1970 in association football

- [FIFA World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup) in Mexico (May 31 – June 21, 1970) 1. 1. 1. - 1970 Asian Games in Thailand (10–20 December 1970) - - - ## Births - January 1 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer and manager - January 6 – Francisco Rotllán, Mexican footballer - January 10 – Geovanis Cassiani, Colombian footballer - January 12 – Jorge Castañeda Reyes, Mexican footballer - January 13 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer - January 21 – Alen Bokšić, Croatian footballer - January 24 – Daniel Telser, retired Liechtenstein footballer - February 2 – Erik ten Hag, Dutch football player and coach - February 4 – Kevin Campbell, English footballer (died 2024) - February 16 – Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer - February 17 – José Antonio Castillo, Spanish retired footballer - February 27 – Alexander Quirin, retired German footballer - March 8 – Harry Decheiver, Dutch footballer - March 12 – Clay Coleman, Caymanian footballer - March 30 - Rodrigo Barrera, Chilean footballer - Camilo Romero, Mexican footballer - April 4 – Barry van Galen, Dutch footballer - April 18 – Carlos López de Silanes, Mexican footballer - April 28 – Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer - May 10 – David Weir, Scottish footballer - May 13 – Fernando Vergara, Chilean footballer and manager - June 1 - Daniel Delfino, Argentine footballer - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player - June 11 – Miguel Ramírez, Chilean footballer - June 16 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player - June 18 – Mark Chung, American soccer player - June 19 – Cafú, Brazilian footballer - July 6 – Christer Fursth, Swedish footballer - July 11 – Iván Castillo, Bolivian footballer - August 13 – Alan Shearer, English footballer - August 16 – Mauricio Pozo, Chilean footballer - August 20 – Celso Ayala, Paraguayan footballer - August 24 – Guido Alvarenga, Paraguayan footballer - August 27 – Walter Müller, retired Swiss footballer - August 28 – Mike Lapper, American soccer player - September 3 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer - September 26 – Marco Etcheverry, Bolivian footballer - October 1 – Gaston Taument, Dutch footballer - October 16 – Mehmet Scholl, German footballer - October 17 – Radoslav Samardzic, Serbian footballer - October 22 – Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer - October 29 – Juan Castillo Balcázar, Chilean footballer - October 30 – Marios Pashialis, former international Cypriot footballer - November 1 – Igor Cvitanović, Croatian footballer - November 17 – Max Huiberts, Dutch footballer - November 27 – Sebastian Synoradzki, Polish footballer and coach - November 29 - Mario Arteaga, Mexican footballer - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer - December 5 – Francisco Veza, Spanish footballer - December 11 – Chris Henderson, American soccer player ## Deaths ### August - August 12 - Arne Nyberg Swedish international footballer (born 1913) ### September - September 18 – Pedro Cea, Uruguayan striker, winner of the [1930 FIFA World Cup](1930-fifa-world-cup). (70) ## References ## References 1. ["Copa Libertadores 1970"](https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/copa-libertadores-1970/). 2. UEFA.com. ["UEFA Champions League - Matches"](https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1969/matches/). 3. Walters, Mike. (2020-05-18). ["How Bobby Moore was caught up in gun drama that threw World Cup plans into chaos"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/how-bobby-moore-caught-up-22043346). 4. ["Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) history, facts and records"](https://www.footballhistory.org/club/psg.html). 5. ["1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Brazil"](https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1970mexico/teams/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1970mexico/teams/43924). 6. ["Daniel Telser"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe119678/daniel-telser/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. 7. ["Castillo"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe85104/castillo/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. 8. ["Alexander Quirin"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe71405/alexander-quirin/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. 9. ["Franklin Coleman"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe72960/franklin-coleman/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. 10. ["Walter Müller"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe94926/walter-mueller/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. 11. ["Marios Pashialis"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe115600/marios-pashialis/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. 12. ["Sebastian Synoradzki"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe912113/sebastian-synoradzki/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_in_association_football) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. 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