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{{Short description|French footballer (1949–1983)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Claude Papi
| image = Claude papi.jpg
| upright = 0.7
| caption = Papi in 1978
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Porto-Vecchio]], France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|1|28|1949|4|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Porto-Vecchio, France
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1967–1982
| clubs1 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| caps1 = 410
| goals1 = 115
| nationalyears1 = 1973–1978
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Claude Papi''' (16 April 1949 – 28 January 1983) was a French [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]] who is regarded as the all-time best player for the [[SC Bastia]].

==Playing career==
Born in [[Porto-Vecchio]], [[Corsica]], Papi played his [[List of one-club men in association football|entire career]] for [[SC Bastia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liberum |first1=Cristian |title=The Icon Of Bastia. The Story Of Claude Papi |url=https://soveti.co/papi/ |website=Sovetico |access-date=3 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207234948/https://soveti.co/papi/ |archive-date=7 December 2018 |date=5 December 2018}}</ref> He led Bastia to the [[1978 UEFA Cup Final]], scoring seven goals that season. Papi remains the all-time leading scorer for Bastia with 134 goals in 479 games.

==International career==
Papi was a member of the [[France national football team|France national team]] in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]. His only World Cup appearance came in a 3–1 group match win against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]].

==Death==
Papi died on 28 January 1983 at the age of 33 of a ruptured aneurysm.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://offthebarinthebar.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/france-sc-bastia/ |title=France: SC Bastia |date=31 August 2014 |access-date= 16 December 2019}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Bastia'''
* [[Ligue 2]]: [[1967–68 French Division 2|1967–68]]
* [[Coupe de France]]: [[Coupe de France Final 1981|1980–81]]
* [[Trophée des champions|Challenge des champions]]: 1972
* [[UEFA Cup]] runner-up: [[1978 UEFA Cup Final|1978]]

==See also==
* [[List of one-club men in association football]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://www.corsefootball.fr/scb/fiches-joueurs/papi-claude Papi's Career Stats & Accolades] {{in lang|fr}}

==External links==
* {{NFT|18865}}
* {{FFF player|8723-papi-claude}}
* {{FFF male player|704|archive=}}

{{France Squad 1978 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Porto-Vecchio]]
[[Category:Footballers from Corse-du-Sud]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:France men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:SC Bastia players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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[[Category:Sportspeople from Corsica]]