2021 in association football deaths
This is a list of association football related deaths in 2021:
January
[change | change source]- January 1:
Bernard Guignedoux (73), footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco) and manager (Strasbourg, Valenciennes)
Clint Boulton (72), footballer (Port Vale, Torquay United)
- January 2:
Yuri Saukh (69), Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Soviet Union)
Miquel Ferrer i Aymamí (89), footballer (Barcelona, Real Oviedo)
Cléber Arado (48), footballer (Kyoto Sanga, Coritiba)
Ryder Mofokeng (68), footballer (Kaizer Chiefs)
- January 5:
- Colin Bell (74), footballer (Bury, Manchester City)
Tyberii Korponai (62), footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk, Kremin Kremenchuk) and manager (Kremin Kremenchuk)- Brandãozinho (90), footballer (Palmeiras, OGC Nice, Celta Vigo)
- January 6:
Mircea Bolba (59), footballer (Olimpia Satu Mare, Steaua București, Politehnica Timișoara, Bihor Oradea, Evagoras Paphos) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare, Arieșul Turda, Someșul Dej)
Ferdinand Kolarik (83), footballer (Admira Wacker, Austria)
Thanasis Papazoglou (67), footballer (Aris, PAS Giannina, Trikala, Greece)
- January 7:
- Alex Apolinário (24), footballer (Cruzeiro, Alverca)
Cassim Louis (73), manager (Saint Lucia)
- January 8:
Otto Geisert (81), footballer (Karlsruher, Kaiserslautern)
Marian Kondratowicz (79), footballer (Odra Opole)- Wojciech Przybylski (81), footballer (Broń Radom) and manager (Polonia Gdańsk, Lechia Gdańsk, Al-Jaish)
- January 9:
- Llorenç Rifé (82), footballer (Condal, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña)
Harry Brüll (85), footballer (Rapid JC, MVV, Fortuna '54, RKSV Sittardia, Netherlands)
- January 10:
- Pedro Casado (83), footballer (Real Madrid, Plus Ultra, Spain)
- Arthur Bramley (91), footballer (Mansfield Town)
- Tosh Chamberlain (86), footballer (Fulham, Dover Athletic)
- Avelino Chaves (89), footballer (Real Valladolid, Granada, Real Zaragoza)
- Tony Gregory (83), footballer (Luton Town, Watford)
- Christopher Maboulou (30), footballer (Châteauroux, Bastia, PAS Giannina)
Walter Taibo (89), footballer (Huracán, Peñarol, Uruguay)- Josep Antoni Noya (81), footballer (Sabadell, Atlético Madrid, Granada)
- Bobby Kellard (77), footballer (Southend United, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth, Bristol City, Leicester City, England youths) and manager
- January 11:
Fabio Enzo (74), footballer (Roma, Cesena, Novara Calcio)- Gothard Kokott (77), footballer (Piast Gliwice, Raków Częstochowa), manager (Raków Częstochowa, Ruch Radzionków), and futsal manager (Clearex Chorzów)
- January 12:
Frank Arok (88), footballer (Jedinstvo) and manager (FK Novi Sad, St George Saints, Australia, South Melbourne)
Per Martinsen (84), footballer (Lisleby, Fredrikstad, Norway)
- January 14:
- Aleksandr Borisovich Nikitin (59), footballer (FC Rotor Volgograd) and manager (FC Rotor Volgograd)
José Luis Caballero (65), footballer (Mexico), won gold at the 1975 Pan American Games, played at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- January 15:
Vicente Cantatore (85), footballer (San Lorenzo, Tigre) and manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Sevilla, Sporting CP, Real Betis)- Geoff Barnett (74), footballer (Everton, Arsenal, Minnesota Kicks) and manager
- January 16:
György Handel (61), footballer (MTK–VM, Rába ETO, Hungary)- Daan Netten (86), footballer (BVV, Den Bosch)
- Sergei Rodin (39), footballer (CSKA Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala, Sokol Saratov, Sportakademklub Moscow)
- January 17:
- Roger Machin (94), referee (Ligue 1, FIFA)
- January 18:
Dani Shmulevich-Rom (80), footballer (Maccabi Haifa, Israel)
- January 19:
- Zague (86), footballer (Corinthians, Club América)
- Gustavo Peña (78), footballer (Cruz Azul, Monterrey, Mexico) and manager (Monterrey, Mexico)
- Gordon Galley (90), footballer (Darlington)
- January 20:
- Peter Swan (84), footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, England)
- John Jeffers (52), footballer (Port Vale, Stockport County)
Luton Shelton (35), footballer (Sheffield United, Vålerenga, Jamaica)
Calixto Avena (77), footballer (Millonarios, Atlético Junior, Colombia)
- January 22:
- Johnny Williams (73), footballer (Watford, Colchester United)
- January 23:
Abukari Gariba (81), footballer (Ghana), played at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics- Peter Gillott (85), footballer (Barnsley, Chelmsford City)
- January 24:
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson (70), footballer (Valur, Celtic, Iceland)
Barrie Mitchell (73), footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Tranmere Rovers)- Ron Rafferty (86), footballer (Grimsby Town, Aldershot)
- 2021 Palmas FR plane crash victims
- Marcus Molinari (23), footballer (Tupi, Ipatinga, Tupynambás)
- Guilherme Noé (28), footballer (Batatais, Rio Preto, Ipatinga)
- Ranule (27), footballer (Itapemirim, Democrata, Resende)
- Lucas Praxedes (23), footballer (Capivariano)
- January 25:
- Maryan Synakowski (84), footballer (Sedan-Torcy, Stade Français, France)
David Bright (64), manager (Mogoditshane Fighters, Botswana)
- January 26:
- John Mortimore (86), footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis, Southampton)
Osamu Yamaji (91), footballer (Sumitomo Metal, Japan)
Jozef Vengloš (84), footballer (Slovan Bratislava) and manager (Australia, Czechoslovakia, Sporting CP, Aston Villa, Fenerbahçe, Celtic)
- January 27:
Mehrdad Minavand (45), footballer (Persepolis, Sturm Graz, Iran), played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
José Cruz (68), footballer (Motagua, Real España, Honduras)
- January 28:
- John Grant (89), footballer (Hibernain, Scotland)
- Yvon Douis (85), footballer (Lille, AS Monaco, France)
Chico Borja (61), footballer (New York Cosmos, United States) and manager
- January 29:
- Eddie Connachan (85), footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Middlesbrough, Scotland)
- Roberto Frojuello (83), footballer (São Paulo, River Plate, Colo-Colo, Palmeiras, Brazil)
Varol Ürkmez (83), footballer (Beşiktaş, Altay SK, Turkey)
- January 30:
- Joop de Klerk (72), footballer (NEC Nijmegen, VVV-Venlo)
- Leslie Brown (84), footballer (Dulwich Hamlet, Wimbledon, Great Britian)
- January 31:
- John Gibbons (95), footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich Town)
- Justo Tejada (88), footballer (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Spain)
February
[change | change source]- February 1:
- Peter Hindley (76), footballer (Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United)
- February 3:
- Ali Ansarian (43), footballer (Persepolis, Shahrdari Tabriz, national team) and actor
Norbert Owona (70), footballer (Union Douala, Cameroon)- Nilson Borges (79), footballer (Portuguesa-SP, Corinthians, Athletico Paranaense, Coritiba, Bahia)
Asraf Peerkhan (74–75), football chairman (Nickerie Voetbal Bond)- Benito Boldi (86), footballer (SPAL, Juventus, Cesena, Biellese)
- February 4:
- Santiago García (30), footballer (Nacional, Godoy Cruz, Uruguay U-20)
Ben Hannigan (77), footballer (Shelbourne, Dundalk, Cork Celtic, League of Ireland XI)
- February 5:
- Wim Vrösch (75), footballer (Roda JC, Sparta Rotterdam, Fortuna Sittard), and manager (Metalurh Donetsk)
- February 6:
Ken Roberts (84), footballer (Aston Villa) and manager (Chester City)- Columb McKinley (70), footballer (Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, HK Rangers)
Abdelkhalek Louzani (75), footballer (Anderlecht, Crossing Elewijt, Olympic Charleroi) and manager (Moghreb Tétouan, Olympique Khouribga, FUS Rabat, Morocco)
- February 7:
Mario Osbén (70), footballer (Cobreloa, Colo-Colo, Unión Española, Chile)- Lula Pereira (64), footballer (Sport Recife, Santa Cruz, Ceará) and manager (Ceará, Guarani, Portuguesa, América Mineiro, Flamengo, Bahia, Al-Hazem)
- Whelan Ward (91), footballer (Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue)
- February 8:
- Tony Collins (94), footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Watford) and manager (Rochdale)
- Graham Day (67), footballer (Bristol Rovers, Portland Timbers)
- February 9:
Yisa Sofoluwe (53), footballer (IICC, Nigeria)
- February 10:
- Dai Davies (72), footballer (Everton, Wrexham, Swansea City, Wales)
- Pachín (82), footballer (Real Madrid, Spain) and manager (Osasuna, Real Valladolid, Levante, Granada)
- February 11:
- John James (72), footballer (Port Vale, Chester City, Tranmere Rovers)
- John Kirkham (79), footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Peterborough United, England U-23s)
Mladen Vranković (83), footballer (HNK Rijeka, Kansas City Spurs) and manager (HNK Rijeka, HNK Šibenik)
- February 12:
- Celso Güity (62), footballer (Marathón, Sula, Honduras)
- Gianni Beschin (67), football referee (Serie A, Serie B)
- Maurizio Mattei (78), football referee (Serie B, Serie A, UEFA)
- Norman Jukes (88), footballer (York City)
- February 13:
- Alan Woan (90), footballer (Norwich City, Northampton Town, Crystal Palace, Aldershot)
- February 15:
- Leopoldo Luque (71), footballer (River Plate, Unión, Argentina)
- Kenny McDevitt (91), footballer (Tranmere Rovers)
José Pedrozo (38), footballer (Sol de América, Club Olimpia, América Miniero, Antofagasta)
- February 16: Egbert Mulder (80), football referee (Eredivisie, UEFA)
- February 17:
- Özcan Arkoç (81), footballer (Hamburger SV, Beşiktaş, national team)
- John Manning (80), footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Barnsley, Crewe Alexandra)
- Martí Vergés (86), footballer (España Industrial, Barcelona, Spain)
- Mike Renshaw (72), footballer (Blackpool, Dallas Tornado) and manager (Dallas Tornado)
- February 19:
Faisal Abdulaziz (53), Bahraini footballer (Al-Muharraq, Barhain)
Ebba Andersson (85), women's footballer (Öxabäcks, Sweden)
Fousiya Mampatta (52–53), women's footballer (Kerala) and manager (Kerala)- Silvio Sérafin (82), footballer (FC Nancy, RC Franc-Comtois, Angers SCO, AS Angoulême)
- February 20:
- Mauro Bellugi (71), footballer (Inter Milan, Bologna, Napoli, Italy)
- February 22:
- Jack Bolton (79), footballer (Raith Rovers, Ipswich Town, Morton, Dumbarton)
- Lamberto Leonardi (81), footballer (Roma, Cosenza, Prato, Modena, Varese, Juventus, Atalanta) and manager (Latina, Salernitana, Foggia, Torres)
- February 23:
- Juan Carlos Masnik (77), footballer (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Nacional, New York Cosmos, Uruguay) and manager (Nacional)
- Harry Clark (88), footballer (Darlington, Hartlepool United)
Willy Ta Bi (21), footballer (ASEC Mimosas, Atalanta, Ivory Coast)
- February 25:
- Ton Thie (76), footballer (ADO Den Haag)
Albert Bers (89), footballer (Sint-Truiden, Belgium military) and manager (Belgium women's, Puurs Excelsior, Boom FC, Waterschei Thor, Sint-Truiden, Union SG, Beerschot)- Rafi Levi (83), footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Highlands Park, Sydney Hakoah, Israel)
- February 26:
- Horacio Moráles (77), footballer (Club Atlético Atlanta, Unión), represented Argentina at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Des McAleenan (53), footballer (Connecticut Wolves) and goalkeeping coach (New York Red Bulls, Al Hilal, Colombia)
- February 27:
- Dante Crippa (83), footballer (Brescia, Juventus, Reggiana)
- February 28:
Sabah Abdul-Jalil (69), footballer (Iraq) and manager (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Naft)- Glenn Roeder (65), footballer (Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Watford, England B) and manager (Watford, West Ham United, Newcastle United, Norwich City)
March
[change | change source]- March 1:
- Zlatko Kranjčar (64), footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Wien, Yugoslav national team, Croatian national team) and manager (Croatia Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Croatian national team, Montenegran national team, Al Ahli, Iran U-23)
- Ian St John (82), footballer (Motherwell, Liverpool, Scotland) and manager (Motherwell, Portsmouth). Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
- March 2:
- Peter Grosser (82), German footballer (Bayern Munich, 1860 Munich, Austria Salzburg, West German national team) and manager (SpVgg Unterhaching)
- March 3:
- Wilhelm Eliassen (85), footballer (Frigg Oslo, Norway)
- Ruy Scarpino (59), manager (Moto Club, Ituano, Goiânia, Ceará, Red Bull Brasil, Cuiabá, Campinense, Imperatriz, Amazonas)
- Willie Whigham (81), footballer (Falkirk, Middlesbrough)
- March 4:
Tengiz Sichinava (48), footballer (Tskhumi Sukhumi, Dinamo Batumi, Lokomotivi Tbilisi, Georgian national team) and manager (Gagra)- Phil Chisnall (78), footballer (Manchester United, Liverpool, Southend United, England U-23s), the last player to directly transfer between Manchester United and Liverpool.
- March 5:
- Anton Urban (87), Slovakian footballer (Slovan Bratislava, Wacker Innsbruck, Czechoslovak national team) and manager (Slovan Bratislava)
- Mickey Lewis (56), footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Oxford United)
- March 6:
Chi Shangbin (71), footballer (Liaoning Team, China), assistant manager (Gamba Osaka, China), and manager (Shenzhen Jianlibao, Dalian Aerbin)- Franco Acosta (25), footballer (Villarreal B, Atenas, Uruguay U-17, Uruguay U-20)
- Konrad Kornek (84), footballer (Odra Opole, Legia Warsaw, New York Cosmos, Poland)
Miguel Miranda (54), footballer (Sporting Cristal, Universitario de Deportes, Deportivo Sipesa, Juan Aurich, Deportivo Municipal, Shenyang Haishi, Peru) and manager (Alianza Atlético, Alfonso Ugarte, Los Caimanes)
- March 7:
- Mirko Pavinato (86), footballer (Lanerossi Vicenza, Bologna, Mantova, Italy B) and manager (San Marino Calcio)
- March 8:
- Roman Pokora (73), footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk) and manager (Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria, Simurq PIK)
- Alan Marnoch (75), footballer (Sydney Hakoah, Australia)
- March 9:
Tommy Troelsen (80), footballer (Vejle Boldklub, Danish national team) and manager (Denmark U-21)- Marino Lombardo (70), footballer (Torino, Cesena, Pescara) and manager (Triestina)
- Agustín Balbuena (75), footballer (Colón, Rosario Central, Independiente, Racing Club, Argentina)
- Micky Brown (76), footballer (Fulham, Millwall, Luton Town, Colchester United, Wealdstone)
- Bob Graves (78), footballer (Lincoln City)
- March 10:
- Mario Boccalatte (87), Italian footballer (Cossatese, Biellese, Reggiana)
- Mirko Bazić (82), footballer (NK Metalac Zagreb, Kozara Gradiška) and manager (Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb)
- Ron Phoenix (91), footballer (Manchester City, Rochdale)
- March 11:
- Jimmy Stevenson (74), footballer (Hibernian, Southend United)
- March 12:
- Uruguay Graffigna (73), footballer (Unión Española, Pachuca, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle)
- Gérard Aygoui (84), footballer (Montpellier, Olympique Marseille, Nîmes Olympique)
- March 13:
- Rostyslav Bahdasarov (27), footballer (FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, FC Kolos Kovalivka)
- March 14:
- Jean-Louis Coustillet (78), footballer (Lens, AAJ Blois) and manager (Saint-Lô, Troyes)
- March 15:
- Gilmar Fubá (45), Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Fluminense, Schalke 04, Ulsan Hyundai, Al Ahli)
- Daniel Eon (81), French footballer (Nantes, French national team)
- Kristof Delorge, Belgian footballer (Sint-Truidense)
- Yuri Shikunov (81), footballer (Torpedo Taganrog, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Rostselmash), director (SKA Rostov-on-Don, Rostselmash), and manager (Shakhtyor Shakhty)
- March 16:
- Laurent Zahui, Ivorian footballer (Ivorian national team)
- Borys Rassykhin, Russian footballer (Shakhter Stalino, Karpaty Lviv, Halychyna Drohobych) and manager (Karpaty Lviv, Halychyna Drohobych)
- Erhan Önal, Turkish footballer (Bayern Munich, Standard Liège, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Turkish national team)
- Ahmed Mghirbi, Tunisian footballer (Tunisian national team)
- Aarón Gamal, Mexican footballer (Deportivo Neza, Club Puebla, Tigres UANL, Mexican national team)
- March 17:
- Steve Jagielka, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Accrington Stanley), brother of Phil Jagielka
- March 20:
- Martin de Jager, Dutch football chairman (SBV Excelsior)
- Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Toronto Blizzard, Vancouver Whitecaps, Scotish national team)
- March 22:
- Frank Worthington, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, English national team) and manager.
- Alan Slough, English footballer (Luton Town, Fulham, Peterborough United)
- Barnabas Imenger, Nigerian footballer (Nigerian national team)
- Len Fletcher, English footballer (Ipswich Town) - Death announced on this date
- March 24:
- Daniel Guerini, Italian footballer (Lazio)
- Derek Hawksworth, English footballer (Bradford City, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City)
- Enrique Chazarreta, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Olympique Alès, Argentina)
- March 26:
- Hossein Khodaparast, Iranian footballer (Iran), Played at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- March 27:
- Derek Ufton, English cricketer (Kent), footballer (Charlton Athletic), manager (Plymouth Argyle), and chairman (Charlton Athletic)
- Alex Kiddie, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen)
- March 30:
- Maurizio Moretti, Italian footballer (SPAL)
- March 31:
- Erwin Piechowiak, German footballer (Hamburger SV)
- Lee Collins, English footballer (Port Vale, Northampton Town, Mansfield Town)
April
[change | change source]- April 2: Valentin Afonin, Russian footballer (SKA Rostov-on-Don, CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union) and manager.
- April 3: Remus Câmpeanu, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Cluj)
- April 4:
- Alejandro Alfonso Quijano, Ecuadoran footballer (Barcelona de Ecuador)
- Adolf Kabo, Indonesian footballer (Indonesia)
- April 5: Victor Dorodnykh, Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow)
- April 7: Antonio Calpe, Spanish footballer (Levante, Real Madrid) and manager (Levante)
- April 8:
- Ñito, Spanish footballer (Tenerife, Valencia, Granada)
- Ton van den Hurk, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven, FC VVV)
- Doug Holden, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, England)
- April 9:
- Roman Kanafotskyi, Ukrainian footballer ( Naftovyk Drohobych, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) and administrator (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, SC Dnipro-1)
- Wolfgang Kaniber, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Osnabrück, RC Strasbourg)
- Daniel Benítez, Venezuelan footballer (Deportivo Táchira, Deportivo La Guaira, Venezuela)
- Maryan Bakalarczyk, Polish footballer (Charleroi, Standard Liège)
- April 11:
- Füzuli Javadov, Azerbaijani footballer (SKA Rostov-on-Don, Neftçi Baku)
- Guillermo Berrío, Colombian footballer (América de Cali, Atlético Huila, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Pereira) and manager (Atlético Huila)
- Colin Baker, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Wales)
- April 12: Peter Goy, English footballer (Arsenal, Southend United, Watford)
- April 13:
- Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer, German manager (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund)
- George Reynolds, British businessman and club owner (Darlington)
- Jamal Al-Qabendi, Kuwaiti footballer (Kazma SC, Kuwait)
- April 16:
- Nader Dastneshan, Iranian footballer (Nassaji Mazandaran) and manager (Sanat Mes Kerman, Nassaji Mazandaran, Sanat Naft Abadan)
- Hussain Ahmed, Indian footballer (India), played at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- April 17:
- Wayne Talkes, English footballer (Southampton, Bournemouth)
- Mario Pini, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo Wanderers, Real Valladolid, R.C.D. Mallorca, Sabadell)
- Vladimir Churkin, Soviet/Russian footballer (FSC Rybinsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl) and manager (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
- April 18: Tremaine Stewart, Jamaican footballer (Aalesunds, Waterhouse, Jamaica)
- April 19:
- Marin Voinea, Romanian footballer (Progresul București, Siderurgistul Galați, Romania)
- Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer (PSV, MVV, Netherlands)
- April 20:
- Alfred Teinitzer, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, LASK, Austria)
- Listianto Raharjo, Indonesian footballer (Pelita Jaya, Indonesia)
- Jiří Lopata, Czech footballer (Spartak Plzeň) and manager (RH Cheb, Czechoslovakia U-21, Dukla Prague, Bohemians Prague)
- April 21:
- Marian Kosiński, Polsih footballer (Stal Mielec) and manager (Stal Mielec, Karpaty Krosno)
- Alfredo Graciani, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Racing Club, Argentinos Juniors, FC Lugano)
- April 22: Roy Strandbakke, Norwegian footballer (Raufoss, Norway)
- April 24:
- Kaare Lindboe, Norwegian referee
- Cataldo Gambino, Italian footballer (Barletta, Lecce, Salernitana, Foggia
- Walter Borthwick, Scottish footballer (East Fife, St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic) and manager (Arbroath)
- April 25: Hamid Jasemian, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, Iran)
- April 27: Peter Gelson, English footballer (Brentford, Hillingdon Borough)
- April 28:
- Steve Perks, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Torquay United)
- Clyde Leon, Trinidadian footballer (W Connection, Trinidad and Tobago)
- José de la Paz Herrera Uclés, Honduran footballer (Atlético Español) and manager (Olimpia, Real España, Marathón, Honduras, Santos Laguna, Belize)
- April 29: Zhang Enhua, Chinsese footballer (Dalian Wanda FC, Grimsby Town, China)
May
[change | change source]- May 1: Ricardo Alberto Ramírez, Argentine footballer (Racing Club)
- May 2:
- Andrzej Możejko, Polish footballer (Widzew Łódź, Kokkolan Palloveikot)
- Lolly Debattista, Maltese footballer (Floriana, Malta) and manager (Ħamrun Spartans, Valletta, Senglea Athletic)
- May 3:
- Kamel Tchalabi, Algerian footballer (USM Alger, Algeria) and manager
- Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer (Atlético Tucumán, Estudiantes, San Lorenzo, Club León, Atlas, Argentina)
- Volodymyr Nechayev, Ukrainian footballer (Chornomorets Odesa, CSKA Moscow, Kolos Nikopol) and manager.
- Alan Keely, Irish footballer (Shelbourne, Finn Harps, Waterford United)
- May 4: Alan McLoughlin, Irish footballer (Swindon Town, Portsmouth, Republic of Ireland) and manager (Swindon Town Academy)
- May 4: Steve Conroy, English footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Rochdale
- May 4: Omar Hugo Gómez, Argentine footballer (Quilmes)
- May 5:
- Bertil Johansson, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, Sweden) and manager (IFK Göteborg)
- Abelardo González, Spanish footballer (Langreo, Valencia)
- May 6:
- Christophe Revault, French footballer (Le Havre, Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Rennais, Toulouse)
- Aleksandr Guzenko, Russian footballer (Spartak Ryazan, Rotor Volgograd) and manager (FC Zvezda Gorodishche)
- Carlos Timoteo Griguol, Argentine footballer (Atlanta, Rosario Central) and manager (Rosario Central, Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Real Betis)
- May 7:
- Martín Pando, Argentine footballer (Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Lanús, Argentina)
- John Sludden, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Ayr United, Kilmarnock, East Fife) and manager (Bo'ness United)
- Lê Thụy Hải, Vietnamese footballer (CLB Đường Sắt, Vietnam) and manager.
- Antoni Gausí, Spanish footballer (UE Lleida, Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, Real Zaragoza, Levante)
- May 8:
- Sanda Oumarou, Cameroonian footballer (Coton Sport, Al Masry)
- Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Saint Étienne, Bulgaria) and manager.
- May 9: James Dean, English footballer
- May 10:
- Fortunato Franco, Indian footballer (Maharashtra, India)
- Giosuè Stucchi, Italian footballer (Udinese, Roma, Brescia)
- Néstor Montelongo, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo Wanderers, Peñarol, Nacional, Racing Club, Uruguay)
- May 12:
- Ivanildo Rozenblad, Surinamese footballer (S.V. Robinhood, Suriname)
- Vadim Logunov, Russian footballer (Metallurg Lipetsk, APK Azov)
- Jiří Feureisl, Czech footballer (Dynamo Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia)
- May 13:
- Nelson Marcenaro, Uruguayan footballer (C.A. Progreso, Portuguesa, Peñarol, Uruguay)
- Jan van 't Hek, Dutch footballer (VVV, Fortuna Sittard)
- May 14: Torkild Brakstad, Norweigan footballer (Molde, Norway) and manager (Molde, Tromsø, Rosenborg)
- May 16:
- Rildo da Costa Menezes (Rildo), Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, New York Cosmos, Brazil) and manager.
- Samir Hadjaoui, Algerian footballer (ASO Chief, ES Sétif, Algeria)
- May 19:
- Guillermo Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Oro, Mexico)
- Josep Franch, Spanish footballer (Badalona, Barcelona, Sabadell)
- Serhiy Ferenchak, Ukrainian footballer (Khimik Krasnoperekopsk, Sevastopol, SKChF Sevastopol
- May 20:
- Eric Winstanley, English footballer (Barnsley, Chesterfield) and caretaker manager (Barnsley)
- Sándor Puhl, Hungarian referee.
- Chris Chilton, English footballer (Hull City, Coventry City)
- Len Badger, English footballer (Sheffield United, Chesterfield)
- Faisal Al-Shuhail, Saudi Arabian buisnessman, president (Al-Nahda Club) and vice-president (Saudi Arabian Football Federation)
- May 22:
- Mels Kenetaev, Kazakhstani footballer (Dinamo Tselinograd)
- Francesc Arnau, Spanish footballer (Barcelona B, Barcelona, Málaga)
- May 25:
- Amichai Shoham, Israeli footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Israel)
- Arturo Gentili, Italian footballer (Atalanta, Varese, Triestina)
- Alfonso Barasoain, Spanish manager (Eibar, Barakaldo, Lemona, Amorebieta
- May 26: Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer (Juventus, Palermo, Internazionale, Napoli, Italy) and manager (Livorno, Bologna, Genoa, Vicenza, Cremonese, Foggia)
- May 28: Zablon Amanaka, Kenyan footballer (Željezničar, East Bengal, Kenya)
- May 30: Tonnie van As, Dutch footballer (Vitesse
- Date Unknown: Julie Chipchase, British footballer and manager (Doncaster Rovers Belles, Leeds United Women)
June
[change | change source]- June 1:
Samadagha Shikhlarov, footballer (Neftchi Baku, FK Ganca, Soviet Union Olympics)
Adnan Al Sharqi, footballer (Ansar, Lebanon) and manager (Ansar, Lebanon)- Silvio Francesconi, footballer (Udinese, Sanremese) and manager
- June 2:
- Giuseppe Perrino, footballer (Ebolitana, Parma)
Stanislav Lunin, footballer (Shakhter Karagandy, Kairat, Kazakhstan)- Odero Gon, footballer (Palmanova, Udinese)
- Ottorino Sartor, footballer (Defensor Arica, CNI, Peru)
- June 3:
Murat Šaran, footballer (Sarajevo, Rijeka)- Ezio Motta, referee
- Alan Miller, footballer (Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion)
- June 4:
- Loris Dominissini, footballer (Udinese, Triestina, Reggiana) and manager (Udinese, Spezia Calcio, Reggiana)
- Roberto Derlin, footballer (Spezia Calcio, Genoa) and manager.
- Roberto Depietri, footballer (Olimpo, Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), Toluca, Talleres, UNAM)
- June 5:
- Pedro Taberner, footballer (Real Mallorca, Celta de Vigo)
- Kelvin Odenigbo, footballer (NAF Rockets, Vitebsk
- June 6: Paul Cahill, footballer (Portsmouth, California Surf)
- June 7:
Yoo Sang-chul, footballer (Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, Yokohama F. Marinos, Kashiwa Reysol, South Korea) and manager (Daejeon Citizen, Jeonnam Dragons, Incheon United). Member of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament.- Fulvio Varglien, footballer (Triestina, Livorno, Torino)
- Norbert Thines, football official
- June 8:
- Gennadi Syomin, footballer (SC EShVSM Moscow, Krasnaya Presnya Moscow, FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Rubin Kazan) and manager (FC Dynamo Voronezh, FC Dynamo Voronezh-2, FC Fakel Voronezh)
- John Angus, footballer (Burnley, England)
- June 9: Diogo Correa de Oliveira, footballer (Flamengo, Kalmar FF, IFK Norrköping, Consadole Sapporo, Tokushima Vortis)
- June 10:
Neno, footballer (Barreirense, Vitória Guimarães, S.L. Benfica, Portugal)- Gheorghe Staicu, footballer (Steaua București) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare, Bihor Oradea, Universitatea Cluj, Romanian Olympics team, Romania women's national team)
- June 15: Aleksandr Averyanov, footballer (Sudostroitel Nikolayev, Lokomotiv Moscow) and manager (Tekstilshchik Andijan, Pakhtakor Andijan, Okean Nakhodka, Krylia Sovetov, Orenburg, Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
- June 17:
- Mike Burgess, footballer (Leyton Orient, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Gillingham
- Kamil Ferkhanov, footballer (Pamir Dushanbe, Khodzhent Leninabad, Regar Tursun-Zade, Turbostroitel Kaluga, Volga Ulyanovsk
- Robert Lima, footballer (Peñarol, Club Olimpia, Sporting Cristal, Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Tubilandu Ndimbi, footballer (AS Vita Club, Zaire)
- June 18: Giampiero Boniperti, footballer (Juventus, Italy), football chairmen (Juventus), and politician (Forza Italia
- June 19: Spencer Whelan, footballer (Chester City, Shrewsbury Town)
- June 20:
- Lucas Pereira, footballer (Ajaccio
Peter Rock, footballer (Motor/CZ Jena, East Germany), bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics- Luis del Sol, footballer (Real Betis, Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma, Spain) and manager (Real Betis)
- June 21: Jack Bertolini, footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion) and manager (Whitehawk)
- June 22:
- Giancarlo Amadeo, footballer (Pro Patria, Legnano) and manager
- Yaroslav Dumanskyi, footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk)
- Vitaliy Shalychev, footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Tavriya Simferopol, Köpetdag Aşgabat) and manager (Ocean Kerch, Tavriya Simferopol)
- Sergei Shaposhnikov, footballer (CDKA Moscow) and manager (SKA Odesa, SKA Lviv, CSKA Moscow, Chornomorets Odesa, Tavriya Simferopol)
- June 23:
- Bart Van Lancker, assistant manager (Beerschot, Cercle Brugge, Kortrijk), manager (Kortrijk), and physical coach (Beerschot, Sint-Truiden, OH Leuven)
- Daniel Vélez, footballer (Once Caldas, Independiente Medellín, Independiente Santa Fe)
- June 24:
Misheck Chidzambwa, footballer (Dynamos, Zimbabwe) and manager (Zimbabwe)
- June 24: Ludwig Müller, footballer (1. FC Haßfurt, Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha BSC, West Germany)
- Keith Rutter, footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Colchester United)
- Eleazar Soria, footballer (Universitario, Independiente, Sporting Cristal, Peru)
- June 25:
Marcos Ferrufino, footballer (Always Ready, Club Bolívar, The Strongest, Bolivia) and manager (San José, Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí) - June 26: Jhon Mario Ramírez, footballer (Millonarios, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Cali, Independiente Santa Fe, Colombia) and manager
- June 29:
Jock Aird, footballer (Burnley, Scotland, New Zealand)- Petros Leventakos, footballer (Panachaiki, Ethnikos Piraeus, PAS Giannina
- Vicky Peretz, footballer (Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, RC Strasbourg, Stade Rennais, Israel) and manager
- June 30: Inge Danielsson, footballer (Helsingborgs IF, Ajax, IFK Norrköping, Sweden)
July
[change | change source]- July 1: Christian Bottollier, footballer (Nancy)
- July 2:
- Giuliano Zoratti, footballer (Pro Gorizia) and manager (Pro Gorizia, Pro Vercelli, Reggina, Novara, Itala San Marco)
- Matviy Cherkasskiy, footballer (Chornomorets Odesa) and manager
- July 4: Hans-Jürgen Ripp, footballer (Hamburger SV, Lüneburger SK)
- July 5:
- Alfredo Obberti, footballer (Huracán, Newell's Old Boys, Gremio, Agrentina)
- Rubén Israel, football manager (Club Sportivo Cerrito , Rampla Juniors, Club Libertad, Santa Fe, El Salvador, Barcelona SC, Millonarios)
- Franco Gallina, footballer (Genoa, Cesena, Atlante) and player-manager (Montreal Cantalia, Toronto Italia)
- Jan Caliński, manager (Śląsk Wrocław)
- July 6: Miguel González Pérez, footballer (Atlético Madrid, Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia, Spain) and manager (Atlético Madrid, Real Betis)
- July 7:
Smaïn Ibrir, footballer (Le Havre, FLN) and manager.- Józef Gałeczka, footballer (Piast Gliwice, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Poland) and manager (Zagłębie Sosnowiec)
- Henrique Evaristo da Efigénia, footballer (Olhanense)
- July 8: Max Griggs, English footwear and football executive (Rushden Town, Irthlingborough Diamonds, Rushden & Diamonds)
- July 9: Paul Mariner, footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Arsenal, England) and manager (Plymouth Argyle, Toronto FC)
August
[change | change source]August 2:
- Antonio de la Torre Villalpando, footballer (Pumas UNAM, Club América, Club Puebla, Atlas, Mexico)