1989 I was 11yo. Watched Papin shooting a banger at the last minute of a match and fell in love with football. He was truly a pure forward, made to score goals after goals. Sadly he taught me also irony and I still remember vividly that evening when Marseille won the 1993 first ever Champion's League against the great Milan... I couldn't feel but sad for him in all my joy. I was jumping everywhere like crazy. Boli's header ended a truly hard battle, I can never think of this game as tainted.
It was allegedly that Marseille paid off a lot of games that season. Rangers my team were in Marseilles group that season also. We all thought Milan would win the cup, What a beautiful team they were then.
@@johnrussell4908 Yes bud. He has kept the same version every time he tells it. Have you seen the recent interview with Archie Knox, Hately and McCall. They talk about this from the start of that.
Funny how nobody talks about Milan and Juventus being notorious for bribing and rigging games in their league for decades. I wouldn't be surprised if they did it in the ucl also
he actually played with platini back in '86 Mexico. Scored a goal vs Canada. Well, H Michel had enough strikers like Bellone, Rocheteau, Stopyra and Fernandez. He Might have not ealized the real potential of JPP. Who knows..
Papin was an extraordinary player with immense determination but the strength to continue through any adversity. He had the courage to never give up and that made him a HUGE legend beyond the French idols of the time, he knew how to have his own light as a striker with his playing qualities!
Working, working and working! He spent hours after the training sessions to work on his shoots with the goalkeeper. He said multiple times that he owed him his career. Just class...
I'm 50 born in UK but Followed European Football as much I could, NEVER missed& Loved Football Italia since 1982' ,Saw all the great players , Remember him playing those matches & he was Brilliant
I used to watch football italia every Sunday when I was a kid. Italian football was the best in the world back then. AC Milan was my team but I was 5-6 year old when I started watching it. Funnily enough it was the same year o first went to anfield and saw Jan Molby and since then I was hooked on LFC YNWA#97
Papin, at his best, was a kind of MBappe and Haland combined. But unfortunately, France's national team was at its lowest ever. He got really unlucky : arriving 5 years after, he would have been world champion with Zidane. 5 years earlier, he would have played with Platini's dream team (and maybe won 1 or 2 world cups, in 82 an 86). Absolute legend. Thanks for this video.
Cantona was one of the best number 10 / second striker in the world. Ginola was arguably a top 3 winger in the 90s. They had too much ego and back then PSG/OM rivalry was serious in France. Since the 80s we pretty much always had great player but too much ego. With better attitude, we would have won more trophies with such legendary players.
mbappeand haland is about right place and power. paprin belong different type. very rare in this genertion of strikers. he can just run and place the shot to the edge or corner of the net.
Thanks for making this vid! I remember I asked you if you would make one about him. And sure enough you did! I didn’t know he had such a crazy career! Appreciate it!
Basically football has been corrupted for decades. And the one behind it always managed to escape unharmed, while leaving trail of broken people who were sacrificed for their greed. Papin was one of the those who were sacrificed.
I too do really have a vivid rememberance of his Charisma ( Charismatica )....in my early teenage ( when I was 13-14 )....And I wondered why he was not praised as a legend by media or RUclips channels like any other past legends ( ..... Thanks dude you for your effort .....keeping the legends alive )
The way you pronounce "Papin" make it sound like "Papa" (dad) which is quite funny. He indeed has a reputation in France for being not very clever but a great natural talent.
Honestly an incredible player, but for me the best player in europe at the time was dejan savicevic, and he deserved the balon dor, part of that red star team that won against OM
yes, Savićević and not only him but Pančev and Belodedici deserved Bdor more that year. Pančev was European golden boot and best ST that year and Belodedici was reason Red Star won everything and was by far best defender itw back then
His trademark shot was a volley just before entering the box, scored counteless goals like that, looked like he couldn't miss. On FIFA I would rate him 99 for volleys.
Respect for talking about papin...he was absolutely sensational...like that whole Marseille team was... But who is that "Papaah" guy you keep mentioning? 😏
So cool that you have put out so many videos of players I grew up watching and admiring. Papin was awesome! I would love to see a video on one of my all time favourites, Beppe Signori - he was wonderful.
Incredible player I remember the 92 euros he played against Sweden he was virtually assaulted to stop him scoring one of the most disgraceful refereeing performances ever.
I've seen JPP play many times and in addition to be one of the greatest european strikers ever, this guy was both a great team mate and a great human being, he's still the latter. Not everything that is good come from the brain, some come also from the heart and this is the way he chose.
When top level Pros play at a very low level even at the end of their careers it's like men playing against boys. I watched Julio Arca play for South Shields in Northern League div 2 i think it was. He strolled around hardly broke into a jog and was still the best player on the pitch by a mile. Chris Waddle was still playing local football years after he retired too. Imagine that, turning up nursing Saturday night's hangover and having him facing you!
I wished the 3 foreign rule did not exist in 92-93. Those few games where Papin paired with Van Basten was potential the making of a legendary partnership. Still remember the goal he scored again Lazio where he jumped like a cat to lob the ball over the keeper after a long ball from Gullit. Not a goal like some of the bangers he scored but one I loved Legend in my books
I Agree with title! This Marseille were the best team I watched in the 90's! And Jean Pierre Papin as head man of it. Corruption helped to win titles and in France and Europe (UEFA) ... justice made their job. Like in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and other countries. (It's a pitty it doesn't work in Portugal! With corruption proved but there's no Justice ... to put Porto into 2ª Division!
Papin was unkown until he scored a header when playing for Club Brugges. The goals was showed in loop was it was considered the goal of the week. He jumped so high that the host of the show Telefoot said that Papin's hip were level with the crossbar; to add cherry on the cake the host said that he's an unknown French playing in Belgium.... Marseilles came calling
My friend, the first ever Champions league was the 92/93 season. Before that it was still called the European cup. Red Star won the final of the old European cup brother.
Thanks for the video this guy helped inspire me to love the beautiful game, he alongside Careca were my personal best strikers of all time. Could you please do a video about Careca?
It was a missed opportunity that Papin missed Euro 1988(as European Champions not qualified, 2nd country who missed a country as champions) World Cup 1990 and World Cup 1994. It was a transitional era at that time, but it felt that France should have continue their legacy of the carre magique. Papin would have suceed Platini's succes.
@@doncarloancelotti2256 but by 1992 Platini was sacked and he should never retire in 1987 he could retire in 1992 to help Papin's success. It was odd how it was named a cursed generation between 1986 to 1994. France should have made it in Euro 1988, World Cup 1990 and World Cup 1994 if they didn't have bad luck on their side.
Don't really remember watching him play but remember playing PC football games back in mid 90's and he was on of the highest rated players at the time along with Gullit and Van Basten.
true, we did not qualified for euro 88, WC 90, and WC 94. Cantona, Ginola and Papin were not just world class. Cantona was over rated af. Premier league was in transition and very weak. Ginola was over rated and full of himself..
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT just keep it more natural the way you talk, your English is amazing, be more easygoing, I know you want to give a more interesting tone to your storytelling but some times turn to be a bit too much, this is just my opinion, keep it up mate
@@nasos88 its not just that, i struggle with a lot of respiratory problems and my throat is extremely sore most of the time. I remember recording this video i could taste blood on my throat when narrating and kept going because it was the only way to get the video on time for you guys.
Hope ya'll watch this one to the end, cause it's really insane. Really proud of this video.
will you ever give messi a rating like you did with other legends in your videos?
In Italy we remember him as JPP - IL FOLLETTO ! a ballon d' or on the bench of Ac Milan
Your videos are always quality pal!🙂🏴🇵🇹🇿🇼
Great video as always 👍
Can you make a vid about abdie pele?
1989 I was 11yo. Watched Papin shooting a banger at the last minute of a match and fell in love with football. He was truly a pure forward, made to score goals after goals. Sadly he taught me also irony and I still remember vividly that evening when Marseille won the 1993 first ever Champion's League against the great Milan... I couldn't feel but sad for him in all my joy. I was jumping everywhere like crazy. Boli's header ended a truly hard battle, I can never think of this game as tainted.
The tainted match was the Ligue 1 finale, but the final was infamous for Boli ending van Basten's career
It was allegedly that Marseille paid off a lot of games that season. Rangers my team were in Marseilles group that season also. We all thought Milan would win the cup, What a beautiful team they were then.
It was alleged that Rangers striker Mark Hately was offered a bribe to try and throw the match with Marseille which subsequently ended in a draw
@@johnrussell4908 Yes bud. He has kept the same version every time he tells it. Have you seen the recent interview with Archie Knox, Hately and McCall. They talk about this from the start of that.
Funny how nobody talks about Milan and Juventus being notorious for bribing and rigging games in their league for decades. I wouldn't be surprised if they did it in the ucl also
Finally this incredible player gets mentioned. He was absolutely incredible...his volleys still unbeaten.
In France we even had a name for his volleys, we called them Papinade...
And scissor kicks!
Eric Cantona called Papin one of the best players he has ever played with. That's all anybody needs to know.
Pappin redefined my love for football. No doubt for me. I remember obsessed with his style of play.
Obviously not enough to spell his name correctly
As Club Bruges fan I remember him. Probably our best player ever.
*too young for Platini, too old for Zidane
did i say that the other way around? I'm a dumbass sometimes sorry XD
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT naw you're fine, it happens to the best of us, especially a validated football historian such as yourself 🙌
It was a transitional period for 9 years
he actually played with platini back in '86 Mexico. Scored a goal vs Canada. Well, H Michel had enough strikers like Bellone, Rocheteau, Stopyra and Fernandez. He Might have not ealized the real potential of JPP. Who knows..
@@gv978 Yes, but that was the end of that 80s France and he caught the tail of it.
Papin was an extraordinary player with immense determination but the strength to continue through any adversity. He had the courage to never give up and that made him a HUGE legend beyond the French idols of the time, he knew how to have his own light as a striker with his playing qualities!
Working, working and working! He spent hours after the training sessions to work on his shoots with the goalkeeper. He said multiple times that he owed him his career. Just class...
I'm 50 born in UK but Followed European Football as much I could, NEVER missed& Loved Football Italia since 1982' ,Saw all the great players , Remember him playing those matches & he was Brilliant
I used to watch football italia every Sunday when I was a kid. Italian football was the best in the world back then. AC Milan was my team but I was 5-6 year old when I started watching it. Funnily enough it was the same year o first went to anfield and saw Jan Molby and since then I was hooked on LFC YNWA#97
I remember watching JPP play in the mid to late 90s, dude was a legend! It's tragic to hear he got screwed over by Bernard Tapie
Scrow over?You have information to share?
Papin, at his best, was a kind of MBappe and Haland combined. But unfortunately, France's national team was at its lowest ever. He got really unlucky : arriving 5 years after, he would have been world champion with Zidane. 5 years earlier, he would have played with Platini's dream team (and maybe won 1 or 2 world cups, in 82 an 86). Absolute legend.
Thanks for this video.
Cantona was one of the best number 10 / second striker in the world.
Ginola was arguably a top 3 winger in the 90s.
They had too much ego and back then PSG/OM rivalry was serious in France.
Since the 80s we pretty much always had great player but too much ego. With better attitude, we would have won more trophies with such legendary players.
France national team in the 80's wasn't as good as you might think
Papin was not fast at all and a different type of striker than MBappe and Haaland . MBappe and Haaland are the fastest player of their generation.
He actually was at ‘86 World Cup and even scored twice in four games.
mbappeand haland is about right place and power. paprin belong different type. very rare in this genertion of strikers. he can just run and place the shot to the edge or corner of the net.
I haven't heard Papins name in years. How could I forget such a great player 💯🤔
After zidane he was my all time best french best footballer player... and i always wandered why know one knew him... such a great player.
It’s media’s game which is used as a tool. I am watching soccer or football since couple of decades and I hardly heard of him.
Man this takes me back to my childhood loved papin especially with George weah for ac milan
As always i have been telling Papin was the Greatest French Striker ; great of you to cover his story 👍
Nope. Research Just Fontaine 😎
Thanks for making this vid! I remember I asked you if you would make one about him. And sure enough you did! I didn’t know he had such a crazy career! Appreciate it!
i always take notes from the comments
Omg this channel has exploded in popularity, congrats mate, quality content always rises to the top 👍
thanks man!
Papin was Van Persie on steroids. Absolutely incredible striker.
Stat padded by playing in the farmers league, when he played in Italy and Germany he flopped.
@@brainimp French league was only second to the Italian at that time you don't know what you are talking about
Literally on steroids while playing for Marseille.
@@Eppu_Paranormaali lmaooo
@@brainimp you're clueless, it was a different era. Englands top division wasn't in the top 5 of europe at the time. Italy / Spain / France dominated.
Im English and JPP is still my Favourite Striker ever. Legend.
I am Dutch, he is also on top of my list. Very underrated player.
I am French and I agree with you.
Milan never forget this player, Ac Milan fan for years was happy to have in my team, great player.
Man you are a legend in football documentaries..keep going
thanks man, sure will
Great video again bro and you’re doing such a great job… one of my favorite players I saw as a kid….love and greetings from the Caribbean
thanks man, I try really hard
Please David Ginola when you get a chance I think his story is interesting
You have one the most insightful football channels, in all of youtube. Every video is worth a watch.
Papin and Waddle, what a duo!!
Papin, Waddle and Abedi Pelé 🔥
Basically football has been corrupted for decades. And the one behind it always managed to escape unharmed, while leaving trail of broken people who were sacrificed for their greed. Papin was one of the those who were sacrificed.
exactly
I too do really have a vivid rememberance of his Charisma ( Charismatica )....in my early teenage ( when I was 13-14 )....And I wondered why he was not praised as a legend by media or RUclips channels like any other past legends ( ..... Thanks dude you for your effort .....keeping the legends alive )
ofc man!
Fantastic striker, he was able to volley the ball from any position.
James Richardson, Sunday afternoon, Football Italia.......that's what comes to my mind when hearing the name Papin.
Yes lol JPP on opening credits I think
The way you pronounce "Papin" make it sound like "Papa" (dad) which is quite funny.
He indeed has a reputation in France for being not very clever but a great natural talent.
Papin was absolutely incredible.
Honestly an incredible player, but for me the best player in europe at the time was dejan savicevic, and he deserved the balon dor, part of that red star team that won against OM
yes, Savićević and not only him but Pančev and Belodedici deserved Bdor more that year. Pančev was European golden boot and best ST that year and Belodedici was reason Red Star won everything and was by far best defender itw back then
His trademark shot was a volley just before entering the box, scored counteless goals like that, looked like he couldn't miss. On FIFA I would rate him 99 for volleys.
You are right 100%
Respect for talking about papin...he was absolutely sensational...like that whole Marseille team was... But who is that "Papaah" guy you keep mentioning? 😏
He always chooses certain words with a Portuguese accent and other not he kinds sounds a bit pretentious
Great video, one of my old childhood favourites. Really enjoyed this
So cool that you have put out so many videos of players I grew up watching and admiring. Papin was awesome! I would love to see a video on one of my all time favourites, Beppe Signori - he was wonderful.
Incredible player I remember the 92 euros he played against Sweden he was virtually assaulted to stop him scoring one of the most disgraceful refereeing performances ever.
As an Inter fan we feared and respected him. Phenomenal
I really enjoyed this episode, I always love striker's episodes who were never given chance
When I was kid he was my hero he was and scored amazing goals players are not like him anymore he was a one off ❤️❤️❤️
I've seen JPP play many times and in addition to be one of the greatest european strikers ever, this guy was both a great team mate and a great human being, he's still the latter. Not everything that is good come from the brain, some come also from the heart and this is the way he chose.
Really not forgotten, JPP was that little powerstriker.
When top level Pros play at a very low level even at the end of their careers it's like men playing against boys.
I watched Julio Arca play for South Shields in Northern League div 2 i think it was. He strolled around hardly broke into a jog and was still the best player on the pitch by a mile.
Chris Waddle was still playing local football years after he retired too. Imagine that, turning up nursing Saturday night's hangover and having him facing you!
Amazing video man, thank you for all your hard work❤️
my pleasure!
Yet again another great video - thank you 😊
thank you!
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT great videos man - keep them coming! 💪🙂
Thank you for video, I have always been curious about Papin football journey.
7:43 the 2nd placed player is definitely called Kálmán Kovács, he played for Auxerre :D
LEGEND! Thank you for this video!
Papin was my hero growing up in the south of France as I was an avid OM supporter as a teenager. Incredible times!
"His bones were reduced to sawdust" 😂 bruh
I wished the 3 foreign rule did not exist in 92-93. Those few games where Papin paired with Van Basten was potential the making of a legendary partnership.
Still remember the goal he scored again Lazio where he jumped like a cat to lob the ball over the keeper after a long ball from Gullit. Not a goal like some of the bangers he scored but one I loved
Legend in my books
That AC Milan side was insane!!!
The best squad ever in my opinion
The best volley and acrobatic player ever and by far, left as right foot, such an underrated player.
just an awesome video. you did it again!
So much to learn from. Amazing stuff!
That French tv show looks remarkably like Spitting Image a tv show that aired in the UK and had a similar impact.
I Agree with title! This Marseille were the best team I watched in the 90's! And Jean Pierre Papin as head man of it. Corruption helped to win titles and in France and Europe (UEFA) ... justice made their job. Like in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and other countries. (It's a pitty it doesn't work in Portugal! With corruption proved but there's no Justice ... to put Porto into 2ª Division!
That 1998 French team really needed a striker too. What could have been.
And we chose Guivarch over him...sick
@@winstonsmiththethird7627 but we won though, same way we had Giroud in 2018 over benzema
@@alexeiharp7676 the previous season benzema had only scored 5 league goals so he was dropped and olivia giroud had 13 so he was ahead
Underrated channel, I luv dis channel
Papin was unkown until he scored a header when playing for Club Brugges. The goals was showed in loop was it was considered the goal of the week. He jumped so high that the host of the show Telefoot said that Papin's hip were level with the crossbar; to add cherry on the cake the host said that he's an unknown French playing in Belgium.... Marseilles came calling
My friend, the first ever Champions league was the 92/93 season. Before that it was still called the European cup. Red Star won the final of the old European cup brother.
@Anurag Yes that's true, my bad. The 91/92 season was the first time a group stage was in the tournament. Maybe UEFA were trialling it first.
a video on Enzo Francescoli ? the player that inspired a young zidane
If it's the Uruguayan player, I think he made one.
i haven't yet, have it planned tho
Thanks for the video this guy helped inspire me to love the beautiful game, he alongside Careca were my personal best strikers of all time. Could you please do a video about Careca?
Love your documentaries man
He was fantastic at Milan. Fantastic player that could make the difference.
One of the great French players!
The real goat of French football 🐐
Marseille - Deportivo La Coruña 2005 Intertoto Final. Biggest steal ever.
oh really? Because I remember we just beat you fair and square.. still bitter about it?
fantastic striker who deserved much more... easily one of the top 5 French players of all time...
One of the best heroes in Fifa ❤.
you should do a story about raymond goethals!
Brilliant report 👌 ❤
Absolutely brilliant informative video
Thank you for this video as usual it is really good!
But Pappin is not prononced "papa" hahahah but I know the sound "in" can be tricky
yeah its rough
The man who turned Classic XI into a super squad. OG FIFA fans, reminisce..
Fantastic video. Papin was a player I’d only heard of but didn’t know much about him. He was honest and should be applauded for that.
Missed out on Platini's golden days (1986 didn't count) and Zidane's golden days cuz stuck right between 😭
It was a missed opportunity that Papin missed Euro 1988(as European Champions not qualified, 2nd country who missed a country as champions) World Cup 1990 and World Cup 1994. It was a transitional era at that time, but it felt that France should have continue their legacy of the carre magique. Papin would have suceed Platini's succes.
@@lexkanyima2195 1994 France had a number of generational talents too. Must've been seriously poor management when losing to Israel in qualifiers
@@doncarloancelotti2256 but by 1992 Platini was sacked and he should never retire in 1987 he could retire in 1992 to help Papin's success. It was odd how it was named a cursed generation between 1986 to 1994. France should have made it in Euro 1988, World Cup 1990 and World Cup 1994 if they didn't have bad luck on their side.
@@lexkanyima2195 can't be bad luck if they keep losing to weaker teams
@@doncarloancelotti2256 yes it is
Damn here’s a blast from the past I remember papin 93 OM winning UCL
What a sad story. Thanx for the video
great video man
Don't really remember watching him play but remember playing PC football games back in mid 90's and he was on of the highest rated players at the time along with Gullit and Van Basten.
You mentioned Abedi Pele 🤩🤩
Wow I remember him when I was a kid he was a gun, had no idea of his back story, very interesting 👍
Wonderful player at his prime, loved watching him. Absolute travesty the way he was treated in some places, especially by the national team.
The LOL at Haalands goal ratio in UCL was my same reaction. But really just Lol
I used to have his football boots in the early 90s
Could you do a video about tony yeaboah? He's really underrated so i'd love if you did! btw nice video
Reviens JPP reviens ! Parce que la France elle a besoin de toi !
bah pourquoi ? ah ok ok
Jean Pierre Papin 08/09 classic 11
Papin was the king of volleyed shots even to this day he’s still the best
I love your accent...it reminds me of frenchy from "the boys". When you say "papin", french dude will hear "papa"
Best striker on SWOS 🔥
I believe the player. Great player
My first ever footballing idol.
5:30 this is another reason why he was ''overshadowed''. World Cup basically decides if a star is remembered by ''the streets'' or by the wider world.
But after 1986, France should have qualified for Euro 1988 as champions for hope to continue the carre magique's legacy.
Truer words couldn't have been said 👏
true, we did not qualified for euro 88, WC 90, and WC 94. Cantona, Ginola and Papin were not just world class. Cantona was over rated af. Premier league was in transition and very weak. Ginola was over rated and full of himself..
You have done very good research but the voice and the narrating of this video gives a funny feeling also keep the good work definitely!
good funny or bad funny?
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT just keep it more natural the way you talk, your English is amazing, be more easygoing, I know you want to give a more interesting tone to your storytelling but some times turn to be a bit too much, this is just my opinion, keep it up mate
@@nasos88 its not just that, i struggle with a lot of respiratory problems and my throat is extremely sore most of the time. I remember recording this video i could taste blood on my throat when narrating and kept going because it was the only way to get the video on time for you guys.
O Bernard Tapie a beira do PINTO DA COSTA era um menino
Really interesting bio. Cheers!
please do hakan sukur next week
Papin was unreal
Loved him when he played for Milan.
My second first name is Papin. When I was bord my dad so loved this player he named me Papin.