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Jean-Pierre Papin
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Pierre Papin
Date of birth	November 5, 1963 (age 43)
Place of birth	Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Nickname	JPP, Patator
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club	RC Strasbourg (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1992 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996-1998 1998-1998	INF Vichy Valenciennes Club Brugge Marseille A.C. Milan Bayern Munich Bordeaux En Avant Guingamp	00? 00(?) 033 0(15) 031 0(20) 215 (134) 040 0(18) 027 00(3) 055 0(22) 009 00(3)
National team
1986-1995	France	54 (30)
Teams managed
2006-present	RC Strasbourg
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French former football player and now manager. He is currently the manager of French club RC Strasbourg.

Papin scored 30 goals for France in 54 matches. He played at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, where France finished third, and at the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. His last game for the national team was in 1995.

He won the Ballon d'or in 1991. He was the only player to do so while playing in the French league.

At club level, he played for INF Vichy (1983-1984), Valenciennes (1984-1985), Club Brugge (1985-1986), Olympique Marseille (1986-1992), A.C. Milan (1992-1994), Bayern Munich (1994-1996), Bordeaux (1996-1998) and En Avant Guingamp (1998) He was Ligue 1's top scorer during his Marseille years of 1988 to 1992 (5 consecutive times). He scored 157 goals in 254 matches for Marseille.

Contents 1 Managerial career 2 Honours and awards 3 Trivia 4 Reference

In May 2006, Papin took over from Jacky Duguépéroux as the new coach of RC Strasbourg, who were relegated to the Second Division. He had previously been coaching the FC Bassin Arcachon amateurs.

Papin was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Cups

• Champion's League: 1994
• UEFA Cup: 1996
• Première Division Française: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
• Coupe de France: 1989
• Serie A: 1993, 1994
• Italian Super Cup: 1992
• Belgian Cup: 1986
• Kirin Cup : 1994

Awards

• Top French Division 1 Scorer: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
• French Player Of The Year: 1989, 1991
• Holds the record of goals in European competitions for a French player: 38
• Top French scorer in the Champions League: 28
• 54 caps and 30 goals for the France national team from 1986 to 1995
• Ballon d'or: 1991
• Onze d'or: 1991
• Named Joueur du Siècle (player of the century) of Olympique de Marseille
• Named in the FIFA 100

• He was famous for his bicycle kicks that his fans nicknamed "Papinades" from his name.

• (French) French Football Federation Profile

Preceded by Lothar Matthäus

European Footballer of the Year 1991

Succeeded by Marco van Basten

RC Strasbourg - Current Squad
1 Puydebois | 2 Deroff | 3 Devaux | 4 Ekobo | 5 Bellaïd | 6 Kantari | 8 Cohade | 9 Tum | 10 Abdessadki | 11 Yachir | 12 Loué | 14 Gasmi | 15 Mathlouthi | 16 Cassard | 17 João Paulo Daniel | 18 Johansen | 19 Lacour | 20 Moslem | 21 Strasser | 22 Schneiderlin | 23 Gameiro | 24 Mouloungui | 25 N'Diaye | 26 Vergerolle | 27 M'Bodji | 28 Gargorov | 28 Camadini | 30 Gurtner | 33 Othon | Manager: Papin

	France squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Bats | 2 Amoros | 3 Ayache | 4 Battiston | 5 Bibard | 6 Bossis | 7 Le Roux | 8 Tusseau | 9 Fernández | 10 Platini | 11 Ferreri | 12 Giresse | 13 Genghini | 14 Tigana | 15 Vercruysse | 16 Bellone | 17 Papin | 18 Rocheteau | 19 Stopyra | 20 Xuereb | 21 Bergeroo | 22 Rust | Coach: Michel

	France squad - 1992 European Football Championship
1 Martini | 2 Amoros | 3 Silvestre | 4 Petit | 5 Blanc | 6 Casoni | 7 Deschamps | 8 Sauzée | 9 Papin | 10 Fernández | 11 Perez | 12 Cocard | 13 Boli | 14 Durand | 15 Divert | 16 Vahirua | 17 Garde | 18 Cantona | 19 Rousset | 20 Angloma | Coach: Platini