Year | Events |
1884 | Birthday of the England football referee Arthur Ward, who was an official at 11 international games of European association football teams. |
1908 | FC Kiffen Helsinki were established on this day. The club from Finland have won 3 domestic championship titles. |
1944 | Sweden referee Rolf Ericsson is born 79 years ago. He is known to have officiated 5 international matches of European teams during the period from 1980 to 1984. |
1950 | Birthday of the international referee Ion Crăciunescu from Romania, who refereed 9 football games of European national teams International football referee Adrian Porumboiu from Romania is born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (7 games in total). |
1953 | Claudio Gentile, former Italy national football team player (71 caps and 1 goal), born this day. |
1961 | 62 years ago, the former Poland football player Waldemar Matysik is born. He appeared for 55 matches in total for Poland. |
1966 | Birthday of Sigurður Jónsson, who played for Iceland national team in period 1983-1999 (65 caps and 3 goals). |
1973 | Czech Republic footballer Vratislav Lokvenc is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1995 and earned 74 caps, scoring 14 goals. |
1976 | International footballer Francesco Totti is born 47 years ago. He played 58 matches for Italy national team and scored 9 goals. |
1984 | Former Finland football referee Esko Pekonen died this day at the age of 81. He officiated in matches of national football teams. Born on December 18, 1902. |
1986 | Tamás Priskin, Hungary national football team player (63 caps and 17 goals), born this day. 37 years ago, the Moldova football player Alexandru Epureanu is born. He appeared for 100 matches in total and scored 7 international goals for Moldova. |
1992 | Birthday of Granit Xhaka, who played for Switzerland national team in period 2011-2023 (112 caps and 13 goals). |
2005 | Karl Decker died at the age of 84. He appeared in 33 international football gamesand scored 26 goals for Austria and Germany teams. He was also known as a national team manager. Born on September 5, 1921. |
2021 | Roger Hunt passed away at the age of 83. He played for England national team in period from 1962 to 1969 (34 caps and 18 goals). Date of his birth: July 20, 1938. |