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
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-12-09)9 December 1951
Place of birth Leuze, France
Date of death 7 October 2015(2015-10-07) (aged 63)
Place of death Leuze, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hirson
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Valenciennes 87 (0)
1973–1984 Strasbourg 354 (0)
1984–1989 Bordeaux 170 (0)
Total 611 (0)
National team
1978–1981 France 17 (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.

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