The following are the association football events of the year 1980 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
International Tournaments
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National Teams
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Births
- January 6 – Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer
- January 12 – Michael Niedrig, German former footballer
- January 14 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese international
- January 22 – Ibón Larrazábal, Spanish retired footballer
- January 25 – Xavi, Spanish footballer
- February 1
- Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
- Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
- February 6 – Shaun Hadley, English former professional footballer
- February 9 – Jean-Reck Ah Fok, Mauritian footballer
- February 15 – Elvis Marecos, Paraguayan footballer
- February 20
- Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
- Thijs Sluijter, Dutch footballer
- February 28 – Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
- March 4 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
- March 8 – Aridani Arbelo, Spanish footballer
- March 13 – Dani Ferron, Andorran footballer
- March 14 – Aaron Brown, English footballer
- March 15 – Hugo Notario, Argentine footballer
- March 20 – Thomas Levaux, French professional footballer
- March 21
- John McGrath, Irish footballer
- Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
- March 31
- Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
- Dean Clark, English footballer
- April 3 – Marcin Makuch, Polish footballer
- April 7 РJ̩r̩mie Peiffer, Luxembourgian footballer
- April 17 – Leonid Lazaridi, former Russian footballer
- April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
- May 5 – Youssou Diop, Senegalese retired footballer
- May 14 – ZdenÃÂk Grygera, Czech footballer
- May 18 РDiego P̩rez, Uruguayan footballer
- May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- June 2 – Abby Wambach, American women's soccer player
- June 10
- Edgard Lima, Brazilian footballer
- Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
- June 12
- Ifet TaljeviÃÂ, Yugoslav-born German club footballer
- Mohammed Usman, Nigerian footballer
- June 26 – Michael Jackson, English club footballer
- June 30
- Rade Prica, Swedish international
- Sayuti, Indonesian club footballer
- July 8 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
- August 6
- Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
- Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
- August 7 – Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer
- August 12 – Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
- September 6
- Sergei Sholokhov, former Russian professional footballer
- Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
- September 7 – Zakhele Manyatsi, Swaziland international footballer
- September 9 – Steeve Theophile, French footballer
- September 10 – Willy Eras, Costa Rican professional footballer
- September 17 – Mikhail Nekrasov, former Russian professional footballer
- September 18 – Marco Antonio Mendoza, Mexican footballer
- September 29 – Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian international
- October 3 – Dalibor MitroviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- October 4 – TomáÃ
¡ Rosický, Czech international
- October 5 – Lartee Jackson, Liberian former footballer
- October 9
- Kert Kütt, Estonian footballer
- Amir Nussbaum, Israeli footballer
- Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer
- Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer
- Warren Waugh, English footballer
- October 23 – Scott Parker, English international
- October 27 – Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, Indian club footballer (d. 2019)
- October 28 – Alan Smith, English international
- October 29 РArthur (Arthur Teixeira Vi̩gas), Brazilian footballer
- November 2 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
- November 3 – Bernard Morreel, Belgian retired footballer
- November 4 – Tuda Murphy, Caymanian footballer
- November 5 – Christoph Metzelder, German international
- November 18 – Luke Chadwick, English youth international
- November 22 – David Artell, English club footballer and manager
- November 26 – Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev, former Russian professional footballer
- December 6 – Steve Lovell, English club footballer
- December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
- December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
- December 27 – Mladen Ã
½iÃ
¾oviÃÂ, Bosnian football player and manager (d. 2025)
- December 31 РBeto Gon̤alves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international
Deaths
February
- February 22 â Pierre Korb, French international footballer (born 1908)
March
- March 1 â Dixie Dean, English international footballer (born 1907)
June
September
References
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