The following are the association football events of the year 1988 throughout the world.
Events
National club championships winners
Africa
Asia
Europe
*Greenland was not affiliated with UEFA and never has been, but it's part of the sovereign state of Denmark which is located in Europe.
North and South America
Oceania
International tournaments
Births
January
- 1 January:
- Diego Basto, Colombian footballer
- Sékou Fadiga, Ivorian footballer
- Isaac Mattia, South Sudanese footballer
- 3 January: Crispin Olando, Kenyan international footballer
- 4 January:
- Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer
- Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer
- 8 January:
- Vitaliy Hoshkoderya, Ukrainian footballer
- Adrián López, Spanish footballer
- Michael Mancienne, English footballer
- 9 January: Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
- 20 January:
- Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian international
- Jougle (Jougle Manoel Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer
- Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer
- 23 January: Marko Ã
 imiÃÂ, Croatian junior international
- 28 January: Alaa Ali, Egyptian footballer (d. 2019)
- 29 January: Bohdan Karkovskyi, Ukrainian former professional footballer
February
- 3 February: Pouria Gheidar, Iranian footballer
- 4 February: Sergei Yuvenko, Russian professional football player
- 12 February:
- Linda Bengtsson, Swedish footballer
- Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine international football player
- 23 February: Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine international football player
- 24 February: Levi Hanssen, New Zealand/Faroe Islands footballer
- 26 February: ðsmail Baydil, Turkish footballer
- 28 February: Jorge Gastélum, Mexican footballer
- 29 February:
- Mikel Balenziaga, Spanish footballer
- Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas, Brazilian footballer
- Scott Golbourne, English footballer
- Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
- Viktor Prodell, Swedish footballer
- Evgeni Cheremisin, Russian footballer
- Hamza Ziad, Algerian footballer
March
April
- 2 April: Edinaldo (Edinaldo Malcher de França Filho), Brazilian footballer
- 3 April: Tim Krul, Dutch international
- 11 April: Oleg Sibalov, Russian professional football player
- 12 April: Fred Santana, Brazilian footballer
- 23 April: Vitali Seletskiy, Russian professional football coach and former player
May
- 2 May; Ahn Il-joo, South Korean professional footballer
- 4 May:
- Artur Gieraga, Polish footballer
- Michael Ludäscher, Swiss footballer
- 15 May: Ruslan Tarala, former Russian professional footballer
- 17 May: Jennison Myrie-Williams, English youth international
- 21 May: Jonny Howson, English footballer
- 23 May: Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
- 25 May: Adrián González Morales, Spanish junior international
- 29 May:
- Ã
Âukasz Bocian, Polish footballer
- Alex Porfirio, Brazilian footballer
June
July
August
September
- 2 September: Javi MartÃÂnez, Spanish international footballer
- 5 September:
- Nuri Ã
Âahin, Turkish footballer
- Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian association footballer
- 12 September: Aleksei Buryanov, former Russian professional footballer
- 13 September: Luis RenterÃÂa, Panamanian international footballer (died 2014)
- 18 September:
- Ferdinand Sinaga, Indonesian international
- 19 September: José Pedro Sousa, Portuguese football
- 23 September: Anthony Straker, English footballer
- 25 September: Chinta Chandrashekar Rao, Indian footballer
- 28 September: Alex Marello, Canadian professional soccer player
October
November
December
Deaths
- January 27 â Kemal Faruki, Turkish football player (77)
- February 8 â Pietro Arcari, Italian forward, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and one of four Italian players who won the FIFA World Cup while never being capped. (78)
- February 26 â Euclydes Barbosa, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (82)
- March 13 â Rodolpho Barteczko, Brazilian striker, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (77)
- March 16 â Erich Probst, Austrian football player (60)
- October 19 â Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça, Brazilian goalkeeper, the inaugural goalkeeper for Brazil National Football Team and winner of the 1919 South American Championship and 1922 South American Championship. (93)
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