Brazilian footballer March 21 – John McGrath, Irish footballer March 31 Matias Concha, Swedish footballer Dean Clark, English footballer April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer May 14 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer May 18 – Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer June 2 – Abby Wambach, American footballer June 10 – Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer June 12 – Ifet Taljević, Yugoslav-born German club footballer June 26 – Michael Jackson, English club footballer June 30 Rade Prica, Swedish international Sayuti, Indonesian club footballer July 8 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer August 6 Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer August 7 – Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer August 12 – Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer September 6 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer September 9 – Steeve Theophile, French footballer September 17 – Mikhail Nekrasov, former Russian professional footballer September 29 – Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian international October 4 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech international October 9 Kert Kütt, Estonian footballer Amir Nussbaum, Israeli footballer Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer Warren Waugh, English footballer October 23 – Scott Parker, English international October 27 – Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, Indian club footballer (d. 2019) October 28 – Alan Smith, English international November 2 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer November 5 – Christoph Metzelder, German international November 18 – Luke Chadwick, English youth international November 22 – David Artell, English club footballer and manager November 26 – Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev, former Russian professional footballer December 6 – Steve Lovell, English club footballer December 7 – John Terry, English footballer December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer December 31 – Beto Gonçalves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international Date unknown Mohammad Fazel Bratyan, Afghan football player Deaths February February 22 – Pierre Korb, French international footballer (born 1908) March March 1 – Dixie Dean, English international footballer (born 1907) June June 8 – Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian international defender, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (75) June 9 – Miguel Capuccini, Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76) September September 9 – José de Anchieta Fontana, Brazilian international defender, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. (39) References External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats Association football by year