Dominique Dropsy

Dominique Dropsy (9 December 1951 – 7 October 2015) was a French footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He earned seventeen international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s.

Dominique Dropsy
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Personal information
Date of birth(1951-12-09)9 December 1951
Place of birthLeuze, France
Date of death7 October 2015(2015-10-07) (aged 63)
Place of deathLeuze, France
Height1.84 m (6 ft +12 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Hirson
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1973Valenciennes87(0)
1973–1984Strasbourg354(0)
1984–1989Bordeaux170(0)
Total611(0)
National team
1978–1981France17(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was a player of RC Strasbourg (1973–1984), he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He played in a total of 596 Ligue 1 matches between 1972-1989, a record at that time.

Dropsy died in Leuze, France from leukemia, aged 63.

Other websites

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