Overview of the events of 2009 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 2009 throughout the world.
Deaths
January
2 January – Ian Greaves (76), English defender and manager[5]
2 January – Ryuzo Hiraki (77), Japanese defender and national team manager
2 January – Kamel Karia (58), Tunisian goalkeeper[citation needed
4 January – Lei Clijsters (52), Belgian defender and coach, father of Kim Clijsters
4 January – Arvid Knutsen (80), Norwegian forward and coach
5 January – Jimmy Rayner (73), English striker
6 January – Shmuel Ben Dror (84), Israeli midfielder, scorer of the first ever goal of the Israel national football team
6 January – Charlie Thomson (78), Scottish goalkeeper
7 January – Alfie Conn, Sr. (82), Scottish forward
8 January – Alberto Eliani (86), Italian defender
9 January – Victor Mosa (63), Italian/French defender[citation needed
10 January – Jack Wheeler (89), English goalkeeper
12 January – Friaça , (84) Brazilian forward, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup
13 January – Tommy Casey (78), Northern Irish midfielder
14 January – Tomi Jalo (50), Finnish midfielder
16 January – Cláudio Milar (35), Uruguayan striker, traffic accident
17 January – Tomislav Crnković (79), Croatian defender
19 January – Joop Wille (88), Dutch goalkeeper
20 January – Johnny Dixon (85), English striker
21 January – Jaime Belmonte (74), Mexican midfielder, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup
21 January – Vic Crowe (76), Welsh midfielder
21 January – Peter Persidis (61), Austrian defender[6]
22 January – Clément Pinault (23), French defender, heart attack
24 January – Fernando Cornejo (39), Chilean midfielder, cancer
24 January – Karl Koller (79), Austrian midfielder
26 January – Ivan Jensen (76), Danish midfielder
27 January – Aubrey Powell (90), Welsh forward
29 January – Willi Köchling (75), German defender
29 January – Roy Saunders (78), English midfielder
30 January – Pieter Van Den Bosch (71), Belgian midfielder, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
February
2 February – Paul Birch (46), English midfielder
7 February – Joe Haverty (72), Irish midfielder
8 February – Jouni Jalonen (66), Finnish defender, Finnish Footballer of the Year in 1968
9 February – Reg Davies (79), Welsh forward
9 February – Neville Hamilton (48), English midfielder
10 February – Holger Olsen (88), Danish defender
12 February – Giacomo Bulgarelli (68), Italian midfielder, participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup , 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1968
13 February – Jerzy Hawrylewicz (50), Polish forward
15 February – Don Leeson (73), English goalkeeper
20 February – Július Nôta (37), Slovak goalkeeper, stabbing
March
1 March – Elefterios Manolios (73), French goalkeeper
2 March – Andy Bowman (74), Scottish midfielder
2 March – Carlos Sosa (89), Argentine defender
3 March – Åke Lindman (81), Finnish defender
3 March – José Moncebáez (80), Mexican goalkeeper and national team coach
4 March – Harry Parkes (89), English defender
5 March – Valeri Broshin (46), Russian midfielder
7 March – Jimmy Hernon (84), Scottish midfielder
7 March – Edouard Oum Ndeki (32), Cameroonian midfielder, hepatitis
7 March – Anton Shokh (49), Kazakhstani-Russian midfielder
9 March – Eddie Lowe (83), English midfielder
10 March – Jack Capper (77), Welsh defender
12 March – Ferenc Szabó , (88) Hungarian footballer
15 March – Jumadi Abdi , (36) Indonesian footballer
16 March – Alan Suddick (64), English midfielder
28 March – Hugh Kelly (85), Scottish defender
29 March – Vladimir Fedotov (66), Russian striker
31 March – Enea Masiero (75), Italian midfielder
April
2 April – Víctor Hugo Ávalos (37), Paraguayan midfielder
6 April – Gheorghe Ene (72), Romanian striker
11 April – Jimmy Neighbour (58), English midfielder
12 April – Mike Keen (69), English midfielder
12 April – Louis Leysen (76), Belgian goalkeeper
13 April – Miguel Ángel Mori (65), Argentine midfielder, participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics
19 April – Maurilio Prini (76), Italian midfielder
19 April – Dicky Robinson (82), English defender
19 April – Brian Tyrrell (-), Irish football forward
20 April – Franco Rotella (42), Italian midfielder
23 April – Lam Sheung Yee (74), Hong Kong defender
25 April – Miljenko Bajić (54), Bosnian defender
May
1 May – Jokke Kangaskorpi (37), Finnish forward
3 May – John Elsworthy (77), Welsh midfielder, member of the squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup
3 May – Tommy Fowler (84), English midfielder
4 May – Bobby Campbell (86), Scottish winger
9 May – Juan Gómez (84), Mexican defender, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
13 May – Norbert Eschmann (75), Swiss-French midfielder, member of the squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1962 FIFA World Cup
14 May – Ken Hollyman , Welsh footballer (86)
16 May – Peter Sampson , English footballer (81)
19 May – Andrei Ivanov (42), Russian defender
19 May – Knut Hammer Larsen , Norwegian footballer (38)
20 May – Alan Kelly Sr. , Irish footballer (72)
21 May – Walter da Silva , Brazilian footballer (67)
21 May – Anatoli Kirilov , Bulgarian footballer
24 May – Youssef Elbai (30), French defender
25 May – Billy Baxter (70), Scottish midfielder/defender
27 May – Ammo Baba , Iraqi footballer (74)
28 May – Ercole Rabitti , Italian footballer (87)
30 May – Alexander Obregón , Colombian footballer (31)
30 May – Gunnar Arnesen (81), Norwegian forward
June
2 June – Rodrigo García Vizoso (100), Spanish goalkeeper and coach
4 June – Lev Brovarskyi (60), Ukrainian midfielder
6 June – Bobby Haarms (74), Dutch midfielder
7 June – Willie Kilmarnock (87), Scottish footballer
7 June – Gordon Lennon (26), Northern Irish defender, traffic accident
8 June – Aage Rou Jensen (84), Danish striker
10 June – Stelios Skevofilakas (69), Greek footballer
11 June – Alan Philpott (66), English midfielder
14 June – Abel Tador (24), Nigerian footballer
17 June – Shacky Tauro (49, Zimbabwean footballer
18 June – Mihai Mocanu (67), Romanian defender, participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup
20 June – Joseph Ibanez (82), French midfielder and coach
23 June – Jackie Swindells (72), English striker
24 June – Mario Tontodonati (85), Italian midfielder/forward
July
2 July – Kaj Hansen (68), Swedish defender, participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup
3 July – Sadek Boukhalfa (74), Algerian midfielder
6 July – Mihai Baicu (33), Romanian midfielder, cardiac arrest
12 July – Tommy Cummings (80), English midfielder and manager
13 July – Axel Pilmark (83), Danish midfielder, participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics
14 July – Kujtim Majaci (47), Albanian forward
17 July – Otto Bresling (88), Danish midfielder
20 July – Sargis Aroyan (18), Armenian forward
21 July – Dai Lawrence (62), Welsh defender
24 July – Zé Carlos (47), Brazilian goalkeeper
25 July – Ricardo Bonelli (76), Argentine midfielder
25 July – Italo Romagnoli (93), Italian defender
25 July – Zequinha (74), Brazilian midfielder, on the squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
29 July – Paul McGrillen (37), Scottish striker, suicide
30 July – Yuri Kurnenin (55), Belarusian midfielder and manager
31 July – Sir Bobby Robson (76), English forward and manager
August
2 August – Joe Livingstone (67), English striker
5 August – Mario Tiddia (73), Italian defender and manager
8 August – Daniel Jarque (26), Spanish defender, heart attack
8 August – Orlando Rozzoni (72), Italian forward
9 August – Tommy Clinton (83), Irish defender
9 August – Massimiliano Fiondella (41), Italian defender
10 August – Francisco Valdés (66), Chilean midfielder
11 August – Lazare Gianessi (83), French defender, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
11 August – Jan Sillo , (32) South African footballer
13 August – Brian McLaughlin (54), Scottish midfielder
19 August – Vic Snell (81), English defender
19 August – Bobby Thomson (65), English defender and manager
24 August – Virginio De Paoli (71), Italian striker
31 August – Torsten Lindberg (92), Swedish goalkeeper and manager, participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1950 FIFA World Cup
September
1 September – Jock Buchanan (74), Scottish forward
7 September – Norman Curtis , (84), English footballer
9 September – Léon Glovacki (81), French striker and manager, participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup
11 September – Carlo De Bernardi (56), Italian midfielder
11 September – Jean-François Prigent (65), French midfielder
11 September – Henny van Schoonhoven (39), Dutch defender, cancer
13 September – Paul Shirtliff (46), English defender
19 September – Stevie Gray (42), English footballer
19 September – Brian Filipi (20), Albanian midfielder, traffic accident
20 September – Hernan Córdoba , (19) Colombian footballer
20 September – Mario Beltrán (23), Colombian midfielder, traffic accident
20 September – Hernan Córdoba (19), Colombian striker, traffic accident
22 September – Marco Achilli (60), Italian midfielder
23 September – Dennis Pacey , (80), English footballer
24 September – Terry Bly (73), English striker and manager
26 September – Geoff Barrowcliffe (77), English defender
27 September – René Bliard (76), French striker
27 September – Raúl Savoy (68), Argentine midfielder
28 September – Horst Feilzer (52), German forward
28 September – Best Ogedegbe , (55), Nigerian footballer
30 September – Raúl Magaña (69), Salvadoran goalkeeper and manager
October
1 October – Mangue Cissé (60), Ivorian defender, father of Djibril Cissé
2 October – Rolf Rüssmann (58), German defender, participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup
3 October – Zoran Mijucić (40), Serbian midfielder, participated in the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
4 October – Gerhard Kaufhold (80), German midfielder/striker
5 October – Tommy Capel (87), English forward
8 October – Alex McCrae (89), Scottish forward
9 October – Arne Bakker (79), Norwegian midfielder
9 October – Horst Szymaniak (75), German midfielder, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup
11 October – Gustav Kral (26), Austrian goalkeeper, traffic accident
12 October – Massimo Mattolini (56), Italian goalkeeper
12 October – Stan Palk , (87), English footballer
13 October – Orane Simpson (26), Jamaican midfielder, stabbing
15 October – Heinz Versteeg , (70), Dutch footballer
17 October – David Burnside (69), English midfielder and manager
21 October – John Jarman (78), Welsh midfielder
22 October – Ray Lambert , (87) Welsh footballer
22 October – Albert Watson , (91) English footballer
23 October – Collins Mbulo (38), Zambian goalkeeper
27 October – Frank Brady, Jr. (age unknown), Irish midfielder
30 October – Juvenal , Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup . (85)
30 October – František Veselý (65), Czech forward, participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 1976
November
2 November – Keith Kettleborough (74), English midfielder
2 November – Paolo Perugi (44), Italian midfielder
3 November – Archie Baird , (90), Scottish footballer
4 November – Stefano Chiodi (52), Italian midfielder
7 November – Billy Ingham (57), English midfielder
10 November – Robert Enke (32), German goalkeeper, suicide
12 November – Willy Kernen , (80), Swiss footballer
13 November – Héctor Facundo (72), Argentine midfielder, participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup
15 November – Ray Charnley (74), English forward
15 November – Don Martin (65), English forward
16 November – Antonio de Nigris (31), Mexican striker, heart attack
18 November – Salem Saad (31), Emirati striker, heart attack
19 November – Frank Beattie (76), Scottish footballer
22 November – Juan Carlos Muñoz (90), Argentine midfielder[7]
23 November – Tony Parry (64), English defender
25 November – Mike Tiddy (80), English midfielder
26 November – Giuseppe Baldini (87), Italian striker and manager
26 November – Nikola Kovachev , (75), Bulgarian footballer
29 November – George Cummins (78), Irish forward
30 November – Christoph Budde (46), German striker
December
December – Henry Andersson (85), Swedish goalkeeper
1 December – Neil Dougall (88), Scottish midfielder and manager
1 December – Alberto Martínez (59), Uruguayan midfielder
1 December – Christoph Budde , German footballer (46)
12 December – Manuel Ruiz Sosa (72), Spanish midfielder and manager
13 December – Wilton Cezar Xavier (62) Brazilian footballer
14 December – Alan A'Court (75), English midfielder and manager, participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup
16 December – Dennis Herod , (86) English footballer
17 December – Michel Leblond (77), French midfielder and manager, on the squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup
17 December – Guillermo Ortíz (69), Mexican midfielder, on the squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
17 December – Miljenko Mihić , (75) Serbian football coach
20 December – Jack Brownsword (86), English defender
22 December – Albert Scanlon (74), English forward, survivor of the Munich air disaster
24 December – Hugo Berly (67), Chilean defender, on the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup
26 December – Giuseppe Chiappella (85), Italian midfielder and manager[8]
27 December – Takashi Takabayashi , (78), Japan footballer
28 December – Allen Batsford (77), English football manager 
Uganda
Kenya
Oman
United States
South Africa
Egypt
Ghana
Brazil
Hungary
Costa Rica
Nigeria
