Year | Events |
1930 | Birthday of Borivoje Kostić, who played for Yugoslavia national team in period 1956-1964 (33 caps and 26 goals). Died on January 10, 2011, aged 80 years. |
1943 | Former Netherlands footballer Piet Keizer was born today. He made his debut for national team in 1962 and earned 34 caps, scoring 11 goals. Date of his death: February 10, 2017. |
1969 | International footballer Luc Holtz is born 54 years ago. He played 55 matches for Luxembourg national team and scored 1 goal. He was also a national team manager. |
1971 | Håkan Mild, Sweden national football team player (74 caps and 8 goals), born this day. Lucien Leclerq passed away aged 74. He was a well-known international football referee from France. Date of his birth: January 16, 1897. |
1983 | 40 years ago, the Belarus football player Syarhey Karnilenka is born. He appeared for 78 matches in total and scored 17 international goals for Belarus. |
1993 | Birthday of Callum McGregor, who played for Scotland national team in period 2017-2023 (50 caps and 2 goals). |
2002 | Former Finland national team player Veikko Asikainen died on this day aged 84. He earned 56 caps in total. Date of his birth: April 18, 1918. Portugal national team played their 400th international match in Incheon against South Korea. |
2008 | The 900th ever game of the Sweden national football team was held in Innsbruck vs Spain. |
2013 | International football venue Kazan Arena was inaugurated in Kazan. Since opening, 12 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
2016 | Former Northern Ireland football referee Malcolm Wright died this day at the age of 83. He officiated in matches of national football teams. Born on October 12, 1932. |