1966 in association football
Overview of the events of 1966 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.
Events Winners club national championship Asia Europe North America South America International tournaments England Clubs Founded Births January 13 – Gerardo Esquivel , Mexican footballer
January 15 – Rommel Fernández , Panamanian striker (d. 1993 )
January 29 – Romário , Brazilian footballer
February 1 – Michelle Akers , American women's soccer player[1]
February 4 – Egidio Notaristefano , Italian footballer and manager
February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov , Bulgarian footballer
March 27 – Ramiro Castillo , Bolivian footballer (d. 1997 )
April 2 – Teddy Sheringham , English footballer
April 9 – Thomas Doll , German footballer and manager
May 12 – Vladimir Quesada , Costa Rican footballer
May 24 – Eric Cantona , French footballer
May 30 – Thomas Häßler , German footballer
June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis , Uruguayan footballer
June 12
June 14 – Nelson Cossio , Chilean footballer
June 14 – Byron Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer
June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti , Uruguayan footballer
June 26 – Abel Shongwe , retired Swazi footballer[3]
June 29 – Massimo Brambati , Italian footballer
July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere , Belgian soccer referee
July 5 – Gianfranco Zola , Italian international footballer
July 7 – Henk Fräser , Dutch footballer
July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal , Spanish footballer
August 2 – Anzor Koblev , Russian professional football coach and former player[4]
August 13 – Miguel Miranda , Peruvian footballer
August 22
October 5 – Wilfred Agbonavbare , Nigerian international footballer (died 2015)
October 16 – Stefan Reuter , German international footballer
October 19 – José Carpio , Ecuadorian football referee
November 10 – Michael Voss , former cricketer[6]
December 3 – Flemming Povlsen , Danish international footballer Deaths References
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