The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
International tournaments
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Births
- January 1
- Christos Kiourkos, retired Greek footballer
- Lilian Thuram, French international footballer
- January 2 – Eduardo Pereira, Timorese footballer
- January 3 – Manuel MartÃÂnez, Mexican international footballer
- January 5 – Richard Sosa, Uruguayan former footballer
- January 8
- Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
- Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer
- Esteban Valencia, Chilean international footballer
- January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer
- January 16
- Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
- Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer
- Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
- Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
- January 29
- Artur Belotserkovets, Russian former professional footballer
- Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer
- February 11 – Steve McManaman, English international footballer
- February 20 – Andrei Nemykin, Russian footballer
- March 2 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentine football player and manager
- March 3
- Darren Anderton, English international footballer
- Karel Poborský, Czech international footballer
- March 17
- Mia Hamm, American women's soccer player
- Antonis Papadimitriou, retired Greek footballer
- March 23 – Daniel Prodan, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
- March 28 РP̩ter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer
- March 29 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
- April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer
- April 28 – Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran international footballer
- May 8 РJos̩ Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer
- May 10 – RadosÃ
Âaw Majdan, Polish goalkeeper
- May 13 – Gytis Padimanskas, Lithuanian professional footballer
- June 15 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
- June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French international footballer
- August 7 – Goran VlaoviÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- August 30 – Pavel NedvÃÂd, Czech international footballer
- September 8 – Markus Babbel, German international footballer and manager
- September 9 – Alexandre Clot, retired Swiss footballer
- September 10 РJọo Carlos dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer
- September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer
- September 29 РBj̦rn Arens, retired German footballer
- October 1 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
- October 2 – Jacob Eli Olsen, Faroese former footballer
- October 11 – Hajnalka Sipos, Hungarian footballer
- November 2 – Derlis Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
- November 2 – DarÃÂo Silva, Uruguayan footballer
- November 4 – LuÃÂs Figo, Portuguese international footballer
- November 11 – Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer
- December 11 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2014)
- December 16 – Aleksei Morochko, former Russian footballer
- December 22 – Claudio Guerra, former Uruguayan footballer
- December 29 РLosseni Konat̩, Ivorian footballer
- December 31 – Roberto Baldassari, retired Swiss footballer
Deaths
- June 9 – Caesar ten Cate, Dutch international footballer (born 1890)
- September 16 – Jan de Natris (76), Dutch international footballer (born 1895)
References