Joseph Romeric Lopy (born 15 March 1992) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for French

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club

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the fir ...

Club career

Born in Boutoupa, Lopy is a product of

Diambars Diambars FC de Saly is a football academy in Saly, Senegal, which plays in the Senegalese National League 1. It's also a part of Diambars, a non-profit organisation certified by UNESCO. History Diambars was founded in 2003 by former footballer ...

. He signed a trainee contract with

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy Soc ...

, and signed a professional contract with the

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club in 2012. After five years with the

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two Subprefectures in F ...

side, his contract was not extended, and he signed with

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

of the

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. On 25 January 2023, Lopy joined

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

for a season. At the end of the season with Nîmes, Joseph Lopy remains in Ligue 2. He joined

in July 2023 by signing a contract which covers two seasons.

International career

Lopy made his Senegal national team debut on 9 October 2020 in a friendly against

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. He was part of Senegal's squad for the

2021 Africa Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's foo ...

; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history. Lopy was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal

Macky Sall Macky Sall (, wo, Maki Sàll, fuc, 𞤃𞤢𞤳𞤭 𞤅𞤢𞤤‎, italic=no, Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voti ...

following the nation's victory at the tournament.

Honours

Senegal *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

Individual * Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion: 2022

References

External links

Joseph Romeric Lopy
at foot-national.com * * 1992 births Footballers from Ziguinchor Living people Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's international footballers Naturalized citizens of France French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Diambars FC players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players US Boulogne players Clermont Foot players US Orléans players Nîmes Olympique players Angers SCO players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal {{Senegal-footy-midfielder-stub