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Raymond Kopa in action during a soccer match between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid in 1958.
EFE/European Pressphoto Agency; thumbnail, Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images, 1957
Raymond Kopa
Died on March 3, 2017 at age 85
Kopa was one of the first major French soccer stars and a former Real Madrid attacking midfielder who, small of stature, was known as the Napoleon of football.
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