The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1965 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
International tournaments
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Births
- January 1 – Khabib Ilyaletdinov, Russian club player
- January 6 – David Byrom, English professional footballer
- January 9 – Iain Dowie, English-Northern Irish footballer, manager and pundit
- January 13 – Bennett Masinga, South African international footballer (died 2013)
- January 25 – Josef Ringel, retired Czech footballer
- February 4 – John van Loen, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
- February 5 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, manager and club owner
- February 15 – Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian footballer and manager
- February 25 – Grafton Holband, Dutch former professional footballer
- March 3 – Dragan StojkoviÃÂ, Serbian international and coach
- March 8 – Juan Hernández RamÃÂrez, Mexican international footballer
- May 4 – Aykut Kocaman, Turkish international
- May 17 – Massimo Crippa, Italian international footballer
- May 23 – Manuel SanchÃÂs Hontiyuelo, Spanish international footballer
- June 7 – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
- June 12 – Carlos Luis Morales, Ecuadorian goalkeeper
- June 30 – Dietmar Drabek, Austrian referee
- July 5 – Abdoulaye Sogue, Senegalese former professional footballer
- July 17 – Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian coach and footballer
- July 18 – Rosanan Samak, Bruneian football coach
- July 27 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan goalkeeper
- July 27 – Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)
- July 30 – Leonel ÃÂlvarez, Colombian footballer
- August 9 – David Kealy, Irish footballer
- August 21 – Juan Lombardi, former Uruguayan footballer
- August 27 – Ange Postecoglou, Greek-born Australian football player and manager
- August 30 – Peter Grant, Scottish football player and manager
- August 31 – Ricardo Gónzalez, Chilean footballer
- September 7
- Enrico Bizzotto, retired Swiss footballer
- Darko PanÃÂev, Macedonian footballer
- September 22 – Christophe Jeannet, French footballer
- September 24 – Roberto Siboldi, Uruguayan footballer
- October 6 – Jürgen Kohler, German international footballer and manager
- November 16 – Mika Aaltonen, Finnish international footballer
- November 17 – Terence Mophuting, Botswanan footballer
- November 24 – Tom Boyd, Scottish footballer
- November 25 – Mauro Blanco, Bolivian footballer
- December 10 – José Aurelio Gay, Spanish football player and manager
Deaths
January
August
October
References