2002 in association football deaths

This is a list of association football related deaths in 2002:

• January 1:
  • Umberto Menti (84), footballer (Vicenza, Juventus, Padova, AC Milan, Napoli, Trento), assistant manager (Vicenza), and manager (Vicenza). Brother of former Italian international footballer Romeo Menti and uncle of former Italian footballer Luigi Menti.
  • Norman Nielson (73), footballer (Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Bury, Hull City, Gresley Rovers).
• January 2:
  • Rui Campos (79), footballer (Bonsucesso, Fluminense, Bangu, São Paulo, Palmeiras, Brazil).
  • Charlie Mitten (80), footballer (Manchester United, Independiente Santa Fe, Fulham), player-manager (Mansfield Town), and manager (Newcastle United, Altrincham). Uncle of former English footballer Albert Scanlon.
• January 4:
  • Georg Ericson (82), footballer (IFK Norrköping) and manager (IFK Norrköping, Sweden).
  • Emil Hinkó (100), player-manager (Piacenza) and architect.
• January 5:
  • Bryan Thurlow (65), footballer (Norwich City, Bristol City).
• January 7:
  • Walter Warning (84), footballer (Hamburger SV, VfL Köln 1899).
• January 9:
  • Aldo Cadario (83), footballer (Torino, Brescia Calcio, Biellese, Spezia Calcio, Piombino, Cesena).
• January 13:
  • Arnolds Rubenis (91), footballer (LSB Riga).
• Janaury 14:
  • Antonio Sbardella (76), footballer, and referee (Italian Football Federation, FIFA).
• January 15:
  • Jean Dockx (60), footballer (Mechelen, Racing White, Anderlecht, Belgium) and manager (RWD Molenbeek, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht).
  • Miguel Flores (81), footballer (Club Universidad de Chile, Chile).
  • Tomislav Kaloperović (69), footballer (BSK Beograd, Partizan, Padova, Union Saint-Gilloise, NAC, Yugoslavia) and manager (Olimpija Ljubljana, Galatasaray, Bursaspor, Partizan, Fenerbahçe, Radnički Pirot, Napredak Kruševac, Vojvodina, Apollon Smyrnis, AEL Limassol).
• January 16:
  • John Boulos (80), footballer (Brooklyn Hispano, New York Hakoah). Grandfather of former Haitian international women's footballer Kimberly Boulos.
• January 18:
  • Jean Tokpa (68), footballer (Africa Sports d'Abidjan, Montpellier, Olympique Alès, RC Paris).
• January 19:
  • Jeff Astle (59), footballer (Notts County, West Bromwich Albion, Hellenic FC, Weymouth, England).
  • Vavá (67), footballer (Sport Recife, Vasco da Gama, Atlético Madrid, Palmeiras, Club América, San Diego Toros, Portuguesa, Brazil) and manager (Córdoba, Granada, Al-Rayyan).
• January 21:
  • Zenon Snylyk (68), soccer player (Rochester Ukrainians, Ukrainian Lions, Montreal Ukrainians, New York Ukrainians, Newark Ukrainian Sitch, United States).
• January 23:
  • Domingo Drummond (44), footballer (Platense, Honduras).
  • Vittorio Mero (27), footballer (Crevalcore, Ravenna, Brescia).
  • Gerhard Prokop (62), footballer (Alemannia Aachen, Eupen) and manager (Alemannia Aachen, Westfalia Herne, Holstein Kiel, Apollon Smyrni, PAS Giannina, Aris Thessaloniki, Doxa Drama, Athinaikos, Ionikos, Apollon Kalamarias, Omonia, EN Paralimni).
  • Adilio Pugliese (75), footballer (Brescia, Crotone, Fanfulla, SPAL, Acquapozzillo).
• January 24:
  • Andrei Mercea (76), footballer (ITA Arad, CSCA București, UTA Arad, AMEF Arad, Romania).
• January 29:
  • Haim Haberfeld (70), trade union leader and chairman of the Israel Football Association (1980–1985, 1992–1993).
• January 31:
  • Ernest Butler (82), footballer (Portsmouth).
  • Gerrie Stroker (85), footballer (Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Ajax, SpVgg Potsdam, Netherlands) and manager (Koninklijke HFC, DWS Amsterdam, RKSV Volendam).
• Date Unknown:
  • John Bone (71), footballer (Hartlepool United, Sunderland).

• February 3:
  • Bill Harvey (81–82), footballer (Grimsby Town) and manager (Luton Town, Grimsby Town).
• February 4:
  • Bert Head (85), footballer (Torquay United, Bury) and manager (Swindon Town, Bury, Crystal Palace).
  • Wolfgang Seifert (74), footballer (SC Rotation Leipzig) and manager (SC Turbine Erfurt, SG Dynamo Erfurt, BSG Wismut Gera).
• February 5:
  • André Jacowski (80), footballer (Stade de Reims, RC Paris, France).
• February 6:
  • Hans Studener (82), footballer (Empor Wurzen-West), assistant manager (East Germany), and manager (SC Rotation Leipzig, Lokomotive Leipzig, Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl).
• February 7:
  • Giuseppe Bucchia (91), footballer (AC Prato).
• February 8:
  • Duggie Reid (84), footballer (Stockport County, Portsmouth).
  • Giannis Pathiakakis (48), footballer (Apollon Athens, PAOK, Panionios Ethnikos Piraeus) and manager (Ethnikos Piraeus, Apollon Athens, Athinaikos, Akratitos, AEK Athens).
  • Zizinho (80), footballer (Flamengo, Bangu, São Paulo, Audax Italiano, Brazil) and manager (Bangu, Vasco da Gama, Brazil Olympics).
  • Lotte Specht (90), women's footballer (1. DDFC Frankfurt). Founded one of Germany's first women's football clubs.
• February 10:
  • Herbert Moll (85), footballer (Bayern Munich) and manager (Bayern Munich).
• February 11:
  • Aimé Gori (65), footballer (Roubaix-Tourcoing, Grenoble, Girondins de Bordeaux, Rouen, Stade de Reims).
• February 12:
  • John Eriksen (44), footballer (Svendborg fB, Odense Boldklub, Roda JC, Mulhouse, Feyenoord, Servette, Luzern, Denmark).
  • Mátyás Tóth (83), footballer (Újpest, Phöbus, Nagyváradi AC, Nemzeti Vasas, UTA Arad, Vasas, Hungary, Romania).
  • José Travassos (75), footballer (CUF, Sporting CP, Portugal).
• February 13:
  • George Bray (83), footballer (Burnley).
  • Ramón Grosso (58), footballer (Plus Ultra, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Spain) and manager (Real Madrid B, Real Madrid).
  • Robert Hennequin (81), footballer (Stade Rennais), player-manager (Lorient), and manager.
  • Sidney Weighell (79), footballer, trade unionist, and general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen (1975–1983).
• February 14:
  • Domènec Balmanya (87), footballer (Girona, Barcelona, Sète, Gimnàstic, Catalan XI) and manager (Gimnàstic, Girona, Real Zaragoza, Real Oviedo, Barcelona, Sète, Valencia, Real Betis, Málaga, Atlético Madrid, Spain, Cádiz, Sant Andreu).
  • Nándor Hidegkuti (79), footballer (Elektromos FC, MTK Hungária, Hungary) and manager (MTK Hungária, Fiorentina, AC Mantova, Győri ETO, Stal Rzeszów, Al Ahly, Shabab Al Ahli). Gold medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
  • Angelo Meroni (85), footballer (Monza, Lecco, Liguria, Varese, AC Milan).
• February 16:
  • Sir Walter Winterbottom (88), footballer (Manchester United) and manager (England, Great Britain).
• February 19:
  • Arne Selmosson (70), footballer (Jönköpings Södra, Udinese, Lazio, AS Roma, Skövde AIK, Sweden).
• February 20:
  • Dennis Kelleher (83), footballer (Barnet, Great Britain).
  • Michel Payen (86), footballer (Dieppe, Rouen, France).
  • Philippe Schuth (35), footballer (Strasbourg, Dunkerque, Gueugnon, Nancy)
  • Branko Stanković (80), footballer (Slavija Sarajevo, BSK Beograd, Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia) and manager (FK Vojvodina, AEK Athens, FC Porto, PAOK, Red Star Belgrade, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş). Silver medalist at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
• February 21:
  • Guido Erhard (32), footballer (Kickers Offenbach, 1860 Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, Mainz 05).
  • Ramiro Gremese (83), footballer (Udinese, Luparense).
• February 22:
  • Paddy Ambrose (73), footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Republic of Ireland, League of Ireland XI).
  • Mike Haughney (76), footballer (Celtic, Scottish Football League XI, Scotland).
  • Friedrich Wagner (43), footballer (Schalke 04, FC 08 Homburg).
• February 23:
  • Franz Elbern (91), footballer (SV Beuel 06, Germany).
• February 27:
  • Georges Beaucourt (89), footballer (Olympique Lillois, Lens, France) and manager (RC Lens).
  • Klemens Zielinski (79), footballer (Hannover 96).

• March 1:
  • Bodo Fuchs (60), footballer (Hannover 96) and university professor (City University of Applied Sciences).
• March 2:
  • Jason Mayélé (26), footballer (Châteauroux, Cagliari, ChievoVerona, DR Congo).
• March 3:
  • Edgar Zúñiga (60), footballer (Alajuelense, Cartaginés, Costa Rica).
• March 4:
  • Rainer Skrotzki (56), footballer (VfR Neumünster, Holstein Kiel, Wuppertaler SV, Eintracht Braunschweig, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05).
  • Velibor Vasović (62), footballer (Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, Ajax, Yugoslavia) and manager (Partizan, Angers, Paris Saint-Germain, Zamalek, Red Star Belgrade).
• March 5:
  • Harry Ayres (81), footballer (Fulham, Gillingham).
• March 7:
  • Daaf Drok (87), footballer (RFC Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands) and manager (SC Emma).
• March 8:
  • Ellert Sölvason (84), footballer (Valur, Iceland).
• March 9:
  • Sverre Zachariassen (82), footballer (Norway).
• March 10:
  • George Mungwa, manager (Zambia).
• March 13:
  • Ivano Blason (78), footballer (Triestina, Inter Milan, Hellas Verona, Padova, Italy).
• March 14:
  • Pietro Adorni (63), footballer (Fidenza, Simmenthal-Monza, Palermo, Napoli, Lazio, Piacenza).
• March 15:
  • Werner Unger (70), footballer (Vorwärts Leipzig, BSG Motor Zwickau, FC Vorwärts Berlin, East Germany). Bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
  • Jairo Zulbarán (32), footballer (Unión Magdalena, Independiente Medellín, Millonarios, Deportivo Unicosta).
• March 16:
  • Alfredo Gatti (91), footballer (Juventus, Pro Vercelli).
  • Ernst-August Künnecke (64), footballer (Hannover 96, VfV Hildesheim, Arminia Hannover) and manager (Patro Eisden, KRC Mechelen, KFC Winterslag, Lierse, Basel, KV Mechelen, Genk, SC Brühl).
• March 17:
  • Vasil Mitkov (58), footballer (Spartak Sofia, Levski Sofia, Bulgaria).
• March 20:
  • Albert Toris (76), footballer (CA Paris, AS Troyes-Savinienne, AS Monaco, RC Paris, US Valenciennes Anzin) and manager (Olympique Saint-Quentin, Brest).
  • Aleksei Yeskov (55), footballer (Terek Grozny, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Torpedo Moscow, Soviet Union), assistant manager (SKA Rostov-on-Don), and manager (Terek Grozny, SKA Rostov-on-Don).
• March 21:
  • Richard Ackerschott (80), footballer (Werder Bremen) and interim manager (Werder Bremen).
  • Nikos Pangalos (87), manager (PAOK, Doxa Drama, Panserraikos).
• March 22:
  • Jaroslav Cejp (77), footballer (Pardubice, Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia).
• March 25:
  • Kenneth Wolstenholme (81), RAF pilot and football commentator.
• March 26:
  • Gerald Hylkema (56), footballer (Groningen, Atlante, San Antonio Thunder, Oakland Buccaneers, Sacramento Gold) and field hockey player (Competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics).
  • Eugen Meier (71), footballer (FC Schaffhausen, BSC Young Boys, FC Bern, Switzerland).
• March 29:
  • Ergün Acuner (60), footballer (İzmirspor, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Hatayspor, Turkey) and manager (Gönenspor).
• March 30:
  • Bjørn Spydevold (83), footballer (Fredrikstad FK, Norway). Father of former Norweigan international footballer Thor Spydevold.
  • Alfie Stokes (69), footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Watford, St. George-Budapest

• April 1:
  • Alexander Petrowitsch Kowalenko (58), footballer (Ararat Yerevan).
  • Kees Mijnders (89), footballer (DFC, Netherlands).
• April 2:
  • Ike Clarke (87), footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth), player-manager (Yeovil Town), and manager (Sittingbourne).
  • Shigeo Sugimoto (75), footballer (Hankyu Railways, Japan).
  • Jan van der Meij (65), footballer (VVV-Venlo, Rijnsburgse Boys).
• April 3:
  • Emanuel Attard (67), footballer (Hibernians, Malta).
  • Heinz Lehmann (80), footballer (Tennis Borussia Berlin, LSV Pütnitz, FC St. Pauli, Altona 93).
  • Ernst Stojaspal (77), footballer (Austria Wien, Strasbourg, AS Monaco, Metz, Austria).
• April 4:
  • Luciano Masiero (65), footballer (Foggia, Potenza, Trapani).
• April 5:
  • Voldemārs Bērziņš (96), footballer (RFK Riga, Latvia).
• April 6:
  • Oliver Eggimann (83), footballer (BSC Young Boys, Lausanne-Sport, Servette, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).
• April 8:
  • Francisco Zamora (62), footballer (Deportivo Marquense, Municipal, Alianza, El Salvador) and manager (Platense, Vendaval, Alianza).
• April 9:
  • Roy Dwight (69), footballer (Fulham, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Millwall). Cousin of English singer, songwriter, and pianist Sir Elton John.
• April 12:
  • Gabriel Raksi (63), footballer (Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii, Steaua București, ASA Târgu Mureş, Progresul București, Romania).
• April 16:
  • Billy Ayre (49), footballer (Scarborough, Hartlepool United, Halifax Town, Mansfield Town) and manager (Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Blackpool, Scarborough, Southport, Cardiff City).
• April 18:
  • Mitsos Dimitriou (54), footballer (Panathinaikos, Greece).
• April 19:
  • Jean-Pierre Destrumelle (61), footballer (Rouen, Olympique Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, France amateurs) and manager (Valenciennes, Bastia, Olympique Lyon, Béziers, Gien, Orléans, Ajaccio).
• April 21:
  • Juan Carlos Mesías (68), footballer (Nacional, Newell's Old Boys, Quilmes Atlético Club, Uruguay).
• April 23:
  • Dante Paolini (90), footballer (Castrum, Teramo, Venezia, Pescara, Pisa, Imolese, Brescia, Cosenza).
  • Gilbert Robin (59), footballer (Stade Rennais, Caen, Stade Quimpérois, Brittany).
  • Tibor Simon (36), footballer (Ferencváros, Hungary) and manager (FC Sopron).
• April 24:
  • Jack Johnson (77), footballer (B 1909, Dundee United, Denmark) and manager (B 1913, OB, Molde, Havnar Bóltfelag, Gor Mahia).
• April 26:
  • Tore Svensson (74), footballer (IF Elfsborg, Malmö FF, Sweden). Bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
• April 27:
  • Joseph Rego-Costa (82), soccer player (Ponta Delgada SC, United States).
• April 28:
  • Francesco Franzoni (97), footballer (Hellas Verona, Torino, Como 1907, Cremonese).
• April 29:
  • Sune Andersson (81), footballer (Hagalunds IS, AIK, AS Roma, Kalmar FF, IFK Eskilstuna, Sweden) and manager (Kalmar FF, IFK Eskilstuna). Gold medalist at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
  • Karl-Heinz Borutta (66), footballer (Schalke 04, Bayern Munich).
  • Stan Lynn (73), footballer (Accrington Stanley, Aston Villa, Birmingham City).
  • Jimmy Quinn (54), footballer (Celtic, Clyde, Sheffield Wednesday). Grandson of former Scottish international footballer Jimmy Quinn.

• May 1:
  • Attilio Galassini (68), footballer (Rieti, AS Roma, Hellas Verona, Toronto Italia, Ukrainian Nationals, Toronto Roma, Inter-Brooklyn Italians).
  • Jacinto Villalba (87), footballer (Cerro Porteño, San Lorenzo, Paraguay).
• May 2:
  • Lucien Bochard (76), footballer (Olympique Saint-Quentin, UA Sedan-Torcy, France).
• May 4:
  • Ernesto Díaz (49), footballer (Santa Fe, Standard Liège, Junior, Independiente Medellín, Millonarios, Colombia).
  • Gerónimo Saccardi (52), footballer (Ferro Carril Oeste, Hércules, Argentina) and manager (Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy).
• May 5:
  • Jacques Spagnoli (88), footballer (Lausanne-Sport, Olympique Lillois, Switzerland) and manager (Switzerland).
  • Čestmír Vycpálek (80), footballer (Slavia Praha, Juventus, Palermo, Parma) and manager (Palermo, Siracusa, Valdagno, Mazara, Juventus). Father of Alitalia Flight 112 victim Cestino Vycpalek.
• May 6:
  • Saleh Selim (71), footballer (Al Ahly, Grazer AK, Egypt), club president (Al Ahly), and actor (The Open Door). Brother of Egyptian international footballer Tariq Selim and father of Egyptian actor Hesham Selim.
• May 7:
  • Masakatsu Miyamoto (63), footballer (Furukawa Electric, Japan) and manager (Honda, Japan futsal, Kashima Antlers, Shimizu S-Pulse).
• May 8:
  • Alexander Bottini (33), footballer (Monagas, Trujillanos, Mineros de Guayana, Estudiantes de Mérida, Deportivo Táchira, Llaneros, Venezuela).
• May 11:
  • Luciano Lupi (79), footballer (Genoa, Rapallo, Legnano, Sestrese) and manager (Saronno, Sestrese, Pro Patria, Catanzaro, Lecco, Frosinone, Venezia, Italy U18, Italy U16, Italy U17, Italy U20).
• May 13:
  • Kang Byung-chan (51), footballer (Housing & Commercial Bank FC, South Korea), assistant manager (South Korea), and manager (Housing & Commercial Bank FC, Bhutan).
  • Valeriy Lobanovskyi (63), footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Soviet Union) and manager (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Ukraine). Bronze medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• May 15:
  • Antonio Gracia López (86), footballer (Júpiter, Barcelona, Sabadell, Calella, Catalonia).
• May 16:
  • Gavril Serfőző (75), footballer (ICO Oradea, CCA București, Progresul Oradea, UTA Arad, CSM Reșița, CFR Timișoara, Romania).
• May 17:
  • László Kubala (74), footballer (Ferencváros, Slovan Bratislava, Vasas, Pro Patria, Barcelona, Toronto City, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Spain, Catalonia), player-manager (Barcelona, Espanyol, FC Zürich, Toronto Falcons), and manager (Córdoba, Spain, Barcelona, Al-Hilal, Real Murcia, Málaga, Elche, Paraguay).
• May 18:
  • Sergio Andreoli (80), footballer (Perugia, AS Roma, Reggina).
• May 19:
  • Eric Karlsson (86), footballer (Gefle IF, AIK, Sweden).
• May 20:
  • Renzo Barbera (82), businessman and chairman (Palermo).
• May 21:
  • Alberto Galassi (79), footballer (Perugia, Palermo-Juventina, Palermo, Bologna, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Piombino, Sestese, Italy B).
  • Roy Paul (82), footballer (Swansea Town, Manchester City, Worcester City) and manager (Worcester City).
• May 24:
  • Albert Binder (73), referee (German Football Association)
• May 25:
  • Albert Felgenhauer (79), footballer (VfB Lübeck).
  • Rufino Lecca (81), footballer (Telmo Carbajo, Sport Boys, Veracruz).
• May 28:
  • Knut Andersen (71), footballer (Sarpsborg FK, Norway).
  • Jürgen Werner (66), footballer (Hamburger SV, West Germany).
• May 29:
  • Stan Bentham (87), footballer (Wigan Athletic, Everton).
• May 30:
  • Sándor Mátrai (69), footballer (Ferencvaros, Hungary).

• June 2:
  • Günther Schubert (47), footballer (FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Bocholt).
• June 5:
  • Orlando Fantoni (85), footballer (Palestra Itália-MG, Siderúrgica, Cruzeiro, Lazio, Vasco da Gama) and manager (Venezuela, Universidad Central, Deportivo Portugués, Deportivo Italia, Cruzeiro, América Mineiro, Náutico, Bahia, Vasco da Gama, Grêmio, Corinthians, Sport Recife, Botafogo, Vitória).
• June 10:
  • Louis Carré (77), footballer (RFC Liège, Belgium) and manager (RFC Liège).
• June 13:
  • Rubén González (74), footballer (Naval de Talcahuano, Chile).
  • John Herberger (82), footballer (Karlsruher FC Phönix, Eintracht Frankfurt, SV Waldhof Mannheim, Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin, FV Saarbrücken, 1. FC Nürnberg, Bayern Munich, Karlsruher FV, Stuttgarter Kickers) and manager (New York Hakoah, United States).
  • Ante Mladinić (72), footballer (Hajduk Split, Lokomotiva Zagreb, RNK Split), assistant manager (Hajduk Split), and manager (Yugoslavia U21, Yugoslavia, Partizan, Hajduk Split).
• June 15:
  • Said Belqola (45), referee (Royal Moroccan Football Federation, FIFA).
  • Dick White (70), footballer (Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Liverpool, Doncaster Rovers) and player-manager (Kettering Town).
• June 16:
  • Evaristo Malavasi (80), footballer (Modena, Mirandolese, Bolzano, Spezia, Stabia, Monza, Lugo) and manager (Mirandolese, Carpi, Spezia, Del Duca Ascoli, Savona, Triestina, Chieti, Caltagirone, Ragusa, Gela).
• June 17:
  • Fritz Walter (81), footballer (Kaiserslautern, TSG Diedenhofen, TSG Saargemünd, Germany, West Germany) and manager (SV Alsenborn).
• June 20:
  • Heinz Bigler (76), footballer (BSC Young Boys, Switzerland) and manager (BSC Young Boys).
• June 22:
  • Yoshio Okada (75), footballer (Kwangaku Club, Rokko Club, Japan).
  • Cho Yoon-ok (62), footballer (Kyung Hee University, ROK Army CIC, Korea Tungsten, South Korea) and manager (POSCO FC, South Korea, Daewoo Royals).
• June 23
  • Pietro Bersia (73), footballer (Torino, Cagliari Calcio, Messina, Crotone, Casale).
• June 24:
  • Nicola Corsetti (100), footballer (Pisa, Prato, Livorno).
• June 27:
  • Georgi Sokolov (60), footballer (Spartak Plovdiv, Levski Sofia, Dunav Ruse, Bulgaria).
• June 28:
  • Johann Auernhammer (67), footballer (ESV Ingolstadt, SpVgg Weiden, 1860 Munich, TSV Schwaben Augsburg, West Germany B) and manager (FC Wacker München, SC Fürstenfeldbruck).
• June 29:
  • Obby Kapita (50), footballer (Green Buffaloes, Zambia) and manager (Zambia)
• June 30:
  • Alexey Stepanov (42), footballer (Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Leningrad, Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg) and futsal player (Dina Moskva, KSM-24, Soviet Union, CIS, Russia).
• Date Unknown:
  • Livio Gennari (78), footballer (Avellino, Rivarolese, Cagliari, Carbosarda, Savona) and manager.

• July 1:
  • Diego Agurto (74), footballer (Sport Boys, Peru) and manager (Sport Boys, Porvenir Miraflores, Octavio Espinosa, Atlético Torino, Deportivo SIMA, Unión Tumán, José Gálvez FBC, Unión Huaral, Deportivo Junín, Sporting Cristal, Alfonso Ugarte, Juventud La Palma, Atlético Chalaco, ADT, Cienciano, AELU, León de Huánuco).
• July 2:
  • Mario Saracino (84), footballer (Salernitana, Cavese, Scafatese, Nocerina), assistant manager (Salernitana), and interim manager (Salernitana).
• July 4:
  • Carlo Piccioni (80), footballer (Biellese, Novara, Pro Vercelli).
• July 7:
  • Juan Alcántara (82), footballer (Audax Italiano, Colo-Colo, Chile).
  • Ray Wood (71), footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, Barnsley, England) and manager (Los Angeles Wolves, Cyprus, APOEL, Kenya). Survivor of the Munich air disaster.
• July 9:
  • Cesare Benedetti (81), footballer (Treviso, AS Roma, Salernitana).
• July 10:
  • Mario Cordero (72), footballer (Saprissa, Marte, Costa Rica) and manager (Saprissa, Costa Rica).
  • Joop de Kubber (74), footballer (Bordeaux, BVC, DWS), assistant manager (DWS), and manager (KFC).
• July 12:
  • Gilberto Pogliano (94), footballer (Cuneo, Juventus, Catania, Parma, Cremonese, Varese, Acqui).
• July 17:
  • André Simonyi (88), footballer (Olympique Lillois, Sochaux, Red Star 93, Stade Rennais, Stade Français, Rouen, SC Covilhã, Roubaix-Tourcoing, France), player-manager (Angers, Red Star 93, AS Cherbourg), and manager (Red Star 93).
• July 18:
  • Pacifico Cuman (66), footballer (Alessandria, Napoli, Taranto, Savoia, Bellaria).
• July 20:
  • Pedro Alberto (33), footballer (Palencia, Real Oviedo B, Real Oviedo, Deportivo Alavés, Toledo).
  • Michalis Kritikopoulos (56), footballer (Panegialios, Ethnikos Piraeus, Olympiacos, Greece) and manager (Panegialios).
  • Siegfried Rachuba (80), footballer (LSV Stettin, SpVgg Erkenschwick, Preußen Münster).
• July 22:
  • Giuseppe Corradi (70), footballer (Modena, Juventus, Genoa, Mantova, Italy) and manager (Pisa, Lecce, Spezia Calcio).
  • Eduard Hundt (92), footballer (Tennis Borussia Berlin, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Werder Bremen, Germany).
• July 23:
  • Gunnar Andreassen (89), footballer (Fredrikstad, Norway) and manager (Fredrikstad, Østsiden IL).
  • Juan Jasso (75), footballer (Guadalajara).
  • Hermann Lindemann (91), footballer (FSV Frankfurt, VfB Leipzig, Kickers Offenbach, Eintracht Frankfurt) and manager (Fram, FSV Frankfurt, Alemannia Aachen, Meidericher SV, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Braunschweig, VfL Bochum, Eintracht Duisburg, Young Fellows Zurich, Waldhof Mannheim, Borussia Dortmund).
• July 24:
  • Mustafa Mansour (87), footballer (Al Ahly, Queen's Park, Egypt) and manager (Al Ahly)
  • Kamel Masoud (87), footballer (Al Ahly, Egypt).
• July 25:
  • Hans Dorjee (60), footballer (DHC, Xerxes, Holland Sport), assistant manager (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), and manager (NAC Breda, Excelsior, Vitesse, Feyenoord, AA Gent, Netherlands U21).
• July 26:
  • André Roosenburg (78), footballer (ADO, Sneek, Fiorentina, NEC, Netherlands) and manager.
• July 27:
  • Anatoli Bashashkin (78), footballer (DO Tbilisi, CDSA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union), assistant manager (Spartak Moscow), and manager (FC Pakhtakor Tashkent). Gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
• July 30:
  • Raúl Pino (76), footballer (Universidad de Chile), assistant manager (Universidad de Chile), and manager (Green Cross, Trasandino, Magallanes, Coquimbo Unido, Unión La Calera, Everton, Chile, Naval, Regional Antofagasta, Jorge Wilstermann, Blooming, Bolivia, Oriente Petrolero, Destroyers, Always Ready, San José, Real Santa Cruz, Universidad Cruceña).
  • Rudolf Zibrínyi (77), footballer (Jednota Košice, Czechoslovakia).
• Date Unknown:
  • Umberto Meggiolaro (68), footballer (Triestina, Reggiana, CRDA Monfalcone).
  • Urbano Rivera (76), footballer (Danubio, Uruguay).

• August 2:
  • Manfred Braschler (43), footballer (Wacker Innsbruck, St. Gallen, FC Chur, Switzerland ).
  • Sammy Onyango (41), footballer (Gor Mahia, Kisumu Telkom, Kenya).
• August 4:
  • Millard Lang (89), soccer player (Baltimore Canton, Chicago Sparta, Chicago Eagles, Baltimore Americans), manager (Baltimore Americans), and lacrosse player. Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
• August 5:
  • František Fait (96), footballer (Bohemians AFK Vršovice, Czechoslovakia).
• August 6:
  • Hans-Jürgen Bäsler (64), footballer (Tasmania 1900 Berlin, Arminia Bielefeld).
• August 8:
  • Reiner Geye (52), footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, West Germany).
• August 11:
  • Gaetano Conti (83), footballer (Palermo, Spezia, Toma Maglie).
• August 12:
  • Knud Lundberg (82), footballer (AB, Denmark), manager (AB), handball player, basketball player, and sports journalist. Bronze medalist at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
• August 13:
  • Ulises Ramos (82), footballer (Audax Italiano, Universidad de Chile) and manager (Universidad de Chile).
• August 15:
  • Alberto Bertuccelli (78), footballer (Pontedera, Viareggio, Lucchese, Juventus, AS Roma, Italy).
  • Osvaldo da Silva (68), footballer (América Mineiro, Porto, Leixões, Sporting CP, Portuguesa, Académico Viseu, Olhanense).
  • Edgardo Madinabeytia (69), footballer (Huracán, Atlético Madrid).
• August 16:
  • John Charles (57), footballer (West Ham United, England U18). First black player to represent England at any level.
• August 18:
  • Bertil Ericsson (93), footballer (AIK, Sandvikens IF, Kubikenborgs IF, Sweden).
  • Walter Nußbaum (81), footballer (Bonner SV, 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen).
• August 19:
  • Antonio Barrios (92), footballer (Arenas de Getxo, Real Valladolid) and manager (Real Valladolid, Racing Santander, Málaga, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Tetuán, Atlético Madrid, Real Betis, Espanyol, Elche, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Recreativo de Huelva, Osasuna).
  • Eduardo Chillida (78), footballer (Real Sociedad) and sculptor (The Comb of the Wind, Topos V, Elogio del Horizonte).
• August 27:
  • Serge Besnard (53), footballer (Red Star FC, Lille, Tours) and manager (Tours).
  • Bob McKinlay (69), footballer (Nottingham Forest). Nephew of former Scottish footballer Billy McKinlay.
• Date Unknown:
  • Alberto Astraceli (72), footballer (SPAL, Sambenedettese).

• September 1:
  • Lothar Meyer (69), footballer (Motor Berlin, Vorwärts Berlin, BFC Dynamo, East Germany).
• September 7:
  • Mihály Nagymarosi (82), footballer (Phöbus, Budapest Dózsa, Budapesti Spartacus, Hungary).
  • Aykut Yiğit (43), footballer (Eskişehirspor, Sakaryaspor, Fenerbahçe, Bakırköyspor, Altay, Ayvalıkgücü, Balıkesirspor, Turkey), assistant manager (Kardemir Karabükspor, Sakaryaspor), and manager (Ayvalıkgücü, Turgutluspor).
• September 10:
  • Augusto Lamo Castillo (63), referee (RFEF, UEFA, FIFA).
• September 11:
  • José Riba Nuet (79), footballer (Barcelona).
• September 13
  • Fabrizio Gorin (48), footballer (Vicenza, Torino, Genoa, Palermo, Prato, Fano), assistant manager (Genoa), and manager (Virtus Entella, Spezia, Massese).
• September 14:
  • Andrea Verrina (84), footballer (Genoa, Spezia, Napoli, Forlì, Sestri Levante) and player-manager (Virtus Entella, Savona).
• September 17:
  • Dida (68), footballer (CSA, Flamengo, Portuguesa de Desportos, Atlético Junior, Brazil).
  • José Iborra (94), footballer (Lleida, Logroñés, Sants, Girona, Barcelona, Real España, Puebla, Catalonia).
• September 18:
  • Mauro Ramos (72), footballer (São Paulo, Santos, Toluca, Brazil) and manager (Deportivo Oro, Coritiba, São Paulo, Jalisco).
• September 19:
  • Ian Hutchinson (54), footballer (Burton Albion, Cambridge United, Chelsea, Cork United).
• September 20:
  • Francisco Lojacono (66), footballer (San Lorenzo, Gimnasia La Plata, Vicenza, Fiorentina, AS Roma, Sampdoria, Alessandria, Legnano, Argentina, Italy) and manager (Latina, Castrovillari, Benevento, Livorno, Cavese, Barletta, Salernitana, Nocerina, Akragas).
  • Pat Saward (74), footballer (Millwall, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Crawley Town, Republic of Ireland) and manager (Brighton & Hove Albion, Al-Nasr).
  • Oberdan Ussello (85), footballer (Torino, Vigevano, Biellese), assistant manager (Torino), and manager (Biellese, Torino youth, Torino, Fiorentina youth).
• September 22:
  • Julio Pérez (76), footballer (Racing Montevideo, River Plate Montevideo, Nacional, Internacional, Sud América, Uruguay).
• September 27:
  • Otto Höxtermann (90), footballer (VfB 03 Bielefeld, Arminia Bielefeld, Werder Bremen, Young Fellows Zürich, SpVgg Erfurt), manager (VfR Kaiserslautern, Hannover 96, Concordia Hamburg, VfB Lübeck), and club president (Arminia Hannover).

• October 3:
  • Romolo Alzani (81), footballer (AS Roma, Rimini, Lazio, Foligno).
  • Jesús Barrio (85), footballer (Racing Ferrol, RD Oriamendi, Real Gijón) and manager (La Felguera, Real Gijón, Real Avilés, Deportivo La Coruña, Salamanca, Melilla).
  • Cliff Durandt (62), footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Germiston Callies, Highlands Park, Durban United, Maritzburg). Father of South African boxer and boxing manager Nick Durandt.
• October 4:
  • Arnaldo Salvi (86), footballer (Atalanta, Ambrosiana-Inter, Cremonese, Lecco, Brescia, Palazzolo).
• October 5:
  • Lorenzo Cappa (67), footballer (Livorno, Manfredonia, Bari, Bologna, SPAL) and manager (Calangianus).
• October 6:
  • Juan Yustrich (93), footballer (Boca Juniors, Gimnasia La Plata, Lanús, Argentina)
• October 10:
  • Mario de las Casas (101), footballer (Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril, Universitario de Deportes, Atlético Chalaco, Peru) and manager (Universitario de Deportes).
  • Erling Sørensen (81), footballer (Frem, Strasbourg, Modena, Udinese, Triestina, Denmark) and manager (Frem). Bronze medalist at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
• October 11:
  • Ron Gray (82), footballer (Sheffield United, Notts County, Watford), manager (Watford, Millwall, Lincoln City), and scout (Ipswich Town).
• October 13:
  • Billy McAdams (68), footballer (Glenavon, Distillery, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Leeds United, Brentford, Queens Park Rangers, Barrow, Northern Ireland) and manager (Barrow).
• October 14:
  • David Mwanza (40), footballer (Zimbabwe) and futsal player (Zimbabwe).
  • Arturo Silvestri (81), footballer (Fiorentina, Modena, AC Milan, Italy) and manager (Livorno, Cagliari, AC Milan, Brescia, Genoa).
  • Adrien Tapsoba (69), president of the Burkinabé Football Federation (1964–1965, 1966–1980).
• October 15:
  • Bruno Dante (82), footballer (Juventus, Spezia, Cuneo, Torino, Biellese, Vigevano, Venezia, Livorno, Genoa, Messina).
• October 16:
  • Harry Ferrier (82), footballer (Portsmouth, Gloucester City) and manager (Gloucester City, Chelmsford City).
• October 18:
  • Hans-Jürgen Oehlenschläger (59), footballer (Kickers Offenbach, Opel Rüsselsheim, FSV Frankfurt).
• October 20:
  • Hans Eisele (62), footballer (VfB Stuttgart, DSV Alpine).
• October 21:
  • Pasieguito (77), footballer (Valencia, Levante, Burgos, Spain) and manager (Valencia, CE Sabadell, Granada, Sporting Gijón).
• October 23:
  • Danijel Popović (20), footballer (Vukovar '91, Bastia, Osijek).
• October 24:
  • Hernán Gaviria (32), footballer (Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali, Shonan Bellmare, Atlético Bucaramanga, Colombia).
• October 25:
  • Fritz Kominek (75), footballer (Austria Wien, Nîmes, Strasbourg, Lens, Marseille, 1. Schwechater SC, First Vienna, Grenchen, Austria) and manager (Grenchen, 1. Wiener Neustädter SC, Grazer AK, Fribourg).
  • Doug McGibbon (83), footballer (Southampton, Fulham, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic). Son of former English footballer and cricketer Charlie McGibbon.
  • Ernst Röhrig (61), footballer (Karlsruher SC).
• October 27:
  • Albert Dusch (89), footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern) and referee (German Football Association, FIFA).
  • Enrique Perales (88), footballer (Universitario de Deportes, Deportivo Municipal, Club Oro, Independiente Medellín, Peru).
  • Dieter Praxl (66), footballer (VfB Stuttgart, Kickers Offenbach, SSV Ulm).
• October 28:
  • Manlio Grandi (72), footballer (Fiorentina, Bari, Pisa, Zenit Modena).
• October 31:
  • Raf Vallone (86), footballer (Torino, Novara) and actor. Father of Italian actress Eleonora Vallone.

• November 1:
  • Rubén Magdalena (60), footballer (Boca Juniors, Unión Española).
  • Léster Morgan (26), footballer (Guanacasteca, Herediano, Venados de Yucatán, Costa Rica).
• November 4:
  • Juan Araujo (81), footballer (Sevilla, Xerez FC, Córdoba, Xerez CD).
  • Paul Jurilli (74), footballer (RC Paris, Roubaix-Tourcoing) and manager (ES La Rochelle, Montluçon, Entente BFN, RC France, CS Fontainebleau, Troyes AF, SO Cholet).
  • Raoul Diagne (91), footballer (RC Paris, Toulouse, FC Annecy, France) and manager (Senegal).
• November 5:
  • Joaquín Navarro (81), footballer (Gavà, Barcelona, Sabadell, Real Madrid, Catalonia, Spain). Brother of former Spanish footballer Alfonso Navarro.
• November 6:
  • Gianluca Signorini (42), footballer (Pisa, Livorno, Ternana, Cavese, Parma, AS Roma, Genoa) and manager (Pisa).
  • Stefan Wagner (89), footballer (1. Simmeringer SC, Rapid Wien, Austria).
• November 8:
  • Edwin Westenberger (54), footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure, Darmstadt 98, RSV Würges).
• November 9:
  • Bill Baxter (78), footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa) and manager (East Fife, Raith Rovers). Father of former English-Scottish footballer and manager Stuart Baxter, and grandfather of former Swedish footballer and goalkeeper coach Lee Baxter.
  • Eusebio Tejera (80), footballer (River Plate Montevideo, Nacional, Cúcuta Deportivo, Defensor Sporting, Uruguay).
• November 10:
  • Giovanni Rovatti (67), footballer (Treviso, Valdagno, Vittorio Veneto).
  • Yevgeni Skomorokhov (57), footballer (Moldova Kishinyov, Rassvet Krasnoyarsk, Pakhtakor Tashkent, Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk), assistant manager (Torpedo Moscow), and manager (Torpedo Moscow, Esteghlal, Torpedo Vladimir, Liaoning FC).
  • Theo Uppenkamp (78), footballer (Holstein Kiel, Hannover 96, Preußen Münster, Eimsbütteler TV).
• November 11:
  • Bruno Dazzi (79), footballer (G.I.L. Fidenza, Parma, Atalanta, Monza, Biellese) and manager (Parma, Monza).
• November 13:
  • Juan Alberto Schiaffino (77), footballer (Peñarol, AC Milan, AS Roma, Uruguay, Italy) and manager (Uruguay, Peñarol).
• November 14:
  • René Meléndez (73), footballer (Everton, Universidad de Chile, O'Higgins, Unión La Calera, Deportes Colchagua, Luis Cruz Martínez, Chile).
  • Hans Reincke (80), footballer (BSG Einheit Wismar, BSG Motor Wismar).
• November 16:
  • Sima Milovanov (79), footballer (Građanski Bečej, Sloga Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) and manager (Slavija Novi Sad, Osijek, Veria, Anorthosis Famagusta, Nea Salamis Famagusta, Cyrpus).
  • Ľudovít Venutti (82), footballer (Slovan Bratislava, Slovakia).
• November 17:
  • Mariano Faraone (79), footballer (Padova, Montebelluna, Varese, Taranto, Gallarate, Piacenza, Lanciotto, Lecco).
• November 18:
  • Elio Borsetto (82), footballer (Mestre, Venezia, Mestrina).
  • Pasquale Vivolo (74), footballer (Cremonese, Juventus, Lazio, Italy).
• November 20:
  • Kakhi Asatiani (55), footballer (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union), director (Dinamo Tbilisi), and manager (Dinamo Tbilisi).
• November 22:
  • Miomir Petrović (79), footballer (Jugoslavija, Red Star Belgrade, Partizan, Radnički Beograd, Budućnost Podgorica, Yugoslavia).
• November 27:
  • Eduardo Fernández (79), footballer (Universitario Deportes, Vélez Sarsfield, Sport Boys, Atlético Chalaco).
  • Migueli (59), footballer (Atlético Malagueño, Cádiz, Málaga, Spain).
  • Pascasio Sola (74), footballer (Talleres (RE), River Plate, Huracán, Argentina).
• November 28:
  • Quincoces (69), footballer (CD Mestalla, Valencia, Real Murcia, Deportivo Alavés, Spain).
• November 30:
  • Alan Ashman (74), footballer (Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Carlisle United) and manager (Carlisle United, West Bromwich Albion, Olympiacos, Workington, Walsall).

• December 1:
  • Pedro Areso (91), footballer (Tolosa, Real Murcia, Real Betis, Barcelona, Tigre, Racing Club, River Plate, Deportivo Vasco, Racing Santander, Gimnástica Burgalesa, Catalonia, Spain) and manager (Racing Santander, Gimnástica Burgalesa, Atlético Portugal, Vitória Setúbal, Loyola SC, Unión Española, Tigre, Dock Sud, Deportivo Vasco, Deportes La Serena, Espanyol, Lanús, Talleres, Platense, Nueva Chicago, Sarmiento de Junín, Rangers de Talca).
  • Carlos Delgado (53), footballer (Emelec, El Nacional, Deportiva Quito, LDU Portoviejo, Ecuador).
• December 5:
  • Geoff Coombes (83), soccer player. Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
  • Roland Rossel (87), footballer (Biel-Bienne, Switzerland).
• December 6:
  • Louis Fauquemberghe (92), referee (French Football Federation).
  • Aldo Monardi (70), footballer (Parma, Genoa, Ravenna).
• December 11:
  • Franco Danova (72), footballer (Seregno, AC Milan, Pro Patria, Simmenthal-Monza, Arezzo, Foggia & Incedit).
  • Louis Van Linden (74), footballer (Royal Antwerp, K Boom).
• December 14:
  • Jack Bradley (86), footballer (Swindon Town, Southampton, Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City) and player-manager (Great Yarmouth Town). Son of former English footballer Martin Bradley and nephew of former English footballer James Bradley.
• December 17:
  • Luis Castro (81), footballer (Nacional, Uruguay).
  • Edgar Deuschel (82), referee (German Football Association).
• December 18:
  • André Frey (83), footballer (Metz, Toulouse, France). Grandfather of both French footballer Nicolas Frey and French international footballer Sébastien Frey.
  • Bert Millichip (88), football director (West Bromwich Albion) and chairman (West Bromwich Albion, The Football Association).
• December 19:
  • Arthur Rowley (76), footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Leicester City), player-manager (Shrewsbury Town), manager (Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield United, Southend United), and cricketer. Brother of former English international footballer Jack Rowley.
• December 20:
  • Chris Joyce (69), footballer (Vale of Leven, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Nuneaton Borough).
• December 21:
  • Jeu van Bun (84), footballer (MVV, Netherlands).
• December 22:
  • Rudolf Bartonec (86), footballer (Baťa Zlín, Czechoslovakia).
  • Wilhelm Kment (88), footballer (Landstraßer AC, Wiener Sport-Club) and manager (Drafn, VVV-Venlo, Norway, DOS Utrecht, Feyenoord, LASK, Fredrikstad).
  • Srboljub Krivokuća (74), footballer (Budućnost Podgorica, Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina, OFK Beograd, Wormatia Worms, Radnički Kragujevac, Yugoslavia) and manager (Šumadija Aranđelovac, Majdanpek, Šumadija 1903).
• December 24:
  • Miguel Busquets (82), footballer (Unión Española, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica, Chile) and interim manager (Universidad de Chile).
  • José Luis Molinuevo (85), footballer (Athletic Bilbao, Montpellier, RC Paris) and manager (Basconia, Ourense, Sporting Gijón, Pontevedra, Real Valladolid, Ensidesa).
• December 25:
  • Helmut Jagielski (68), footballer (Schalke 04, Werder Bremen).
  • Jürgen Neumann (61), footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern,FC Zürich, Daring Club Bruxelles, Arminia Bielefeld).
• December 27:
  • Valentino Sala (94), footballer (Milanese, Monza, Vigevanese, Genoa, Ambrosiana-Inter, Pisa, Vigevano, Meda) and manager (Genoa). Brother of former Italian footballer Costantino Sala.
• December 28:
  • Albert Stubbins (83), footballer (Newcastle United, Liverpool).
• December 31:
  • Renzo Cavallina (81), footballer (Parma, Mantova, Igea Virtus, Faenza) and manager (Faenza).
  • Billy Morris (84), footballer (Burnley, Wales) and manager (Wrexham).
• Date Unknown:
  • Eros Fassetta (66), footballer (AC Milan, Simmenthal-Monza, Hellas Verona).
  • Anco Marcio Vargas (78), footballer (Gimnástica Española, Portuguesa, Deportivo Venezuela, Carrarese, Pisa, Costa Rica).

• Silvano Bresadola (95–96), footballer (Rovereto, Trento, Esperia Trieste, Ambrosiana-Inter, Pavia).
• Pires Constantino (72–73), footballer (CR Vasco da Gama, Nîmes Olympique, Marseille, Lyon, US Marignane).
• Gianfranco Sarti (53–54), footballer (Rimini).
• Aleksey Stukas (22–23), footballer (Neftçi Baku, Mykolaiv, Azerbaijan).