January • 3 January – •
Oussou Konan Anicet, 32, Ivorian footballer (
Makkasa,
HJK,
Nam Dinh), poisoned. •
Ulysses Kokkinos, 73, Turkish-born Australian footballer (
South Melbourne Hellas,
Melbourne Juventus). • 4 January – •
Javier Astúa, 53, Costa Rican footballer (
Puntarenas,
Palestino,
national team), heart disease. •
Andreas Michalopoulos, 73, Greek footballer (
Panachaiki,
national team). • 5 January – •
Valeriy Gorbach, 53, Tajik footballer (
Fakel Voronezh,
Lokomotiv Liski,
national team), heart failure. •
Marian Machowski, 89, Polish footballer (
Wisła Kraków,
national team). •
Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim, 68, Bangladeshi footballer (
Brothers Union,
national team), oral cancer. •
Mircea Stoenescu, 78, Romanian footballer (
Dinamo București) and referee. • 7 January –
Jimmy Smith, 91, English footballer (
Chelsea,
Leyton Orient). • 8 January –
Keith Todd, 80, Welsh footballer (
Swansea Town,
Pembroke Borough). • 9 January – •
Viktor Chakrygin, 37, Russian footballer (
Dynamo Makhachkala,
Zenit Penza,
Anzhi Makhachkala). •
Abdelkrim Kerroum, 85, Algerian footballer (
FC Sète 34,
Troyes,
national team). • 10 January – •
Alfred Gager, 79, Austrian footballer (
Austria Wien,
Wacker Wien,
national team). •
Glyn Jones, 85, English footballer (
Sheffield United,
Rotherham United,
Mansfield Town). (death announced on this date) • 11 January –
Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, 27, Turkish footballer (
Galatasaray,
Konyaspor,
national team), traffic collision. • 12 January – •
Stjepan Lamza, 81, Croatian footballer (
Dinamo Zagreb,
Châteauroux,
Yugoslavia national team). •
Shebby Singh, 61, Malaysian footballer (
Johor,
Kuala Lumpur,
national team), heart attack. •
Joseph Zangerle, 72, Luxembourgish footballer (
Union Luxembourg,
national team). • 13 January –
Giacomo Vianello, 74, Italian footballer (
Como). • 14 January –
Lol Morgan, 90, English footballer (
Rotherham United,
Darlington) and manager (
Norwich City). • 15 January – •
Paul Hinshelwood, 65, English footballer (
Crystal Palace). •
Robert Péri, 80, French footballer (
Bordeaux,
FC Metz,
Toulon). • 16 January –
Jamie Vincent, 46, English footballer (
Bournemouth,
Portsmouth,
Swindon Town), heart attack. • 17 January –
Jackie Fisher, 96, English footballer (
Millwall,
Bournemouth). • 18 January –
Paco Gento, 88, Spanish footballer (
Real Madrid). • 19 January –
Hans-Jürgen Dörner, 70, East German football player (
Dynamo Dresden) and manager (
Werder Bremen) • 21 January – •
Marcel Mauron, 92, Swiss footballer (
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds,
national team). •
Howard Radford, 91, Welsh footballer (
Bristol Rovers). • 22 January –
António Lima Pereira, 69, Portuguese footballer (
Porto,
Maia,
national team). • 24 January –
Borislav Stevanović, 46, Serbian footballer (
Radnički Niš,
Rad,
BASK). • 25 January – •
Dojčin Perazić, 76, Montenegrin footballer (
Red Star Belgrade,
Vojvodina,
FC Den Haag). •
Wim Jansen, 75, Dutch football player (
Feyenoord) and manager (Feyenoord,
Celtic)
February • 1 February – •
Sergei Anashkin, 60, Kazakh footballer (
national team). • 2 February – •
Djilali Abdi, 78, Algerian footballer (
national team). •
Ivano Comba, 61, Italian footballer (
Sant'Angelo,
Piacenza,
Rondinella). • 3 February –
Alex Ingram, 77, Scottish footballer (
Queen's Park,
Ayr United,
Nottingham Forest), complications from dementia. • 4 February – •
Davie Cattanach, 75, Scottish footballer (
Falkirk,
Celtic,
Stirling Albion). •
Steve Finney, 48, English footballer (
Swindon Town,
Carlisle United,
Chester City). •
Rolando Gonçalves, 77, Portuguese footballer (
Porto,
national team).
March • 3 March –
Otto Schweizer, 97, German footballer (
Bayern Munich) • 6 March –
Frank O'Farrell, 94, Irish football player (
West Ham United,
Preston North End) and manager (
Manchester United) • 8 March –
Tomás Boy, 70, Mexican football player (
Tigres UANL) and manager (
Morelia,
Atlas,
Cruz Azul)
April • 13 April –
Freddy Rincón, 55, Colombian footballer (
América de Cali,
Napoli,
Real Madrid,
Corinthians) • 16 April –
Joachim Streich, 71, East German football player (
Hansa Rostock,
1. FC Magdeburg) and manager (1. FC Magdeburg) •
Leo Wilden, 85, German footballer (
1. FC Köln)
June • 1 June –
Geoff Hunter, 62, English footballer (
Crewe Alexandra,
Port Vale,
Wrexham) • 5 June –
Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, 39, Iraqi footballer (
Al-Talaba)
July • 2 July –
Andy Goram, 58, Scottish footballer (
Oldham Athletic,
Hibernian,
Rangers) • 11 July –
Víctor Benítez, 86, Peruvian footballer (
Boca Juniors,
AC Milan,
Roma,
Inter Milan) • 15 July –
Georgi Yartsev, 74, Russian football player (
Spartak Moscow) and coach (Spartak Moscow,
national team) •
John Hughes, 79, Scottish football player (
Celtic,
national team) and manager (
Stranraer). •
Andrejs Rubins, 43, Latvian footballer (
Skonto,
Crystal Palace,
national team). •
Hans Weilbächer, 88, German footballer (
Eintracht Frankfurt,
West Germany national team). • 15 August –
Lenny Johnrose, 52, English footballer (
Blackburn Rovers,
Bury,
Burnley,
Swansea City) • 28 August –
Sammy Chung, 90, English football player (
Watford) and manager
Wolverhampton Wanderers)
September • 7 September -
Piet Schrijvers, 75, Dutch football player (
FC Twente,
Ajax) and manager (
AZ Alkmaar) • 29 December - •
Pelé, 82, Brazilian footballer (
Santos,
New York Cosmos,
national team) •
John Jackson, 80, English footballer, (
Crystal Palace,
Leyton Orient) ==References==