Yannick Stopyra

Yannick Stopyra (born 9 January 1961) is a French former footballer who played as a striker.

Not to be confused with Stopira.

Yannick Stopyra
Stopyra (right) in action for France in 1986
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-01-09) 9 January 1961
Place of birth Troyes, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing 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)
National team
1980–1988 France 33 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He amassed Ligue 1 totals of 455 matches 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 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 in the following campaign.

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 won 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).

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
127 February 1980Parc des Princes, Paris, France Greece5–15–1Friendly[3]
216 February 1983Estádio Municipal, Guimarães, Portugal Portugal1–03–0Friendly[4]
316 February 1983Estádio Municipal, Guimarães, Portugal Portugal3–03–0Friendly[5]
413 October 1984Stade Municipale, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg3–04–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification[6]
513 October 1984Stade Municipale, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg4–04–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification[7]
68 December 1984Parc des Princes, Paris, France East Germany1–02–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification[8]
79 June 1986Estadio León, León, Mexico Hungary1–03–01986 FIFA World Cup[9]
817 June 1986Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico Italy2–02–01986 FIFA World Cup[10]
929 April 1987Parc des Princes, Paris, France Iceland2–02–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying[11]
1027 January 1988Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel Israel1–01–1Friendly[12]
115 February 1988Stade Louis II, Monaco Morocco2–12–1Friendly[13]

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. "Bordeaux: Stopyra intègre le centre de formation" [Bordeaux: Stopyra joins youth center] (in French). Foot 365. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. "France 5–1 Grèce (2–1)" [France 5–1 Greece (2–1)] (in French). French Football Federation. 27 February 1980. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. "Portugal 0–3 France (0–2)" (in French). French Football Federation. 16 February 1983. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. "Portugal 0–3 France (0–2)" (in French). French Football Federation. 16 February 1983. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. "Luxembourg 0–4 France (0–4)" (in French). French Football Federation. 13 October 1984. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. "Luxembourg 0–4 France (0–4)" (in French). French Football Federation. 13 October 1984. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. "France 2–0 R.D. Allemagne (1–0)" [France 2–0 East Germany (1–0)] (in French). French Football Federation. 8 December 1984. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. "France 3–0 Hongrie (1–0)" [France 3–0 Hungary (1–0)] (in French). French Football Federation. 9 June 1986. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. "France 2–0 Italie (1–0)" [France 2–0 Italy (1–0)] (in French). French Football Federation. 17 June 1986. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. "France 2–0 Islande (1–0)" [France 2–0 Iceland (1–0)] (in French). French Football Federation. 29 April 1987. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. "Israël 1–1 France (0–0)" [Israel 1–1 France (0–0)] (in French). French Football Federation. 27 January 1988. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. "France 2–1 Maroc (1–1)" [France 2–1 Morocco (1–1)] (in French). French Football Federation. 5 February 1988. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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