2021 in association football deaths

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This is a list of association football related deaths in 2021:

January

Main page: Deaths in January 2021

January 1: Bernard Guignedoux (73), footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco) and manager (Strasbourg, Valenciennes)
January 1: Clint Boulton (72), footballer (Port Vale, Torquay United)
January 2: Yuri Saukh (69), Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Soviet Union)
January 2: Miquel Ferrer i Aymamí (89), footballer (Barcelona, Real Oviedo)
January 2: Cléber Eduardo Arado (48), footballer (Kyoto Sanga, Coritiba)
January 5: Colin Bell (74), footballer (Bury, Manchester City)
January 5: Tyberii Korponai (62), footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk, Kremin Kremenchuk) and manager (Kremin Kremenchuk)
January 5: Brandãozinho (90), footballer (Palmeiras, OGC Nice, Celta Vigo)
January 7: Alex Apolinário (24), footballer (Cruzeiro, Alverca)
January 8: Otto Geisert (81), footballer (Karlsruher, Kaiserslautern)
January 8: Marian Kondratowicz (79), footballer (Odra Opole)
January 9: Llorenç Rifé (82), footballer (Condal, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña)
January 10: Pedro Casado (83), footballer (Real Madrid, Plus Ultra, Spain)
January 10: Arthur Bramley (91), footballer (Mansfield Town)
January 10: Tosh Chamberlain (86), footballer (Fulham, Dover Athletic)
January 10: Avelino Chaves (89), footballer (Real Valladolid, Granada, Real Zaragoza)
January 10: Tony Gregory (83), footballer (Luton Town, Watford)
January 10: Christopher Maboulou (30), footballer (Châteauroux, Bastia, PAS Giannina)
January 10: Walter Taibo (89), footballer (Huracán, Peñarol, Uruguay)
January 10: Josep Antoni Noya (81), footballer (Sabadell, Atlético Madrid, Granada)
January 10: Bobby Kellard (77), footballer (Southend United, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth, Bristol City, Leicester City, England youths) and manager
January 11: Fabio Enzo, footballer (Roma, Cesena, Novara Calcio)
January 12: Frank Arok, footballer (Jedinstvo) and manager (FK Novi Sad, St George Saints, Australia, South Melbourne)
January 11: Gothard Kokott, footballer (Piast Gliwice, Raków Częstochowa) and manager (Raków Częstochowa, Ruch Radzionków)
January 14: Aleksandr Borisovich Nikitin, footballer (FC Rotor Volgograd) and manager (FC Rotor Volgograd)
January 14: José Luis Caballero, footballer (Mexico), won gold at the 1975 Pan American Games, played at the 1976 Summer Olympics
January 15: Vicente Cantatore, footballer (San Lorenzo, Tigre) and manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Sevilla, Sporting CP, Real Betis)
January 15: Geoff Barnett, footballer (Everton, Arsenal, Minnesota Kicks)
January 16: György Handel, footballer (MTK–VM, Rába ETO, Hungary)
January 16: Daan Netten, footballer (FC Den Bosch)
January 16: Sergei Rodin, footballer (CSKA Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala, Sokol Saratov, Sportakademklub Moscow)
January 16: Daan Netten, footballer (BVV, Den Bosch)
January 17: Roger Machin, referee (Ligue 1, FIFA)
January 18: Dani Shmulevich-Rom, footballer (Maccabi Haifa, Israel)
January 19: José Alves, footballer (Corinthians, Club América)
January 19: Gustavo Peña, footballer (Cruz Azul, Monterrey, Mexico) and manager (Monterrey, Mexico)
January 20: Peter Swan, footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, England)
January 20: John Jeffers, footballer (Port Vale, Stockport County)
January 21: Luton Shelton, footballer (Sheffield United, Vålerenga, Jamaica)
January 21: Calixto Avena, footballer (Millonarios, Atlético Junior, Colombia)
January 22: Johnny Williams, footballer (Watford, Colchester United)
January 23: Abukari Gariba, footballer (Ghana), played at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics
January 23: Peter Gillott, footballer (Barnsley, Chelmsford City)
January 24: Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, footballer (Valur, Celtic, Iceland)
January 24: Barrie Mitchell, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Tranmere Rovers)
January 24: Ron Rafferty, footballer (Grimsby Town, Aldershot)
January 24: 2021 Palmas FR plane crash deaths ( Marcus Molinari, Guilherme Noé, Lucas Praxedes, Ranule)
January 25: Maryan Synakowski, footballer (Sedan-Torcy, Stade Français, France)
January 25: David Bright, manager (Mogoditshane Fighters, Botswana)
January 26: John Mortimore, footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis, Southampton)
January 26: Ryder Mofokeng, footballer (Kaizer Chiefs)
January 27: Jozef Vengloš, footballer (Slovan Bratislava) and manager (Australia, Czechoslovakia, Sporting CP, Aston Villa, Fenerbahçe, Celtic)
January 27: Mehrdad Minavand, footballer (Persepolis, Sturm Graz, Iran)
January 27: José Cruz, footballer (Motagua, Real España, Honduras)
January 28: John Grant, footballer (Hibernain, Scotland)
January 28: Yvon Douis, footballer (Lille, AS Monaco, France)
January 28: Eddie Connachan, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Middlesbrough, Scotland)
January 28: Leslie Brown, footballer (Dulwich Hamlet, Wimbledon, Great Britian)
January 28: Chico Borja, footballer (New York Cosmos, United States) and manager
January 29: Roberto Frojuello, footballer (São Paulo, River Plate, Colo-Colo, Palmeiras, Brazil)
January 29: Varol Ürkmez, footballer (Beşiktaş, Altay SK, Turkey)
January 30: Joop de Klerk, footballer (NEC Nijmegen, VVV-Venlo)
January 31: John Gibbons, footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich Town)
January 31: Justo Tejada, footballer (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Spain)

February

Main page: Deaths in February 2021

February 1: Peter Hindley, footballer (Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United)
February 3: Ali Ansarian, footballer (Persepolis, Shahrdari Tabriz, national team)
February 3: Norbert Owona, footballer (Union Douala, Cameroon)
February 3: Nilson Borges, footballer (Portuguesa-SP, Corinthians, Athletico Paranaense, Coritiba, Bahia)
February 3: Asraf Peerkhan, football chairman (Nickerie Voetbal Bond)
February 3: Benito Boldi, footballer (SPAL, Juventus, Cesena, Biellese)
February 4: Santiago García, footballer (Nacional, Godoy Cruz, Uruguay U-20)
February 4: Ben Hannigan, footballer (Shelbourne, Dundalk, Cork Celtic, League of Ireland XI)
February 5: Wim Vrösch, footballer (Roda JC, Sparta Rotterdam, Fortuna Sittard), and manager (Metalurh Donetsk)
February 6: Ken Roberts, footballer (Aston Villa) and manager (Chester City)
February 6: Columb McKinley, footballer (Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, HK Rangers)
February 6: Abdelkhalek Louzani, footballer (Anderlecht, Crossing Elewijt, Olympic Charleroi) and manager (Moghreb Tétouan, Olympique Khouribga, FUS Rabat, Morocco)
February 7: Mario Osbén, footballer (Cobreloa, Colo-Colo, Unión Española, Chile)
February 7: Béla Lovász, footballer (Komárom VSE, Csepel SC, Dunaújváros)
February 7: Lula Pereira, footballer (Sport Recife, Santa Cruz, Ceará) and manager (Ceará, Guarani, Portuguesa, América Mineiro, Flamengo, Bahia, Al-Hazem)
February 7: Whelan Ward, footballer (Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue)
February 8: Tony Collins, footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Watford) and manager (Rochdale)
February 8: Graham Day, footballer (Bristol Rovers, Portland Timbers)
February 9: Yisa Sofoluwe, footballer (Nigeria)
February 10: Dai Davies, footballer (Everton, Wrexham, Swansea City, Wales)
February 10: Pachín, footballer (Real Madrid, Spain) and manager (Osasuna, Real Valladolid, Levante, Granada)
February 11: John James, footballer (Port Vale, Chester City, Tranmere Rovers)
February 11: John Kirkham, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Peterborough United, England U-23s)
February 11: Mladen Vranković, footballer (HNK Rijeka, Kansas City Spurs) and manager (HNK Rijeka, HNK Šibenik)
February 12: Celso Güity, footballer (Marathón, Sula, Honduras)
February 12: Gianni Beschin, football referee (Serie A, Serie B)
February 12: Maurizio Mattei, football referee (Serie B, Serie A, UEFA)
February 12: Norman Jukes, footballer (York City)
February 13: Alan Woan, footballer (Norwich City, Northampton Town, Crystal Palace, Aldershot)
February 15: Leopoldo Luque, footballer (River Plate, Unión, Argentina)
February 15: Kenny McDevitt, footballer (Tranmere Rovers)
February 15: José Pedrozo, footballer (Sol de América, Club Olimpia, América Miniero, Antofagasta)
February 16: Egbert Mulder, football referee (Eredivisie, UEFA)
February 17: Özcan Arkoç, footballer (Hamburger SV, Beşiktaş, national team)
February 17: John Manning, footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Barnsley, Crewe Alexandra)
February 17: Martí Vergés, footballer (España Industrial, Barcelona, Spain)
February 17: Mike Renshaw, footballer (Blackpool, Dallas Tornado) and manager (Dallas Tornado)
February 19: Faisal Abdulaziz, Bahraini footballer (Al-Muharraq, Barhain)
February 19: Ebba Andersson, women's footballer (Öxabäcks, Sweden)
February 19: Fousiya Mampatta, women's footballer (Kerala) and manager (Kerala)
February 19: Silvio Sérafin, footballer (FC Nancy, RC Franc-Comtois, Angers SCO, AS Angoulême)
February 20: Mauro Bellugi, footballer (Inter Milan, Bologna, Napoli, Italy)
February 22: Jack Bolton, footballer (Raith Rovers, Ipswich Town, Morton, Dumbarton)
February 23: Juan Carlos Masnik, footballer (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Nacional, New York Cosmos, Uruguay) and manager (Nacional)
February 23: Harry Clark, footballer (Darlington, Hartlepool United)
February 23: Willy Ta Bi, footballer (ASEC Mimosas, Atalanta, Ivory Coast)
February 25: Ton Thie, footballer (ADO Den Haag)
February 25: Albert Bers, footballer (Sint-Truiden, Belgium military) and manager (Belgium women's, Puurs Excelsior, Boom FC, Waterschei Thor, Sint-Truiden, Union SG, Beerschot)
February 26: Horacio Moráles, footballer (Club Atlético Atlanta, Unión), represented Argentina at the 1964 Summer Olympics
February 26: Des McAleenan, footballer (Connecticut Wolves) and goalkeeping coach (New York Red Bulls, Al Hilal, Colombia national football team)
February 27: Dante Crippa, footballer (Brescia, Juventus, Reggiana)
February 28: Sabah Abdul-Jalil, footballer (Iraq) and manager (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Naft)
February 28: Glenn Roeder, footballer (Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Watford, England B) and manager (Watford, West Ham United, Newcastle United, Norwich City)

March

Main page: Deaths in March 2021

March 1: Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Wien, Yugoslav national team, Croatian national team) and manager (Croatia Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Croatian national team, Montenegran national team, Al Ahli, Iran U-23)
March 1: Ian St John, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Liverpool, Scotland) and manager (Motherwell, Portsmouth
March 2: Peter Grosser, German footballer (Bayern Munich, 1860 Munich, Austria Salzburg, West German national team) and manager (SpVgg Unterhaching)
March 4: Tengiz Sichinava, Geogrian footballer (Tskhumi Sukhumi, Dinamo Batumi, Lokomotivi Tbilisi, Georgian national team) and manager (Gagra)
March 4: Phil Chisnall, English footballer (Manchester United, Liverpool, Southend United, England U-23s), the last player to directly transfer between Manchester United and Liverpool.
March 4: Willie Whigham, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Middlesbrough)
March 5: Anton Urban, Slovakian footballer (Slovan Bratislava, Wacker Innsbruck, Czechoslovak national team) and manager (Slovan Bratislava)
March 5: Mickey Lewis, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Oxford United)
March 6: Chi Shangbin, Chinese footballer (Liaoning Team, Chinese national team), and manager (Chinese national team (Assistant Manager), Shenzhen Jianlibao, Dalian Aerbin)
March 6: Franco Acosta, Uruguayan footballer (Villarreal B, Atenas, Uruguay U-17, Uruguay U-20)
March 7: Mirko Pavinato, Italian footballer (Lanerossi Vicenza, Bologna, Mantova, Italy B) and manager (San Marino Calcio)
March 8: Roman Pokora, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk) and manager (Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria, Simurq PIK)
March 9: Tommy Troelsen, Danish footballer (Vejle Boldklub, Danish national team) and manager (Denmark U-21)
March 9: Marino Lombardo, Italian footballer (Torino, Cesena, Pescara) and manager (Triestina)
March 10: Mario Boccalatte, Italian footballer (Cossatese, Biellese, Reggiana)
March 10: Mirko Bazić, Croatian footballer (NK Metalac Zagreb, Kozara Gradiška) and manager (Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb)
March 11: Ron Phoenix, English footballer (Manchester City, Rochdale)
March 11: Jimmy Stevenson, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Southend United)
March 12: Uruguay Graffigna, Uruguayan footballer (Unión Española, Pachuca, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle)
March 13: Rostyslav Bahdasarov, Ukrainian footballer (FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, FC Kolos Kovalivka)
March 15: Gilmar Fubá, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Fluminense, Schalke 04, Ulsan Hyundai, Al Ahli)
March 15: Daniel Eon, French footballer (Nantes, French national team)
March 15: Kristof Delorge, Belgian footballer (Sint-Truidense)
March 16: Laurent Zahui, Ivorian footballer (Ivorian national team)
March 16: Borys Rassykhin, Russian footballer (Shakhter Stalino, Karpaty Lviv, Halychyna Drohobych) and manager (Karpaty Lviv, Halychyna Drohobych)
March 16: Erhan Önal, Turkish footballer (Bayern Munich, Standard Liège, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Turkish national team)
March 16: Ahmed Mghirbi, Tunisian footballer (Tunisian national team)
March 16: Aarón Gamal, Mexican footballer (Deportivo Neza, Club Puebla, Tigres UANL, Mexican national team)
March 17: Steve Jagielka, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Accrington Stanley), brother of Phil Jagielka
March 20: Martin de Jager, Dutch football chairman (SBV Excelsior)
March 20: Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Toronto Blizzard, Vancouver Whitecaps, Scotish national team)
March 22: Frank Worthington, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, English national team) and manager.
March 22: Alan Slough, English footballer (Luton Town, Fulham, Peterborough United)
March 22: Barnabas Imenger, Nigerian footballer (Nigerian national team)
March 24: Daniel Guerini, Italian footballer (Lazio)
March 24: Derek Hawksworth, English footballer (Bradford City, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City)
March 24: Enrique Chazarreta, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Olympique Alès, Argentina)
March 26: Hossein Khodaparast, Iranian footballer (Iran), Played at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
March 27: Derek Ufton, English cricketer (Kent), footballer (Charlton Athletic), manager (Plymouth Argyle), and chairman (Charlton Athletic). Member of the Charlton Athletic Hall of Fame.
March 27: Alex Kiddie, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen)
March 2Maurizio Moretti, Italian footballer (SPAL)
March 31: Erwin Piechowiak, German footballer (Hamburger SV)
March 31: Lee Collins, English footballer (Port Vale, Northampton Town, Mansfield Town)
Date Unknown: Len Fletcher, English footballer (Ipswich Town) - Death announced on March 23

April

Main page: Deaths in April 2021

April 2: Valentin Afonin, Russian footballer (SKA Rostov-on-Don, CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union) and manager.
April 3: Remus Câmpeanu, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Cluj)
April 4: Alejandro Alfonso Quijano, Ecuadoran footballer (Barcelona de Ecuador)
April 4: Adolf Kabo, Indonesian footballer (Indonesia)
April 5: Victor Dorodnykh, Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow)
April 7: Antonio Calpe, Spanish footballer (Levante, Real Madrid) and manager (Levante)
April 8: Ñito, Spanish footballer (Tenerife, Valencia, Granada)
April 8: Ton van den Hurk, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven, FC VVV)
April 8: Doug Holden, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, England)
April 9: Roman Kanafotskyi, Ukrainian footballer ( Naftovyk Drohobych, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) and administrator (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, SC Dnipro-1)
April 9: Wolfgang Kaniber, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Osnabrück, RC Strasbourg)
April 9: Daniel Benítez, Venezuelan footballer (Deportivo Táchira, Deportivo La Guaira, Venezuela)
April 9: Maryan Bakalarczyk, Polish footballer (Charleroi, Standard Liège)
April 11: Füzuli Javadov, Azerbaijani footballer (SKA Rostov-on-Don, Neftçi Baku)
April 11: Guillermo Berrío, Colombian footballer (América de Cali, Atlético Huila, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Pereira) and manager (Atlético Huila)
April 11: Colin Baker, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Wales)
April 12: Peter Goy, English footballer (Arsenal, Southend United, Watford)
April 13: Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer, German manager (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund)
April 13: George Reynolds, British businessman and club owner (Darlington)
April 13: Jamal Al-Qabendi, Kuwaiti footballer (Kazma SC, Kuwait)
April 16: Nader Dastneshan, Iranian footballer (Nassaji Mazandaran) and manager (Sanat Mes Kerman, Nassaji Mazandaran, Sanat Naft Abadan)
April 16: Hussain Ahmed, Indian footballer (India), played at the 1956 Summer Olympics
April 17: Wayne Talkes, English footballer (Southampton, Bournemouth)
April 17: Mario Pini, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo Wanderers, Real Valladolid, R.C.D. Mallorca, Sabadell)
April 17: Vladimir Churkin, Soviet/Russian footballer (FSC Rybinsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl) and manager (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
April 18: Tremaine Stewart, Jamaican footballer (Aalesunds, Waterhouse, Jamaica)
April 19: Marin Voinea, Romanian footballer (Progresul București, Siderurgistul Galați, Romania)
April 19: Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer (PSV, MVV, Netherlands)
April 20: Alfred Teinitzer, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, LASK, Austria)
April 20: Listianto Raharjo, Indonesian footballer (Pelita Jaya, Indonesia)
April 20: Jiří Lopata, Czech footballer (Spartak Plzeň) and manager (RH Cheb, Czechoslovakia U-21, Dukla Prague, Bohemians Prague)
April 21: Marian Kosiński, Polsih footballer (Stal Mielec) and manager (Stal Mielec, Karpaty Krosno)
April 21: Alfredo Graciani, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Racing Club, Argentinos Juniors, FC Lugano)
April 22: Roy Strandbakke, Norwegian footballer (Raufoss, Norway)
April 24: Kaare Lindboe, Norwegian referee
April 24: Cataldo Gambino, Italian footballer (Barletta, Lecce, Salernitana, Foggia
April 24: Walter Borthwick, Scottish footballer (East Fife, St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic) and manager (Arbroath)
April 25: Hamid Jasemian, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, Iran)
April 27: Peter Gelson, English footballer (Brentford, Hillingdon Borough)
April 28: Steve Perks, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Torquay United)
April 28: Clyde Leon, Trinidadian footballer (W Connection, Trinidad and Tobago)
April 28: José de la Paz Herrera Uclés, Honduran footballer (Atlético Español) and manager (Olimpia, Real España, Marathón, Honduras, Santos Laguna, Belize)
April 29: Zhang Enhua, Chinsese footballer (Dalian Wanda FC, Grimsby Town, China)

May

Main page: Deaths in May 2021

May 1: Ricardo Alberto Ramírez, Argentine footballer (Racing Club)
May 2: Andrzej Możejko, Polish footballer (Widzew Łódź, Kokkolan Palloveikot)
May 2: Lolly Debattista, Maltese footballer (Floriana, Malta) and manager (Ħamrun Spartans, Valletta, Senglea Athletic)
May 3: Kamel Tchalabi, Algerian footballer (USM Alger, Algeria) and manager
May 3: Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer (Atlético Tucumán, Estudiantes, San Lorenzo, Club León, Atlas, Argentina)
May 3: Volodymyr Nechayev, Ukrainian footballer (Chornomorets Odesa, CSKA Moscow, Kolos Nikopol) and manager.
May 3: Alan Keely, Irish footballer (Shelbourne, Finn Harps, Waterford United)
May 4: Alan McLoughlin, Irish footballer (Swindon Town, Portsmouth, Republic of Ireland) and manager (Swindon Town Academy)
May 4: Steve Conroy, English footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Rochdale
May 4: Omar Hugo Gómez, Argentine footballer (Quilmes)
May 5: Bertil Johansson, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, Sweden) and manager (IFK Göteborg)
May 5: Abelardo González, Spanish footballer (Langreo, Valencia)
May 6: Christophe Revault, French footballer (Le Havre, Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Rennais, Toulouse)
May 6: Aleksandr Guzenko, Russian footballer (Spartak Ryazan, Rotor Volgograd) and manager (FC Zvezda Gorodishche)
May 6: Carlos Timoteo Griguol, Argentine footballer (Atlanta, Rosario Central) and manager (Rosario Central, Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Real Betis)
May 7: Martín Pando, Argentine footballer (Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Lanús, Argentina)
May 7: John Sludden, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Ayr United, Kilmarnock, East Fife) and manager (Bo'ness United)
May 7: Lê Thụy Hải, Vietnamese footballer (CLB Đường Sắt, Vietnam) and manager.
May 7: Antoni Gausí, Spanish footballer (UE Lleida, Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, Real Zaragoza, Levante)
May 8: Sanda Oumarou, Cameroonian footballer (Coton Sport, Al Masry)
May 8: Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Saint Étienne, Bulgaria) and manager.
May 9: James Dean, English footballer
May 10: Fortunato Franco, Indian footballer (Maharashtra, India)
May 10: Giosuè Stucchi, Italian footballer (Udinese, Roma, Brescia)
May 10: Néstor Montelongo, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo Wanderers, Peñarol, Nacional, Racing Club, Uruguay)
May 12: Ivanildo Rozenblad, Surinamese footballer (S.V. Robinhood, Suriname)
May 12: Vadim Logunov, Russian footballer (Metallurg Lipetsk, APK Azov)
May 12: Jiří Feureisl, Czech footballer (Dynamo Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia)
May 13: Nelson Marcenaro, Uruguayan footballer (C.A. Progreso, Portuguesa, Peñarol, Uruguay)
May 13: Jan van 't Hek, Dutch footballer (VVV, Fortuna Sittard)
May 14: Torkild Brakstad, Norweigan footballer (Molde, Norway) and manager (Molde, Tromsø, Rosenborg)
May 16: Rildo da Costa Menezes (Rildo), Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, New York Cosmos, Brazil) and manager.
May 16: Samir Hadjaoui, Algerian footballer (ASO Chief, ES Sétif, Algeria)
May 19: Guillermo Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Oro, Mexico)
May 19: Josep Franch, Spanish footballer (Badalona, Barcelona, Sabadell)
May 19: Serhiy Ferenchak, Ukrainian footballer (Khimik Krasnoperekopsk, Sevastopol, SKChF Sevastopol
May 20: Eric Winstanley, English footballer (Barnsley, Chesterfield) and caretaker manager (Barnsley)
May 20: Sándor Puhl, Hungarian referee.
May 20: Chris Chilton, English footballer (Hull City, Coventry City)
May 20: Len Badger, English footballer (Sheffield United, Chesterfield)
May 20: Faisal Al-Shuhail, Saudi Arabian buisnessman, president (Al-Nahda Club) and vice-president (Saudi Arabian Football Federation)
May 22: Mels Kenetaev, Kazakhstani footballer (Dinamo Tselinograd)
May 22: Francesc Arnau, Spanish footballer (Barcelona B, Barcelona, Málaga)
May 25: Amichai Shoham, Israeli footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Israel)
May 25: Arturo Gentili, Italian footballer (Atalanta, Varese, Triestina)
May 25: Alfonso Barasoain, Spanish manager (Eibar, Barakaldo, Lemona, Amorebieta
May 26: Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer (Juventus, Palermo, Internazionale, Napoli, Italy) and manager (Livorno, Bologna, Genoa, Vicenza, Cremonese, Foggia)
May 28: Zablon Amanaka, Kenyan footballer (Željezničar, East Bengal, Kenya)
May 30: Tonnie van As, Dutch footballer (Vitesse
Date Unknown: Julie Chipchase, British footballer and manager (Doncaster Rovers Belles, Leeds United Women)

June

Main page: Deaths in June 2021

June 1: Samadagha Shikhlarov, footballer (Neftchi Baku, FK Ganca, Soviet Union Olympics)
June 1: Adnan Al Sharqi, footballer (Ansar, Lebanon) and manager (Ansar, Lebanon)
June 1: Silvio Francesconi, footballer (Udinese, Sanremese) and manager
June 2: Giuseppe Perrino, footballer (Ebolitana, Parma)
June 2: Stanislav Lunin, footballer (Shakhter Karagandy, Kairat, Kazakhstan)
June 2: Odero Gon, footballer (Palmanova, Udinese)
June 2: Ottorino Sartor, footballer (Defensor Arica, CNI, Peru)
June 3: Murat Šaran, footballer (Sarajevo, Rijeka)
June 3: Ezio Motta, referee
June 3: Alan Miller, footballer (Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion)
June 4: Loris Dominissini, footballer (Udinese, Triestina, Reggiana) and manager (Udinese, Spezia Calcio, Reggiana)
June 4: Roberto Derlin, footballer (Spezia Calcio, Genoa) and manager.
June 4: Roberto Depietri, footballer (Olimpo, Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), Toluca, Talleres, UNAM)
June 5: Pedro Taberner, footballer (Real Mallorca, Celta de Vigo)
June 5: Kelvin Odenigbo, footballer (NAF Rockets, Vitebsk
June 6: Paul Cahill, footballer (Portsmouth, California Surf)
June 7: Yoo Sang-chul, footballer (Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, Yokohama F. Marinos, Kashiwa Reysol, South Korea) and manager (Daejeon Citizen, Jeonnam Dragons, Incheon United). Member of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament.
June 7: Fulvio Varglien, footballer (Triestina, Livorno, Torino)
June 7: Norbert Thines, football official
June 8: Gennadi Syomin, footballer (SC EShVSM Moscow, Krasnaya Presnya Moscow, FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Rubin Kazan) and manager (FC Dynamo Voronezh, FC Dynamo Voronezh-2, FC Fakel Voronezh)
June 8: John Angus, footballer (Burnley, England)
June 9: Diogo Correa de Oliveira, footballer (Flamengo, Kalmar FF, IFK Norrköping, Consadole Sapporo, Tokushima Vortis)
June 10: Neno, footballer (Barreirense, Vitória Guimarães, S.L. Benfica, Portugal)
June 10: Gheorghe Staicu, footballer (Steaua București) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare, Bihor Oradea, Universitatea Cluj, Romanian Olympics team, Romania women's national team)
June 15: Aleksandr Averyanov, footballer (Sudostroitel Nikolayev, Lokomotiv Moscow) and manager (Tekstilshchik Andijan, Pakhtakor Andijan, Okean Nakhodka, Krylia Sovetov, Orenburg, Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
June 17: Mike Burgess, footballer (Leyton Orient, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Gillingham
June 17: Kamil Ferkhanov, footballer (Pamir Dushanbe, Khodzhent Leninabad, Regar Tursun-Zade, Turbostroitel Kaluga, Volga Ulyanovsk
June 17: Robert Lima, footballer (Peñarol, Club Olimpia, Sporting Cristal, Cerro Largo, Uruguay
June 17: Tubilandu Ndimbi, footballer (AS Vita Club, Zaire)
June 18: Giampiero Boniperti, footballer (Juventus, Italy), football chairmen (Juventus), and politician (Forza Italia
June 19: Spencer Whelan, footballer (Chester City, Shrewsbury Town)
June 20: Lucas Pereira, footballer (Ajaccio
June 20: Peter Rock, footballer (Motor/CZ Jena, East Germany), bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
June 20: Luis del Sol, footballer (Real Betis, Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma, Spain) and manager (Real Betis)
June 21: Jack Bertolini, footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion) and manager (Whitehawk)
June 22: Giancarlo Amadeo, footballer (Pro Patria, Legnano) and manager
June 22: Yaroslav Dumanskyi, footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk)
June 22: Vitaliy Shalychev, footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Tavriya Simferopol, Köpetdag Aşgabat) and manager (Ocean Kerch, Tavriya Simferopol)
June 22: Sergei Shaposhnikov, footballer (CDKA Moscow) and manager (SKA Odesa, SKA Lviv, CSKA Moscow, Chornomorets Odesa, Tavriya Simferopol)
June 23: Bart Van Lancker, assistant manager (Beerschot, Cercle Brugge, Kortrijk), manager (Kortrijk), and physical coach (Beerschot, Sint-Truiden, OH Leuven)
June 23: Daniel Vélez, footballer (Once Caldas, Independiente Medellín, Independiente Santa Fe)
June 24: Misheck Chidzambwa, footballer (Dynamos, Zimbabwe) and manager (Zimbabwe)
June 24: Ludwig Müller, footballer (1. FC Haßfurt, Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha BSC, West Germany)
June 24: Keith Rutter, footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Colchester United)
June 24: Eleazar Soria, footballer (Universitario, Independiente, Sporting Cristal, Peru)
June 25: Marcos Ferrufino, footballer (Always Ready, Club Bolívar, The Strongest, Bolivia) and manager (San José, Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí)
June 26: Jhon Mario Ramírez, footballer (Millonarios, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Cali, Independiente Santa Fe, Colombia) and manager
June 29: Jock Aird, footballer (Burnley, Scotland, New Zealand)
June 29: Petros Leventakos, footballer (Panachaiki, Ethnikos Piraeus, PAS Giannina
June 29: Vicky Peretz, footballer (Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, RC Strasbourg, Stade Rennais, Israel) and manager
June 30: Inge Danielsson, footballer (Helsingborgs IF, Ajax, IFK Norrköping, Sweden)

July

Main page: Deaths in July 2021

July 1: Christian Bottollier, footballer (Nancy)
July 2: Giuliano Zoratti, footballer (Pro Gorizia) and manager (Pro Gorizia, Pro Vercelli, Reggina, Novara, Itala San Marco)
July 2: Matviy Cherkasskiy, footballer (Chornomorets Odesa) and manager
July 4: Hans-Jürgen Ripp, footballer (Hamburger SV, Lüneburger SK)
July 5: Alfredo Obberti, footballer (Huracán, Newell's Old Boys, Gremio, Agrentina)
July 5: Rubén Israel, football manager (Club Sportivo Cerrito , Rampla Juniors, Club Libertad, Santa Fe, El Salvador, Barcelona SC, Millonarios)
July 5: Franco Gallina, footballer (Genoa, Cesena, Atlante) and player-manager (Montreal Cantalia, Toronto Italia)
July 5: Jan Caliński, manager (Śląsk Wrocław)
July 6: Miguel González Pérez, footballer (Atlético Madrid, Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia, Spain) and manager (Atlético Madrid, Real Betis)
July 7: Smaïn Ibrir, footballer (Le Havre, FLN) and manager.
July 7: Józef Gałeczka, footballer (Piast Gliwice, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Poland) and manager (Zagłębie Sosnowiec)
July 7: Henrique Evaristo da Efigénia, footballer (Olhanense)
July 8: Max Griggs, English footwear and football executive (Rushden Town, Irthlingborough Diamonds, Rushden & Diamonds)
July 9: Paul Mariner, footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Arsenal, England) and manager (Plymouth Argyle, Toronto FC)

August

Main page: Deaths in August 2021

August 2: Antonio de la Torre Villalpando, footballer (Pumas UNAM, Club América, Club Puebla, Atlas, Mexico)

September

Main page: Deaths in September 2021

October

Main page: Deaths in October 2021

November

Main page: Deaths in November 2021

December

Main page: Deaths in December 2021

Related pages

2021 in association football

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