup in Sweden.
		France finished third and Fontaine, at Kopa's prompting, tallied his record of 13 goals.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/feb/18remis.htm (1076 words)

	REAL MADRID, UPDATED NEWS, INFORMATION, CHATROOM, FORUM AND MUCH MORE
		Kopa faced Real Madrid in 1 European Cup, before being bought and finally winning the trophy himself on 3 occasions.
		Kopa played 45 games for France and scored 17 times for the country.
		- Kopa has since the age of 6 received an invalid pension due to an accident in a mine that he worked at that forced him to amputed a top part of his left-hand thumb.
	www.fortunecity.com /wembley/trafford/555/kopa.html (303 words)

	JUVENTUS Football Club - archived news
		Zidane is the outstanding footballing product of a third significant wave of immigrants this century after Raymond Kopa and Michel Platini and with them makes up the trio of France's greatest players.
		Kopa, the son of Poles who came to France in the 1920s to work in the mines of the north of the country, emerged at Reims and made his name at Real Madrid.
		In a progressively rising graph marking French success, Kopa helped France reach third place in the 1958 World Cup, Platini led them to their first major international trophy in 1984 and Zidane inspired their biggest triumph.
	www.geocities.com /juventusfootball/news/archived98/122198a.htm (853 words)

	The Hindu : World Cup: Down memory lane 1958 — Sweden
		Just Fontaine, France (1933): Went to Sweden expecting to be a reserve but struck a perfect partnership with Raymond Kopa, scoring in every match and finishing with a record 13 goals that has yet to be surpassed.
		Raymond Kopa, France (1931): A superb outside-right who was even better as a centre-forward.
		Kopa — short for Kopazewski — was the son of a Polish miner who was determined to escape working at the coal face.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2002/05/09/stories/2002050901482000.htm (1025 words)

	Kopa - Kopa@jinbo.net. Join the Struggle Now!. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Aside from a select few relatives who could not make it for unknown reasons, it was a full restaurant.
		Copyright © 2004 KOPA ELECTRÓNICA S. KOPA: voor een deskundig en onafhankelijk pensioenadvies Welkom bij Kopa.
		"De KOPA staat voor deskundig en onafhankelijk advies aan werkgevers en werknemers en.
	www.destarter.com /Koppa/Kopa.html (403 words)

	Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Group F - France v Ireland
		Raymond Kopa (1958), Michel Platini (1978) and Zinedine Zidane (1998) were big stars in World Cups twenty years apart, but together they put on a show against the Irish.
		Zidane took Dennis Irwin all over the pitch, doing magical things, Kopa impressed with neat passes always finding the right man and Platini sent long, inch-perfect passes to his forwards.
		Henry was the better of Johnny Carey for as long as he was on the pitch.
	www.planetworldcup.com /atwc/groupf_fra_v_ire.html (994 words)

	Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Quarterfinal - Netherlands v France
		But he made amends during this quarter final with France when he saved decisive spotkicks from Eric Cantona and Raymond Kopa to earn his team a place in the semi final of the All Time World Cup.
		He had difficulties limiting Thuram's offensive efforts and most of all he was an uncertain factor when it came down to taking a penalty.
		Then came Raymond Kopa, also brought into the team to score from the spot.
	www.planetworldcup.com /atwc/qf_ned_v_fra.html (1484 words)

	Irish Examiner - 2004/06/15: Is this man the ultimate artist?
		COMPARISONS are too subjective to be meaningful in a football sense — much more instructive and rewarding to celebrate genius in its own right.The pre-eminent role of Zinedine Zidane in the affairs of French football inevitably invites comparisons with the giants of the past the legendary Raymond Kopa and the brilliant Michel Platini.
		It is an exercise that will not be pursued here, if for no other reason than it is enough to enjoy the moment and the latest extravagant feat of the incomparable Zidane.
		Kopa, whose goal-scoring feats made him famous across the world, had disappeared from the scene too early for this observer to enjoy his particular gifts.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2004/06/15/story242489842.asp (865 words)

	Five Live - Eurostars - Step 1BBC - Radio Five Live - Eurostars
		Alongside Michel Platini, Raymond Kopa is probably the greatest French player ever.
		Born in 1931, Raymond was the son of an emigrant Polish miner, with the surname "Kopszewski".
		Known as 'The Divine Ponytail' (because of his trademark hairstyle and Buddhist beliefs), Baggio made his name at AC Fiorentina where his 17 goals in the 1989/90 season earned him an £8million move to Juventus FC - as well as a place in Italy's World Cup squad.
	www.bbc.co.uk /fivelive/eurostars/step1_qz.shtml (702 words)

	WorldCupSoccer.com::WORLD CUP KOREA-JAPAN 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was in and out of the national team and won a place in Sweden only after an injury to Renè Biliard.
		But he combined with Raymond Kopa to provide one of the tournament's most lethal strike forces and he scored in every game.
		His career was cut short at the age of 27, when he broke a leg for a second time.
	www.worldcupsoccer.com /leg17.htm (215 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Just Fontaine - French Goalscoring Legend
		You could say that he has one of the coolest names in world football, but is best-known internationally as the holder of a World Cup record that is unlikely to be broken.
		Born in Marrakesh in Morocco in 1933, Just Fontaine began his career playing three seasons for US Marocaine Casablanca, before moving to France and making his name with Nice, with whom he won the French league title in 1956.
		But when Reims team-mate Rene Bliard was ruled out with an ankle injury, Fontaine got his chance and formed a prolific partnership with Kopa to take a France side that had not won all year to an unexpected Third Place in the tournament.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A1108829 (1057 words)

	Encyclopedia: Raymond Kopa
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		Just Fontaine (born August 18, 1933 in Marrakech, Morocco) was a French football player.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Raymond-Kopa (876 words)

	1958 World Cup
		It was also the first FIFA World Cup in which a match ended in a 0-0 draw: the first round game between England and Brazil.
		Most notably, however, it was the team from France which caught the public's eye with its incisive attacking trio of Kopa, Piantoni and Fontaine.
		The "Blues" were to garner a string of honors: Best goal-scorer (Just Fontaine-13 goals; Fontaine's record stands to this day, unlikely ever to be suppressed), best attack (23 goals) and best player, elected by an international panel, Raymond Kopa.
	www.soccerhall.org /history/WorldCup_1958.htm (574 words)

	REAL MADRID, UPDATED NEWS, INFORMATION, CHATROOM, FORUM AND MUCH MORE
		Their opponents were a formidable Reims side led by Raymond Kopa, considered the greatest French player until the arrival of Michel Platini.
		After the first European Cup Final, Real were so impressed by Kopa that they bought him from Reims.
		But with Di Stéfano playing as the "deep-lying center-forward", Kopa was forced to play on the right wing.
	www.fortunecity.com /wembley/trafford/555/alfredo3.html (1644 words)

	BBC SPORT \| EUROPE \| Platini voted best of the century
		The midfielder was selected the best in a poll which was published in the magazine on 26 December.
		Former French captain Platini was chosen by a panel of experts ahead of Zinedine Zidane and Raymond Kopa.
		He scored 41 goals in 72 internationals for France - more than any other player - was skipper on 50 occasions and led France to the 1984 European title.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/low/english/football/europe/newsid_1087000/1087553.stm (250 words)

	CNNSI.com - CNNSI.com's complete coverage of the FIFA World Cup - World Cup Hall of Fame: Just Fontaine - Thursday May ...
		Yet the Moroccan-born striker, who began his playing career with Marrakesh, was not even a regular French international before the tournament and only got his opportunity alongside Raymond Kopa because of an untimely injury to his Rheims teammate Rene Bliard.
		Fontaine and Kopa struck up an immediate understanding, with the Real Madrid playmaker laying on chance after chance for the goal-hungry Fontaine.
		He scored a hat trick in France's 7-3 opening match win over Paraguay, two more in its loss to Yugoslavia and the deciding goal in a 2-1 win over Scotland that earned France a place in the quarterfinals.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/fontaine (240 words)

	France - Record International Players (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		BOLI Basile 45 1 19-08-1986 28-07-1993 CANTONA Eric 45 20 12-08-1987 18-01-1995 KOPA Raymond 45 18 05-10-1952 11-11-1962 29.
		ASTON Alfred 31 5 11-03-1934 19-05-1946 DUBLY Raymond 31 4 16-02-1913 21-05-1925 LEROND André 31 0 06-10-1957 28-04-1963 MARTINI Bruno 31 0 12-08-1987 29-05-1996 PIRES Robert 31 4 * 31-08-1996 23-02-2000 THÉPOT Alexis 31 0 26-05-1927 17-03-1935 61.
		KOPA Raymond 18 45 05-10-1952 11-11-1962 PIANTONI Roger 18 37 16-11-1952 28-09-1961 12.
	www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at /non-official/rsssf/miscellaneous/fran-recintlp.html (589 words)

	Just Fontaine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		OGC Nice recruited him in 1953, and he went on to score 44 goals in 3 seasons for the club.
		In 1956, he moved on to Stade de Reims to replace Raymond Kopa, where he scored 121 goals in 6 seasons.
		In total, Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in the Ligue 1, and twice won championships in 1958 and 1960.
	www.sitogratis.net /football/players/europeans/just_fontaine/just_fontaine.php (258 words)

	Burnley FC - The London Clarets - Nothing to Write Home About - Clarets in Europe - 1960/61
		Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine, leading scorer in the 1958 World Cup, were both world class players.
		They had appeared twice in the European Cup Final and were only just behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in the pantheon of top European clubs.
		To cater for the many fans who wanted to see the return leg, Rheims switched the match from their home ground to the Parc de Princes in Paris.
	www.park-road.u-net.com /europe1.htm (3741 words)

	uefa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But, as Champions finds out, Latvia’s young football association is still experiencing football growing pains, even if it has come along way from when it didn’t have a fax, an international phone line or a full set of shirts for the national team.
		When French legend Raymond Kopa’s Madrid relinquished their grip on the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in the early 1960s, it was the SL Benfica side managed by wily Hungarian Bela Guttman which took up the baton.
		Champions charts the life and times of the enigmatic coach, while Kopa says football was better than coalmining.
	www.uefa.com /uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=303528.html (400 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Zidane joins French soccer greats list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Zinedine Zidane's retirement from international soccer means he joins the ranks of greats such as Michel Platini and Raymond Kopa.
		In contrast, Zidane's two headed goals against Brazil offered France its first World Cup title in 1998, turning Zidane into an overnight superstar.
		Kopa, who helped Real Madrid win three European Cups, enjoyed his finest hour alongside scoring sensation Fontaine at the 1958 World Cup.
	english1.peopledaily.com.cn /200408/14/print20040814_152975.html (369 words)

	Football \| The shifting balance of power
		For Real, Ferenc Puskas and Luis Del Sol were yet to come but in Alfredo Di Stefano they possessed the greatest footballer in the world at that time, with Francisco Gento and Raymond Kopa the best wingers.
		This, plus a crowd of 135,000, was the daunting prospect faced by Busby's side in the opening leg of the semi-finals.
		First Di Stefano set up a goal for Kopa with a neat backheel, then the power of Gento's centre took it through the grasp of Ray Wood for Mateos to put Real virtually beyond reach.
	football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4643125-99664,00.html (1099 words)

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