This day in European football history - February 7| Born on this day | Died on this day | Clubs founded | Venues opened |
| Players | Referees | Managers | Players | Referees | Managers | | 89 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
What happened on February 7 | Year | Events | | 1935 | Cliff Jones, former Wales national football team player (59 caps and 16 goals), born this day. | | 1959 | 65 years ago, the former Rep. of Ireland football player Mick McCarthy is born. He appeared for 57 matches in total and scored 2 international goals for Rep. of Ireland. He was also a national team manager. | | 1965 | Birthday of the Denmark football referee Nicolai Vollquartz, who was an official at 16 international games of European association football teams. | | 1978 | Birthday of Daniel Van Buyten, who played for Belgium national team in period 2001-2014 (85 caps and 10 goals). | | 1988 | Estadio Cartagonova was opened in Cartagena. The venue hosted 2 football matches of European national teams. | | 1993 | Birthday of Valon Berisha, who played for Kosovo and Norway national teams in period 2012-2016 (57 caps and 4 goals). |
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