Raymond Kopa: Ballon d’Or jeetne wala pehla French

Raymond Kopa (Raymond Kopa) France ke forward aur hamla-awar midfielder the, aur 1958 mein Ballon d’Or jeetne wale pehle French khiladi bane. Unhon ne Real Madrid ke sath lagatar teen European Cup jeete, aur 1958 ke alami cup mein France ko teesri position tak pahunchane wali team ke aham rukn the². France ke liye unhon ne 45 matchon mein 18 goal kiye¹. Hispani akhbar Marca ne un ke khel se mutasir ho kar unhein "Chhota Napoleon" kaha³.

Ibtidai zindagi aur aghaz

Kopa ka asal naam Raymond Kopaszewski (Kopaszewski) tha. Woh 13 October 1931 ko shimali France ke qasbe Noeux-les-Mines (Noeux-les-Mines) mein Polish tarkeen-e-watan ke ghar paida hue. Unhon ne maqami club mein football seekhi, aur 1949 mein Angers (Angers) ke liye peshawarana career shuru kiya¹³.

Club career

1951 mein Kopa Stade de Reims (Stade de Reims) aaye, jahan unhon ne career ka zyada hissa guzara¹. Reims is daur mein France ki sab se mazboot team thi aur 1953 aur 1955 mein French champion bani. 1956 mein naye shuru hone wale European Cup ke pehle final mein Reims ka muqabla Real Madrid se hua, aur Real Madrid 4-3 se jeet gaya³.

Isi saal Kopa khud Real Madrid chale gaye, jahan un ke sathi Alfredo Di Stefano the. Agle teen baras Real Madrid ne lagatar teen European Cup (1957, 1958, 1959) jeete; dilchasp baat yeh hai ke 1959 ka final Real ne Kopa ke purane club Reims ko hara kar jeeta¹². Real Madrid ke mutabiq club ke liye unhon ne 103 matchon mein 30 goal kiye, aur is dauran do Hispani league title bhi jeete³⁴.

1959 mein woh Reims laut aaye aur 1967 tak wahin khele. Is dauran Reims 1960 aur 1962 mein phir French champion bana¹³.

International career

Kopa ne 1952 mein France ke liye pehla match khela. 1958 ka alami cup Sweden mein hua. Is tournament mein Kopa ke sath Reims hi ke striker Just Fontaine ne 13 goal kiye, jo aaj tak kisi ek alami cup mein sab se zyada goal ka record hai⁵. Semi final mein France ka samna Brazil se hua, jis mein satrah salah Pele bhi the, aur Brazil 5-2 se jeet gaya². Is ke baad France ne teesri position hasil ki³.

Isi baras Kopa ko Ballon d’Or mila; woh is se pehle 1956 aur 1957 mein teesre number par rahe the, aur 1959 mein doosre number par aaye². Yeh aizaz French jareeda "France Football" 1956 se Europe ke behtareen khiladi ko deta aa raha tha, aur pehle do baras yeh England ke Stanley Matthews aur Real Madrid mein Kopa ke sathi Di Stefano ko mila tha. Yun apne hi mulk ke jareede ka yeh aizaz jeetne wale pehle French Kopa bane; un ke baad Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Zinedine Zidane aur Karim Benzema ne yeh aizaz jeeta⁶. Un ka aakhri International match 1962 mein hua³.

Khel ka andaz

Kopa qad mein chhote magar gend par ghair mamooli control rakhne wale khiladi the. Woh dribbling se difa ko kheench kar sathiyon ke liye jagah banate, aur forward aur hamla-awar midfielder dono jagah khelte the³. Football Espana ne unhein Real Madrid ka "playmaker" kaha hai, yani woh khiladi jo hamle ko tarteeb deta hai¹.

Aadad o shumar

Angers aur Reims ke aadad sirf league matchon ke hain (Wikipedia), kyunke 1950 ki dahai ke French Cup matchon ka mukammal record dastiyab nahin; Real Madrid ke aadad club ke tamam sarkari match hain, club ki apni website ke mutabiq. France ke aadad Football Espana aur AFP se hain. Yeh aadad 20 October 2026 ko jama kiye gaye¹³⁴.

Aizazat

• Ballon d’Or: 1958 [1][2]
• European Cup: 1957, 1958, 1959 (Real Madrid) [1][2]
• Hispani league: 1957, 1958 [3]
• French league: 4 baar (Reims: 1953, 1955, 1960, 1962) [3]
• FIFA alami cup: 1958 mein teesri position [2][3]

Wirasa

Kopa 3 March 2017 ko pachasi baras ki umar mein inteqal kar gaye. French Football Federation ke sadr ne kaha ke yeh "French football ke liye ek bohat bada nuqsan hai"¹. 2018 se Ballon d’Or ki taqreeb mein duniya ke behtareen nojawan khiladi ko unhi ke naam par "Kopa Trophy" di jati hai³. Dilchasp ittefaq yeh hai ke yeh trophy sab se pehle ek aur French forward, Kylian Mbappe, ko mili, jo isi silsile mein number 41 par hain⁷. Polish tarkeen-e-watan ke bete se Europe ke behtareen khiladi tak Kopa ka safar French football ki tareekh ka ek aham baab hai, aur Real Madrid aaj bhi har baras un ki barsi par unhein yaad karta hai⁴.