Tuesday, July 18, 2006

50th Bday Save The Date

The idol of Marseille: Jean Pierre Papin


Jean Pierre Papin, Olympique de Marseille idol of the club he won the respect of the fans of the team that won large memories, played six seasons with the club Gaul before being transferred to Milan in Italy.

Papin was born on October 5, 1963. It began in Jeumont at the age of six years and until 1986, he joined the ranks of Olympique de Marseille, where he spent six seasons and made four consecutive seasons from 1989 to 1992, lead to win four league Olympique after 17 drought years, the fans and the Stade Velodrome to smile again. Unpredictable

in his notes, Papin, managed to win the Golden Ball in 1991 and became, after Platini, the second player to receive such distinction Frenchman, but his team was defeated in the final of the Champions League before the Red Star in a match set from the penalty spot.

Ironically, in 1992, when he was in Milan, faced just Olympique and Rossoneri were beaten by former team Jean Pierre. In 1994, were crowned champions of Europe for the box Lombard, who beat Barcelona in Athens.

played the World Cup held in Mexico 86. There, in the match which pitted France and Canada, Papin scored the goal that gave the victory to them blues. In that tournament, he rubbed shoulders with one of the most representative of football players Frenchman Michel Platini. One goal of
Papin scored the Canadians, became in 1200 in World Cup history.

retirement from football activity in 1999, when over 50,000 fans turned to fire him and pay tribute to who was one of his biggest idols, Papin stays in the memory of football fans who remember their goals and their label left in the French courts and in the world.

Photo courtesy alltidfotball.no

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