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Not to be confused with Stopira.

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] 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.[2] He made his senior debut with the former at only 17, helping it to the second position in the domestic championship in 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, France  Greece 5–1 5–1 Friendly [7]
2 16 February 1983 Estádio Municipal, Guimarães, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 3–0 Friendly [8]
3 3–0
4 13 October 1984 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 3–0 4–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification [9]
5 4–0
6 8 December 1984 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  East Germany 1–0 2–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification [10]
7 9 June 1986 Estadio León, León, Mexico  Hungary 1–0 3–0 1986 FIFA World Cup [11]
8 17 June 1986 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico  Italy 2–0 2–0 1986 FIFA World Cup [12]
9 29 April 1987 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  Iceland 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying [13]
10 27 January 1988 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 1–0 1–1 Friendly [14]
11 5 February 1988 Stade Louis II, Monaco  Morocco 2–1 2–1 Friendly [15]

Personal life

Stopyra's father, Julien (1933–2015), was also a forward. He earned one cap for France.[2]

Honours

France

References

  1. ^ 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 (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Bordeaux: Stopyra intègre le centre de formation" [Bordeaux: Stopyra joins youth center] (in French). Foot 365. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "France 5–1 Grèce" [France 5–1 Greece] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Portugal 0–3 France" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Luxembourg 0–4 France" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  10. ^ "France 2–0 R.D. Allemagne" [France 2–0 East Germany] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  11. ^ "France 3–0 Hongrie" [France 3–0 Hungary] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  12. ^ "France 2–0 Italie" [France 2–0 Italy] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  13. ^ "France 2–0 Islande" [France 2–0 Iceland] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Israël 1–1 France" [Israel 1–1 France] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  15. ^ "France 2–1 Maroc" [France 2–1 Morocco] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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