:Claude Papi

{{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 = Bastia

| caps1 = 410

| goals1 = 115

| nationalyears1 = 1973–1978

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Claude Papi (16 April 1949 – 28 January 1983) was a French 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 entire career for SC Bastia.{{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}} 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 team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. His only World Cup appearance came in a 3–1 group match win against Hungary.

Death

Papi died on 28 January 1983 at the age of 33 of a ruptured aneurysm.{{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}}