- Jean-Pierre Papin
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Honours and awards
Papin was named by
Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March2004 .As a player
Cups
*UEFA Champions 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 : 1994Awards
* Top French Division 1 Scorer: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
* French Player Of The Year: 1989, 1991
* 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 theFIFA 100 As a manager
With RC Strasbourg:
*Ligue 2 promotion: 2006-07Trivia
*He was famous for his bicycle kicks that his fans nicknamed "Papinades" from his name.
*In 1996, after their eight-month-old daughter Emily was shown to have serious cerebral lesions, Jean-Pierre and his wife, Florence, set up an association "Neuf de Coeur" (Nine of Hearts; Papin's shirt number was 9) to help others in that situation and, particularly, to find and apply methods to mentally and physically educate such children.
*Although Papin played only 31 matches for Club Bruges, he was elected as its best foreign player by the supporters in April 2008.
Notes
References
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?cherche_joueur=Papin French Football Federation Profile]
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