user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: Name the position for  1980 – 1987
Columns: ['Name', 'Position', 'Period', 'Appearances¹', 'Goals¹', 'Nationality²']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'real', 'text']
Sample row: ['Thierry Rabat', 'Defender', '1986 – 1988, 1989 – 1990', 78.0, 3.0, 'France']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Position" FROM "Table" WHERE "Period" = '1980 – 1987';