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Overview of the events of 1983 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1983 throughout the world.
Events Winners club national championship Asia Europe North America South America International tournaments England National teams Births January 1 January 3 January 14 – Jan Ahlvik , Finnish footballer[4] January 15 – Jermaine Pennant , English youth international January 21 January 22 – Getúlio Vargas , Brazilian retired footballer[6] January 24 – Shaun Maloney , Scottish international and manager[7] January 29 – Biagio Pagano , Italian footballer February 5 – Víctor Fagundez , Uruguayan footballer[8] February 11 – Rafael van der Vaart , Dutch international footballer February 15 – Daniel Almaral , Mexican football manager and former player[9] February 18 – Jermaine Jenas , English international footballer March 2 – Kolawole Agodirin , Nigerian footballer[10] March 7 – Daniel Jurč , Slovak footballer[11] March 11 – Adil Mezgour , Moroccan former footballer[12] March 25 – Fabio Marinho , retired Brazilian footballer[13] March 27 – Alan Patrick Monegat , Brazilian former footballer[14] March 28 – Homero Sartori , Argentine-Brazilian former professional footballer[15] April 1 – Mamoudou Sy , French basketball player April 12 – Damian Krajanowski , Polish footballer[16] April 22 May 2 – Mónica Vergara , Mexican female footballer May 3 – Márton Fülöp , Hungarian international footballer (died 2015) May 4 – Rubén Olivera , Uruguayan international footballer May 6 May 17 – Albert Batsa , Togolese footballer[21] May 20 – Sinecio León , Paraguayan footballer May 24 – Martin Schmidt , German former footballer[22] June 3 – Alexis Salazar , Chilean former footballer[23] June 7 – Tshiabola Mapanya , retired Congolese footballer June 25 – Robin Ganemyr , retired Swedish footballer[24] July 6 – María de Jesús Castillo , Mexican female footballer July 7 – Jakub Wawrzyniak , Polish footballer July 18 – Carlos Diogo , Uruguayan footballer July 21 – Vladimir Niyonkuru , Burundian footballer[25] July 24 – Daniele De Rossi , Italian international footballer July 25 – Pedro Zabála , Bolivian international footballer July 26 – Romain Chevrier , French professional footballer[26] August 4 – Kang Dong-gu , South Korean footballer[27] August 5 – Jean-Séraphin Mbessa , Cameroonian former professional footballer[28] August 6 – Robin van Persie , Dutch international footballer August 12 – Tomasz Balul , Polish former footballer[29] August 24 – Gabriel López , Uruguayan footballer[30] August 26 – Owen Kaposa , retired Zambian footballer[31] September 8 – Marcin Truszkowski , Polish retired footballer[32] September 16 – Richard Leite , Paraguayan footballer September 28 – Richard Henyekane , South African international footballer (died 2015) September 30 – Driss Himmes , French midfielder October 1 – Fance Hariyanto , Indonesian former footballer[33] October 4 – Gwenaël Renaud , French former professional footballer[34] October 8 – Michael Fraser , Scottish club goalkeeper October 16 – Steven Goaxab , Namibian footballer[35] October 20 – Luis Saritama , Ecuadorian footballer November 9 – Denis Rustan , former Russian professional footballer[36] November 11 – Philipp Lahm , German international footballer November 14 – Kevon Carter , Trinidadian international footballer (died 2014) November 15 – Anton Samoylov , former Russian professional footballer[37] November 16 – Ron Koperli , Israeli football manager December 5 – Wilfrido Vinces , Ecuadorian footballer[38] December 8 – Valéry Mézague , Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014) December 9 – Kennedy Omogi , Kenyan footballer[39] December 10 Deaths January March June July September September 9 – Luis Monti , Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup . Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches with two different national teams. (82) September 20 - Andy Beattie , Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1913) October References External links
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