– André Bergdølmo, Norwegian footballer October 15 – Andy Cole, English footballer October 15 – Niko Kovač, Croatian footballer October 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer October 18 – Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer October 27 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer November November 3 – Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian and Tobagonian footballer November 13 – Unai Emery, Spanish footballer and manager November 13 – Erwin Ramírez, Ecuadorian footballer November 16 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer November 30 – Pedro Pineda, Mexican footballer December December 2 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer December 3 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer December 7 – Spira Grujić, Serbian footballer December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer December 14 – Arsenio Benítez, Paraguayan footballer December 26 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer December 28 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer December 29 – Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer Deaths June 30 – Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian footballer (born 1943) June 30 – Nikola Kotkov (32), Bulgarian footballer (born 1938) July 13 – Harry Dénis (74), Dutch footballer (born 1896) August 5 – Ber Groosjohan (74), Dutch footballer (born 1897) References Association football by year