footballer February 2 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine international footballer February 10 – Jacek Gabrusewicz, Polish footballer February 11 – Thobo Kgoboge, Botswanan footballer April 1 – Robert Vittek, Slovakian international footballer April 2 – Marco Amelia, Italian international footballer April 6 – Nelson Geingob, Namibian former footballer April 28 – Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian international footballer May 5 – Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Polish international footballer May 17 – Dylan Macallister, Australian soccer player May 20 – Petr Čech, Czech international footballer June 4 – Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer June 15 – Katie Chapman, English footballer June 26 – Rosdin Wasli, Malaysian clubfootballer July 2 – Alvito Rodrigues, Indian footballer July 5 Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer Julien Féret, French footballer Alberto Gilardino, Italian international footballer Paíto, Mozambican footballer Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer Szabolcs Perenyi, Romanian-Hungarian footballer July 7 – Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer July 8 – David Kenga, Kenyan footballer July 10 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer July 12 Antonio Cassano, Italian international footballer Gerardo Christian Hernández, professional Mexican footballer July 14 – Hermán Solíz, Bolivian footballer July 15 – Cristian Dănălache, Romanian footballer July 16 – Charles Kokougan, French former professional footballer July 25 – Ivan Len, Ukrainian professional footballer August 21 – Jayson Trommel, Dutch footballer August 24 José Bosingwa, Portuguese international Kim Källström, Swedish international Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian club footballer September 2 – Alan Tate, English club footballer September 12 – Kiran Bechan, Dutch footballer October 7 – Jermain Defoe, English international footballer October 9 – Antonio Manuel Viana Mendonça, Angolan footballer October 29 – Gerald Gansterer, Austrian footballer November 17 – – Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer December 1 – Lloyd Doyley, English defender and manager, Jamaican international December 8 – Halil Altıntop, Turkish international footballer December 8 – Hamit Altıntop, Turkish international footballer Deaths January January 3 – Fritz Laband, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (56) August August 30 - Theodor Reimann (61), Slovak footballer (born 1921) September September 3 - Hércules de Miranda, Brazilian forward, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (70) September 14 - Vladislao Cap (48), Argentine footballer and manager (born 1934) November November 8 - Jimmy Dickinson, English midfielder, England Squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (57, heart attack) November 17 - Felix von Heijden (92), Dutch footballer (born 1890) December December 2 - Giovanni Ferrari, Italian midfielder,