footballer May 28 – Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer June 26 – Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer August 29 – Denis Caniza, Paraguayan footballer September 5 – Ivo Ulich, Czech footballer September 7 – Macamito (Paulo "Macamito" Macamo), Mozambican footballer September 16 – Fricson George, Ecuadorian footballer October 5 – Jeff Strasser, Luxembourgish footballer November 4 – Jérôme Leroy, French footballer. November 9 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer November 10 – Igor Sypniewski, Polish footballer (died 2022) November 16 – Paul Scholes, English footballer December 3 – Damiën Hertog, Dutch footballer December 12 – Franklin Anangonó, Ecuadorian footballer December 20 – Paul Linger, English club footballer December 22 Michael Barron, English club footballer, coach, and manager Dani García, Spanish international December 24 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer Deaths March March 26 – Werner Kohlmeyer, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (49, heart failure) June June 8 – Anfilogino Guarisi, Brazilian/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and first ever Italian player to score in a FIFA World Cup qualification match. (68) June 13 – Ernesto Vidal, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (52) July July 1 – Kick Smit, Dutch footballer. (62) September September 24 – Canhoteiro, Brazilian striker, winner of the Pequena Taça do Mundo of 1955. (41) October October 28 – Everaldo, Brazilian left back, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and active player of Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense . (30 ; car crash) References Association football by year