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Overview of the events of 1968 in association football
The following are the association football (soccer) events of the year 1968 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
International tournaments
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England
Births
- 1 January –
Davor Šuker, Croatian international footballer
- 5 January –
Gennaro Monaco, Italian former player, former manager
[1]
- 27 January –
Gidix Nasa, Papua New Guinean former footballer
[2]
- 31 January –
Dragan Reljić, Croatian former professional footballer
[3]
- 27 March –
René Fluri, retired Swiss footballer
[4]
- 31 March –
Francesco Moriero, Italian international footballer and manager
- 1 April –
Bulat Esmagambetov, Kazakhstani footballer
- 16 April –
Martin Dahlin, Swedish international footballer
- 18 April –
Adelio Salinas, former Paraguayan footballer
- 1 May –
Oliver Bierhoff, German international footballer
- 2 May –
Pedro Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee
- 22 May –
Gabriel Mendoza, Chilean international footballer
- 5 June –
Percy Olivares, Peruvian footballer
- 6 June –
Edwin Vurens, Dutch footballer
- 22 June –
Fabián Guevara, Chilean footballer
- 25 June –
Dorinel Munteanu, Romanian international footballer
- 16 July –
Jorge Sosa (Jorge Adrián Sosa Reyna), Mexican football manager and former player
[5]
- 26 June –
Paolo Maldini, Italian international footballer
- 6 August –
Fulvio Cimino, retired Swiss footballer
[6]
- 14 August
- 15 August –
Ulugbek Ruzimov, Uzbekistani footballer
- 20 August –
Klas Ingesson, Swedish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- 22 August –
Alejandro Grandi, Uruguayan retired footballer
[8]
- 11 September –
Slaven Bilić, Croatian international football player and manager
- 14 September –
Jorge Gómez, Chilean footballer
- 15 September –
Juan Carlos Garay, Ecuadorian footballer
- 17 September –
Francesc Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2014)
- 18 September –
Carlos Guirland, Paraguayan footballer
- 23 September –
Franco Massimo, English former professional footballer
[9]
- 25 September –
Gary Blackford, English former professional footballer
[10]
- 27 September –
Robert Alleyne, English former professional footballer
[11]
- 8 October –
Zvonimir Boban, Croatian international footballer
- 17 October –
Héctor Ferri, Ecuadorian footballer
- 20 October –
Jonathan Akpoborie, Nigerian international footballer
- 24 October –
Osmar Donizete Cândido, Brazilian international footballer
- 30 October –
Chris Grocock, English lawyer and former professional footballer
[12]
- 18 November –
Barry Hunter, Northern Irish international and scout
- 8 December –
Igor Luzyakin, Russian professional football coach and former player
[13]
- 13 December –
Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
- 26 December –
Thijs Waterink, Dutch footballer
- 27 December –
Steve Guillod, retired Swiss footballer
[14]
Deaths
January
June
August
- 30 August -
Luitpold Popp, German international footballer (born 1893)
November
December
References
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"Gennaro Monaco". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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Gidix Nasa at National-Football-Teams.com
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"Dragan Reljic". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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"René Fluri". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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"Jorge Sosa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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"Fulvio Cimino". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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"Darren Newman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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"Alejandro Grandi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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"Franco Massimo". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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"Gary Blackford". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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"Robert Alleyne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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"Chris Grocock". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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"Igor Luzyakin". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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"Steve Guillod". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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