The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1953 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
International tournaments
:Shared by &
:Millonarios FC
:Corinthians
Births
- January 1 â Peter John Taylor, English footballer and manager
- January 4 â Norberto Alonso, Argentinean footballer
- January 6 â Manfred Kaltz, German footballer
- January 28 â Paul Crampton, English former footballer
- March 1 â Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese manager
- March 3 â Zico, Brazilian footballer and manager
- March 11 â László Bölöni, Romanian footballer and manager
- April 1 â Pavol BiroÃ
¡, Czech footballer (died 2020)
- April 1 â Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian manager
- April 10 â Søren Busk, Danish footballer
- April 21 â Hans Verèl, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2019)
- April 28 â Brian Greenhoff, English footballer (died 2013)
- May 6 â Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
- May 22 â Paul Mariner, English footballer (died 2021)
- May 25 â Daniel Passarella, Argentinean footballer and manager
- May 25 â Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (died 1989)
- June 19 â Jan van Deinsen, Dutch footballer
- July 20 â Ladislav Jurkemik, Slovak footballer
- July 22 â René Vandereycken, Belgian footballer and manager
- July 26 â Felix Magath, German footballer and manager
- August 31 â Roger Mostyn, Welsh former professional footballer
- September 15 â Gerrie Kleton, Dutch footballer (died 2006)
- September 24 â Ray Fulton, English former professional footballer
- September 27 â Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
- October 14 â Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (died 2012)
- October 16 â Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager
- October 26 â Stuart Senior, English former footballer
- November 29 â Huub Stevens, Dutch footballer and manager
- December 4 â Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian footballer
Deaths
References