This day in European football history - April 23Born on this day | Died on this day | Clubs founded | Venues opened |
Players | Referees | Managers | Players | Referees | Managers | 87 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
What happened on April 23 Year | Events | 1946 | 77 years ago, the former Soviet Union football player Anatoliy Byshovets is born. He appeared for 39 matches in total and scored 15 international goals for Soviet Union. He was also a national team manager. | 1972 | Birthday of the France football referee Tony Chapron, who was an official at 10 international games of European association football teams. | 1989 | France referee François Letexier is born 34 years ago. He is known to have officiated 12 international matches of European teams during the period from 2018 to 2022. |
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