1979 in association football
Overview of the events of 1979 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1979 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North and Central America
Oceania
South America
International tournaments
England
Births
January 2 – Jonathan Greening , English footballer and coach
January 4 – Shergo Biran , German footballer
January 12 – Grzegorz Rasiak , Polish footballer
January 15 – Martin Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
January 26 – Maksym Kalynychenko , Ukrainian footballer
January 30 – Possato (Alan dos Santos Possato), Brazilian footballer[ 1]
February 2 – Daniel Bierofka , German footballer
February 4 – Dida , Brazilian footballer[ 2]
February 13 – Rafael Márquez , Mexican footballer
February 19 – Steve Cherundolo , American soccer player
February 20 – Denis Fladung , former Russian professional footballer[ 3]
March 2 – Damien Duff , Irish footballer
March 4 – Vyacheslav Malafeev , Russian footballer
March 14 – Neftalí Luna , Spanish retired footballer[ 4]
March 22 – Aldo Duscher , Argentine footballer
April 3 – Christoph Spatzenegger , Austrian footballer[ 5]
April 5 – Timo Hildebrand , German footballer
April 12 – Tobias Linderoth , Swedish footballer
April 20 – Ludovic Magnin , Swiss footballer
April 26 – Fereydoon Zandi , Iranian-German footballer
May 2 – Michael Brunswijk , Dutch former footballer[ 6]
May 11 – Tomás Jiménez , Spanish retired footballer[ 7]
May 19
May 25 – Marek Klimczok , Polish former professional footballer[ 8]
May 29 – Arne Friedrich , German footballer
May 30 – Fabian Ernst , German footballer
May 31 – Jean-Pascal Biezen , Dutch retired professional footballer[ 9]
June 4 – Naohiro Takahara , Japanese footballer
June 7 – Kevin Hofland , Dutch footballer
June 19 – José Kleberson , Brazilian footballer
July 14 – Sergei Ignashevich , Russian footballer
July 16 – Joé Flick , Luxembourgian footballer[ 10]
July 26 – Paul Freier , German footballer
July 27 – Antonio Sarmiento , Spanish footballer[ 11]
August 7 – Pablo Salinas , Bolivian footballer
August 12 – Júnior Izaguirre , Honduran footballer
August 27 – Thierry Bayock , Cameroonian footballer[ 12]
August 28 – Bojan Gojak , Serbian former footballer[ 13]
August 29 – Amjad Al-Shuaibi , Jordanian footballer[ 14]
September 10 – Raúl Gaitán , Spanish retired footballer[ 15]
September 11
September 13 – Julio de León , Honduran footballer
September 15 – Dadash Kazikhanov , former Russian professional footballer[ 16]
October 8 – Doyle Vaca , Bolivian footballer
October 9 – Gonzalo Sorondo , Uruguayan footballer
October 15 – Paul Robinson , English footballer
October 18 – Jaroslav Drobny , Czech footballer
October 22 – Alex Matshameko , Motswana former footballer[ 17]
October 23 – Simon Davies , Welsh footballer
October 30 – Simone Berardi , Italian former footballer
November 2 – Marián Čišovský , Slovak footballer (d. 2020 )[ 18]
November 5
November 15 – Rowan Hendricks , South African footballer
November 19 – Bentley Springer , Barbadian footballer[ 19]
November 20 – Dmitri Bulykin , Russian footballer
November 21 – Vincenzo Iaquinta , Italian footballer
December 7 – Diego Bengolea , Bolivian footballer
December 14
December 20 – Ashley Cole , English footballer
December 26 – Stephano Wooding , Dutch former professional footballer[ 20]
December 30 – Hernán Boyero , Argentine footballer
Deaths
February
April
April 11 – Mohamed Akid , Tunisian forward, capped 52 times for the Tunisia national football team . (29)
April 18 – Pedro Arico Suárez , Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (70)
April 19 – August Sackenheim , German forward, capped 4 times for the Germany national football team . (73)
April 22 – Amedeo Biavati , Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup . (64)
April 30 – Jaap Bulder , Dutch forward, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics . (82)
July
August
December
Movies
References
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