Dominique Dropsy
{{Short description|French footballer (1951–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dominique Dropsy
| image = Dominique Dropsy en 1976 (RC Strasbourg).jpg
| image_size = 170px
| caption = Dropsy in 1976
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|12|9|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.football-the-story.com/dominique-dropsy|title=Dominique Dropsy|publisher=Football-The-Story|language=French|accessdate=14 January 2022}}
| birth_place = Leuze, Aisne, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|7|1951|12|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bordeaux, France
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = 1961–1970 | youthclubs1 = CSC Hirson
| years1 = 1970–1973 | clubs1 = Valenciennes | caps1 = 57 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1973–1984 | clubs2 = Strasbourg | caps2 = 406 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1984–1990 | clubs3 = Bordeaux | caps3 = 186 | goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 649 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1978–1981 | nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Dominique Dropsy (9 December 1951 – 7 October 2015) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played 596 Ligue 1 matches over 17 seasons, which stood as a record for several years, and won three national championships during his career, two with Bordeaux.{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/bordeaux-33000/l1-bordeaux-dropsy-l-ex-gardien-international-est-gueri-de-sa-leucemie-08-03-2012-1895953.php|title=L1 – Bordeaux: Dropsy, l'ex-gardien international, est guéri de sa leucémie|trans-title=L1 – Bordeaux: Dropsy, former international goalkeeper, cured of his leukemia|newspaper=Le Parisien|language=French|date=8 March 2012|accessdate=24 May 2016|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624005243/http://www.leparisien.fr/bordeaux-33000/l1-bordeaux-dropsy-l-ex-gardien-international-est-gueri-de-sa-leucemie-08-03-2012-1895953.php|url-status=dead}}
Dropsy represented France at the 1978 World Cup.
Club career
Born in Leuze, Aisne, Dropsy started his senior career with Valenciennes FC. He contributed 19 games in the 1971–72 season, helping the club return to Ligue 1 and win its first Ligue 2 championship in the process.
Dropsy signed with RC Strasbourg Alsace in the summer of 1973. During his 11-year spell at the Stade de la Meinau he never played less than 31 matches, appearing in all 38 in the 1978–79 campaign as the team conquered their first-ever domestic league.{{cite news|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/sport/322677-20090428-champions-1979-vraies-stars-journee|title=Les champions de 1979, vraies stars de la journée|trans-title=1979 champions, real stars of the day|newspaper=20 minutes|language=French|date=28 April 2009|accessdate=24 May 2016}}
Aged 34, Dropsy joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he remained until his retirement always as first choice. He won a further two national championships, and added two Coupe de France to his trophy cabinet. Subsequently, he worked with his last club as a goalkeeper coach.{{cite news|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/03/31/bordeaux-l-entraineur-des-gardiens-dominique-dropsy-hospitalise-358875-4558.php|title=Girondins de Bordeaux: Dominique Dropsy atteint d'une leucémie|trans-title=Girondins de Bordeaux: Dominique Dropsy has leukemia|newspaper=Sud-Ouest|language=French|date=31 March 2011|accessdate=24 May 2016}}
International career
Dropsy played 17 times for the France national team in three years. He was selected as an uncapped member for the 1978 FIFA World Cup squad, benefitting from injury to his former Strasbourg teammate André Rey; in the last group phase fixture, as both countries had already been eliminated, he appeared in the 3–1 win against Hungary in Mar del Plata.{{cite news|url=http://www.lesechos.fr/28/06/2014/lesechos.fr/0203594187291_les-insolites-du-mondial---1978---le-jour-ou-les-bleus-jouerent-en-vert-et-blanc.htm|title=Les insolites du Mondial – 1978: le jour où les Bleus jouèrent en vert et blanc|trans-title=World Cup curios – 1978: the day where the Blues played in green and white|newspaper=Les Échos|first=Nicolas|last=Rauline|language=French|date=28 June 2014|accessdate=24 May 2016}}
Personal life
Dropsy's son, Damien (born 1983), was also a footballer and a goalkeeper. He never played the sport professionally, his biggest achievement being signing a short-term contract with Bordeaux in 2006 to serve as fourth choice.{{cite web|url=http://www.cahiersdufootball.net/article-top-10-j-aurais-aime-avoir-la-carriere-de-mon-pere-3974|title=Top 10: J'aurais aimé avoir la carrière de mon père|trans-title=Top 10: I would have loved to have my father's career|publisher=Les Cahiers du Football|language=French|date=13 February 2011|accessdate=24 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.girondins33.com/Breves-10672-amelie-et-damien-dropsy-accompagnes-par-carrasso-au-virage-sud|title=Amélie et Damien Dropsy accompagnés par Carrasso au Virage Sud|trans-title=Amélie and Damien Dropsy accompanied by Carrasso at Virage Sud|publisher=Girondins 33|language=French|date=18 October 2015|accessdate=24 May 2016}}
In 2012, Damien played the role of a footballer in Olivier Dahan's motion picture Les Seigneurs.{{cite web|url=http://www.chezlesgirondins.com/breves/damien-dropsy-lacteur.html|title=Damien Dropsy, l'acteur|trans-title=Damien Dropsy, the actor|publisher=Chez Les Girondins|language=French|date=30 January 2013|accessdate=25 May 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609175524/http://www.chezlesgirondins.com/breves/damien-dropsy-lacteur.html|archivedate=9 June 2016}}
Health problems and death
After suffering an aneurysm in 2005, medical exams revealed Dropsy had been struck with leukemia in March 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/bordeaux-dominique-dropsy-hospitalise-pour-une-leucemie-7673352049|title=Bordeaux: Dominique Dropsy hospitalisé pour une leucémie|trans-title=Bordeaux: Dominique Dropsy hospitalised with leukemia|publisher=RTL|first=Denis|last=Granjou|language=French|date=31 March 2011|accessdate=24 May 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213840/http://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/bordeaux-dominique-dropsy-hospitalise-pour-une-leucemie-7673352049|url-status=dead}} After recovering initially the following year, the 63-year-old died in Bordeaux on 7 October 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Dominique-dropsy-est-decede/596894|title=Dominique Dropsy est décédé|trans-title=Dominique Dropsy has died|newspaper=L'Équipe|language=French|date=7 October 2015|accessdate=24 May 2016}}
References
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External links
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- {{Lequipe|20000000000000000000013224}}
- [http://www.racingstub.com/page.php?page=joueur&id=1 RC Strasbourg archives] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{FFF player|8707-dropsy-dominique}}
- {{NFT player|18844}}
- {{FIFA player|48737}}
{{France squad 1978 FIFA World Cup}}
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Category:Footballers from Aisne
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Valenciennes FC players
Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Category:France men's international footballers
Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players