Of Claude Papi, we remember the talent of the footballer, the discretion of the man, his humility, the aura of the one who is unanimously considered as the greatest Corsican player of all time. The mere mention of the name of the “divine bald” revives the golden age of Sporting club de Bastia (at the time SEC Bastia) and its incredible European epic, until its defeat in the final of the European Cup. UEFA against PSV Eindoven. Playmaker of the Turchini for fifteen years, Claude Papi forever marked the history of the club. Forty years after the tragedy of his disappearance, during a game of tennis disputed with a friend, his name has not left the island football grounds, engraved in the marble of the north stand of the Armand-Cesari stadium in Furiani and in the memory of the supports
