The following are the association football events of the year 1981 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
International tournaments
:Abandoned following severe civil unrest in Northern Ireland.
National teams
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Movies
Births
- January 1 â Mladen PetriÃÂ, Croatian international
- January 2
- Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
- Maxi RodrÃÂguez, Argentine footballer
- January 9 â Ebi Smolarek, Polish international
- January 10 â James Coppinger, English club footballer
- January 15 â El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese international
- January 19 â Lucho González, Argentine international
- January 20 â Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born English footballer
- January 21
- Ivan ErgiÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Roberto Guana Italian footballer
- Mohd Amri Yahyah, Malaysian international
- January 23 â Lee Dong-geun, South Korean former footballer
- January 25
- Rodrigo Calaça, Brazilian footballer
- Dmitry Izvekov, former Russian professional footballer
- January 26 â Fernando Curcio, Uruguayan footballer
- January 28 â Thomas Schlieter, German footballer
- January 30
- Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
- Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer
- Peter Crouch, English footballer
- February 13
- Durahim Jamaluddin, Malaysian international (d. 2018)
- Liam Miller, Irish international (d. 2018)
- February 18 â Ivan Sproule, Northern Ireland international
- February 21 â Nery Fernández, Paraguayan former professional footballer
- February 23 â Gareth Barry, English footballer
- February 24
- Felipe Baloy, Panamanian international
- Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
- February 25 â Park Ji Sung, South Korea footballer
- February 27 â Alessandro Rottoli, Italian professional footballer
- March 9 â Didi Longuet, former professional footballer
- March 10 â Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian international
- March 15 â Aymen Mnafeg, Tunisian footballer
- March 16 â Johannes Aigner, Austrian footballer
- March 18 â Cristián Basaure, Chilean former footballer
- March 19
- Maksim Arap, former Russian footballer
- Matt Haddrell, English footballer
- Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
- March 27 â Terry McFlynn, British footballer
- March 29 â Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2018)
- March 31 â Wolfgang Bubenik, Austrian footballer
- April 8 â Cédric Faivre, French professional football
- April 9 â Ireneusz JeleÃ
Â, Polish international
- April 12 â Nicolás Burdisso, Argentinian footballer
- April 29 â George McCartney, Northern Ireland international
- May 7 â Azrine Effendy Sa'duddin, Malaysian footballer
- May 8
- Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
- Sam Ketsekile, Mosotho footballer
- Shimane Kgope Ntshweu, Botswana footballer
- May 13 â Carciano, Brazilian footballer
- May 15 â Patrice Evra, Senegalese-born French international
- May 27 â Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
- May 31
- Josefine Krengel, German footballer
- Neddy Rose, Seychellois footballer
- June 4 â Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek international
- June 10 â Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
- June 13 â Danny Curran, English former footballer
- June 16 â David Buxo, Andorran footballer
- June 17 â Doddy ÃÂdouard, Mauritian footballer
- June 18 â Denis Shevelev, former Russian professional footballer
- June 21 â ðbrahim ÃÂztürk, Turkish club footballer
- June 22
- Mathias Abel, German footballer
- Péter Bajzát, Hungarian footballer
- Ronald Spuller, Austrian retired professional footballer
- June 23 â Björn Schlicke, German youth international
- June 27
- Jennifer Molina, Mexican female footballer
- Jean-Renaud Nemouthé, French retired footballer
- Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (d. 2016)
- July 2 â Baptiste Lafleuriel, former French professional footballer
- July 10 â Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian international
- July 14 â Khaled Aziz, Saudi Arabian midfielder
- July 16 â Paulo (Gideon Paulo da Silva), Brazilian footballer
- July 19 â Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian club footballer
- July 20 â Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
- July 28 â Michael Carrick, English footballer
- July 30 â Bruno Parente, retired Portuguese footballer
- August 4 â Hadson, Brazilian midfielder
- August 8 â Witold Sabela, Polish former professional footballer
- August 10 â Malek Mouath, Saudi Arabian footballer
- August 12 â Oliver ÃÂokiÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- August 21 â BenjamÃÂn Ruiz, Chilean footballer
- August 24 â Mickaël Germain, Guadelopean former professional footballer
- August 27 â Fernando MartÃÂn, Spanish footballer (d. 2025)
- September 1
- Mana Nopnech, Thai retired professional footballer
- Maksim Rybalko, former Russian professional football player
- September 9 â Pacheta (Héctor Carrasco Rojo), Spanish professional footballer
- September 11 â Victor Kros, Dutch footballer
- September 22 â Alma Martinéz, Mexican female footballer
- September 23 â Jay Murray, English footballer
- October 1 â Ivan Semenets, former Russian professional footballer
- October 3
- Zlatan IbrahimoviÃÂ, Swedish footballer
- Andreas Isaksson, Swedish football goalkeeper
- Iván Pailós, Uruguayan footballer
- October 6 â Mikael Dorsin, Swedish footballer
- October 8 â Chris Killen, New Zealand international
- October 9 â Ryoichi Maeda, Japanese international
- October 12 - Shola Ameobi, Nigerian international
- October 13 - Koen Brack, Dutch footballer
- October 21 - Yohan Viola, Dominican Republic footballer
- October 23
- Marcin Folc, Polish footballer
- Olivier Occéan, Canadian international
- October 24 â Soeris Baidjoe, Dutch footballer
- October 28 â Milan BaroÃ
¡, Czech footballer
- November 8 â Joe Cole, English footballer
- November 20
- Espen Hoff, Norwegian footballer
- ðbrahim Toraman, Turkish international footballer
- November 21 â Martin van Leeuwen, Dutch footballer
- November 22 â Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish international
- November 25 â Xabi Alonso, Spanish international
- December 3 â David Villa, Spanish footballer
- December 3
- Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
- Aleksandr Galakhov, former Russian professional footballer
- December 6 â Gil Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
- December 12 â Federico Tafani, Italian footballer
- December 20 â Leo Bertos, New Zealand international
- December 21 â Cristian Zaccardo, Italian international defender
- December 28 â Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
- December 30 â Umar Karsanov, former Russian professional footballer
- December 31 â Dadi Mayuma, Congolese former footballer
Deaths
January
May
June
August
September
- September 22 â Néstor Carballo, Uruguayan international footballer (born 1929)
October
November
December
References
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