The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1987 throughout the world.
Events
Winner club national championships
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
International Tournaments
Births
- January 1
- Abdullah Eisa, Emirati footballer
- Gasan Gasanov, former Russian professional footballer
- Saad Hosny, Egyptian footballer
- January 2 – Dejan MarijanoviÃÂ, Slovenian footballer
- January 3 – Damien Moulin, French professional footballer
- January 4
- Kay Voser, Swiss footballer
- Danny Simpson, English footballer
- January 7 – Jimmy Smith, English footballer
- January 10 – Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
- January 12 – Andrey Buyvolov, Russian footballer
- January 21
- Andrei Cojocari, Moldovan international
- Alexander Dercho, German club footballer
- Henrico Drost, Dutch youth international
- Will Johnson, Canadian international
- Kevin Kratz, German club footballer
- Mulopo Kudimbana, Congolese international
- Danny Munyao, Zambian international
- Nyasha Mushekwi, Zimbabwean international
- January 24 — Wayne Hennessey, Welsh international footballer
- January 25 — Adam Berner, Swedish former footballer
- January 26 — Hérick (Hérick Samora da Silva), Brazilian footballer
- January 28 — Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer
- February 1 РWilliam Espa̱a, Ecuadorian footballer
- February 3 – Javi Barranco, Spanish footballer
- February 6 – Tommy De Jong, French-Dutch professional footballer
- February 14
- Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
- José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
- February 20 РJenimy, Ṣo Tom̩an footballer
- February 21 – Eniola Aluko, Nigerian-born British football player and manager
- February 23 – Scott Davies, English footballer
- February 26 – Klevis Gjoni, Albanian footballer
- February 27
- Maximiliano Moralez, Argentinian footballer
- Sandy Paillot, French footballer
- Javi Salero, Spanish footballer
- March 10 – Rolando Barra, Bolivian footballer
- March 12 – Omar Abdulrazaq, Syria footballer
- March 13 – Andreas Beck, German international footballer
- March 17 – Adrian Sager, Swiss professional footballer
- March 19 – Jairo Talledo, Peruvian footballer
- March 20
- March 31
- Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
- Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
- Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
- KÃÂ¥re Björkstrand, Finnish footballer
- Justin Braun, American soccer player
- Carl Dickinson, English footballer
- Eros Pisano, Italian footballer
- Aridane Santana, Spanish footballer
- April 2 – Kim Kintziger, Luxembourgish international footballer
- April 4 РFuma̤a (Jonatha Alves da Silva), Brazilian former footballer
- April 9 – Blaise Matuidi, French international footballer
- April 15 – Giorgio Conrotto, Italian footballer
- April 16 — Aaron Lennon, English international footballer
- April 22 — Mikel John Obi, Nigerian international footballer
- April 23 — Francesco Montella, Italian footballer
- May 4 — Cesc FÃÂ bregas, Spanish international footballer
- May 11 — Henrique (Henrique Neris de Brito), Brazilian footballer
- May 12 — Nargiz Pashayeva, Azerbaijani former footballer
- May 22 — Arturo Vidal, Chilean international footballer
- May 24 — Anzhela Temirova, Azerbaijani former footballer
- June 12 — Antonio Barragán, Spanish and Galician footballer
- June 24
- Serdar GüneÃ
Â, Turkish footballer
- Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
- Josh Lillis, English footballer
- Lionel Messi, Argentine international footballer
- June 26 — Samir Nasri, French international footballer
- July 2 — Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
- July 3 — Oscar Magaña, Chilean footballer
- July 6 — Mubarak Al Beloushi, Kuwaiti footballer
- July 20 — Michael Cavallaro, Australian Italian footballer
- July 23 — Rene Carter, Caymanian footballer
- July 25 — Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer
- July 27 — Vasili Penyasov, former Russian professional football player
- July 28
- Yasser Corona, Mexican defender
- Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian international
- Pedro, Spanish footballer
- July 31 РMarco Andr̩, Portuguese footballer
- August 19 – Richard Stearman, English footballer
- August 22 – Tomasz Ostalczyk, Polish footballer
- August 24
- Jonathan Ruttens, Belgian retired footballer
- Nicola Segato, Italian footballer
- Masaki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
- Ri Jun-il, North Korean football player
- August 30 — Hamza Testouri, Tunisian football footballer
- September 2 — Nazar Penkovets, professional Ukrainian footballer
- September 9 — Abel Dhaira, Ugandan international footballer (died 2016)
- September 14 — Emrah Tuncel, Turkish footballer
- September 15 — Odai Amr, Saudi footballer
- September 21 — Marvin Ellmann, German footballer
- September 22 — David Ledy, retired French footballer
- September 25 — Osman Mohammed, Sudanese footballer
- September 27 — Erdene-Ochiriin Ganzorig, Mongolian international footballer
- September 30 — Rubén Royo, Spanish former footballer
- October 1 — Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
- October 7 — James McArthur, Scottish international footballer
- October 9 — Ján NemÃÂek, Slovak footballer
- October 11 — Timo Furuholm, Finnish international footballer
- November 5 — Vicente Flor, Spanish footballer
- November 13 — Patrick Niklas, Austrian footballer
- November 21 — Gunnar Haraldsen, Faroese former footballer
- November 27 — David Terkpertey, Ghanaian footballer
- December 2 – Isaac Promise, Nigerian international (d. 2019)
- December 3 – Justo Nguema, Equatorial Guinean football manager and former footballer
- December 5 – Tommy Fraser, English club footballer
- December 9
- Adriano, Brazilian footballer
- Karim Benzema, French international footballer
- December 18 – Konstantin Lozbinev, Russian former professional footballer
- December 25 – Saoud Qern, Saudi midfielder
- December 27 – Pako Lekgari, Botswana international footballer
Deaths
February
May
October
November
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