Overview of the events of 1987 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1987 throughout the world.
Births
- January 1 – Gasan Gasanov, former Russian professional footballer[1]
- January 2 – Dejan Marijanovič, Slovenian footballer[2]
- January 4
- January 7 – Jimmy Smith, English footballer
- January 10 – Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
- January 12 – Andrey Buyvolov, Russian footballer
- January 21
- January 24 — Wayne Hennessey, Welsh international footballer
- January 25 — Adam Berner, Swedish former footballer[3]
- January 28 — Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer
- February 6 – Tommy De Jong, French-Dutch professional footballer[4]
- February 14
- February 21 – Eniola Aluko, Nigerian-born British football player and manager
- February 23 – Scott Davies, English footballer
- February 27
- March 12 – Omar Abdulrazaq, Syria footballer
- March 13 – Andreas Beck, German international footballer
- March 17 – Adrian Sager, Swiss professional footballer[5]
- March 20
- March 31
- April 9 – Blaise Matuidi, French international 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 Fàbregas, Spanish international footballer
- May 11 — Henrique (Henrique Neris de Brito), Brazilian footballer[7]
- June 12 — Antonio Barragán, Spanish and Galician footballer
- June 24
- June 26 — Samir Nasri, French international footballer
- July 2 — Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
- July 25 — Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer
- July 27 — Vasili Penyasov, former Russian professional football player[8]
- July 28
- August 19 – Richard Stearman, English footballer
- August 24
- September 9 — Abel Dhaira, Ugandan international footballer (died 2016)
- September 22 — David Ledy, retired French footballer[10]
- September 25 — Osman Mohammed, Sudanese footballer
- September 27 — Erdene-Ochiriin Ganzorig, Mongolian international footballer[11]
- September 30 — Rubén Royo, Spanish former footballer[12]
- October 1 — Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
- October 7 — James McArthur, Scottish international footballer
- October 11 — Timo Furuholm, Finnish international footballer
- November 27 — David Terkpertey, Ghanaian footballer[13]
- December 5 – Tommy Fraser, English club footballer
- December 9
- December 18 – Konstantin Lozbinev, Russian former professional footballer[15]
- December 25 – Saoud Qern, Saudi midfielder
Deaths
February
May
October
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Netherlands:
Portugal:
Scotland:
Spain:
Turkey:
Greece
Hungary
Belgium
Poland
Cyprus
