– Rini Coolen, Dutch footballer and manager February 18 – Roberto Baggio, Italian international footballer February 18 – Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer February 22 – Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan international footballer (died 2013) February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer March 1 – Aron Winter, Dutch international footballer March 3 – Jaime Patricio Ramírez, Chilean footballer March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer March 26 – Alberto Coyote, Mexican footballer April 7 – Bodo Illgner, German international footballer May–September May 11 – Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer May 20 – Richard Zambrano, Chilean footballer May 21 – Nando, Spanish footballer May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer June 15 – Héctor Vidal Martínez, Paraguayan footballer June 22 – Marc van Hintum, Dutch footballer June 23 – Pavel Yevteyev, Kazakhstani footballer July 7 – Shamsurin Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer July 19 – Gabriel Favale, Argentine football referee August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma, French footballer August 10 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer August 24 – Michael Thomas, English footballer September 2 – Andreas Möller, German footballer September 5 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer September 6 – David Patiño, Mexican footballer September 20: Craig Forrest, Canadian footballer September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer October–December October 11 – Mario Salas, Chilean international footballer October 13 – Hernaín Arzú, Honduran international footballer October 21 – Paul Ince, English international footballer October 24 – Carlos Antonio Muñoz, Ecuadorian footballer (died 1993) November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian international footballer November 18 – Gavin Peacock, English footballer and sportscaster November 28 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer December 5 – Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer December 14 – Palhinha (Jorge Ferreira da Silva), Brazilian international footballer December 28 – Paul Foster, Australian footballer Deaths April April 1 - Jan van Dort, Dutch international footballer (77) April 4 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and all-time topscorer of the Uruguay national football team between 1930 and 2011. (68) June June 6 – Fernando Paternoster, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (64) References Association football by year