19 February – Devon Roberts, Grenadian international footballer 21 February – David Odonkor, German footballer 29 February Darren Ambrose, English footballer Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer March 1 March – Patrick Helmes, German international footballer 4 March – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer 18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer 20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer April 4 April – Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballer 13 April – Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer 29 April – Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer May 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer 14 May – Michael Rensing, German youth international June 1 June Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer 8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international 9 June – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer 11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer 29 June – Ambesager Yosief, Eritrean footballer 30 June Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016) Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer July 4 July – Miguel Soares, Timorese footballer 7 July – Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer 16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer 18 July – Lee Barnard, English club footballer 21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer 27 July – Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer August 1 August – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer 6 August – Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer 22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer 23 August Glen Johnson, English footballer Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer September 7 September Miranda, Brazilian footballer Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer October 3 October – Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international 14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer November 8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer 10 November Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer Jarno Mattila, Finnish club footballer 11 November Stephen Hunt, English club footballer Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer December 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer 20 December – Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer Deaths January February March April May 8 May – Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the Campeonato Paulista with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista . (79) 8 May – William Ling (75), English football referee 11 May – Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup.