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href="/wiki/1977_in_association_football" title="1977 in association football">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_association_football" title="1978 in association football">1978</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1979</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_association_football" title="1980 in association football">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_association_football" title="1981 in association football">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_association_football" title="1982 in association football">1982</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Association_football_by_year" title="Category:Association football by year">→</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:larger; line-height:1.8em;"> <hr /><a href="/wiki/1979_in_sports" title="1979 in sports">1979 in sports</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_air_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in air sports (page does not exist)">Air sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 in American football">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_aquatic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in aquatic sports (page does not exist)">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Association football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_the_sport_of_athletics" title="1979 in the sport of athletics">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_Australian_rules_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in Australian rules football (page does not exist)">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_badminton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in badminton (page does not exist)">Badminton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_basketball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in basketball (page does not exist)">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_Canadian_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in Canadian football (page does not exist)">Canadian football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_chess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in chess (page does not exist)">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_sport_climbing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in sport climbing (page does not exist)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_combat_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in combat sports (page does not exist)">Combat sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_sumo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in sumo (page does not exist)">Sumo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1978%E2%80%9379" title="International cricket in 1978–79">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1979" title="International cricket in 1979">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1979%E2%80%9380" title="International cricket in 1979–80">1979–80</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_cycling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in cycling (page does not exist)">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_dance_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in dance sports (page does not exist)">Dance sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_darts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in darts (page does not exist)">Darts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_equestrianism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in equestrianism (page does not exist)">Equestrianism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_esports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in esports (page does not exist)">Esports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_field_hockey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in field hockey (page does not exist)">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_flying_disc_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in flying disc sports (page does not exist)">Flying disc</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_golf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in golf (page does not exist)">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_gymnastics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in gymnastics (page does not exist)">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_handball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in handball (page does not exist)">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_ice_hockey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in ice hockey (page does not exist)">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_ice_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in ice sports (page does not exist)">Ice sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_korfball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in korfball (page does not exist)">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_lumberjack_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in lumberjack sports (page does not exist)">Lumberjack sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_mind_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in mind sports (page does not exist)">Mind sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_modern_pentathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in modern pentathlon (page does not exist)">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_motorsport" title="1979 in motorsport">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_orienteering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in orienteering (page does not exist)">Orienteering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_paralympic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in paralympic sports (page does not exist)">Paralympic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_precision_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in precision sports (page does not exist)">Precision sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in shooting (page does not exist)">Shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_racquetball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in racquetball (page does not exist)">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_roller_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in roller sports (page does not exist)">Roller sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_sailing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in sailing (page does not exist)">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_skiing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in skiing (page does not exist)">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_1979&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 1979 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_rugby_union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in rugby union (page does not exist)">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_snooker_season" title="1978–79 snooker season">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_snooker_season" title="1979–80 snooker season">1979–80</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_strength_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in strength sports (page does not exist)">Strength sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_weightlifting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in weightlifting (page does not exist)">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_squash_sport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in squash sport (page does not exist)">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_table_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in table tennis (page does not exist)">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in tennis (page does not exist)">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_triathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in triathlon (page does not exist)">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_volleyball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in volleyball (page does not exist)">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The following are the <b>association football</b> events of the year <b>1979</b> throughout the world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Libertadores" title="Copa Libertadores">Copa Libertadores</a> <a href="/wiki/1979_Copa_Libertadores" title="1979 Copa Libertadores">1979</a>: Won by <a href="/wiki/Olimpia_Asunci%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Olimpia Asunción">Olimpia Asunción</a> after defeating <a href="/wiki/Boca_Juniors" title="Boca Juniors">Boca Juniors</a> on an aggregate score of 2–0.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">European Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/1979_European_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 European Cup Final">1979</a>: Won by <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Forest">Nottingham Forest</a> after defeating <a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_FF" title="Malmö FF">Malmö FF</a> 1–0 in the Final.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(football)" title="Intercontinental Cup (football)">Intercontinental Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/1979_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1979 Intercontinental Cup">1979</a>: Won by <a href="/wiki/Olimpia_Asunci%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Olimpia Asunción">Olimpia Asunción</a> after defeating <a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_FF" title="Malmö FF">Malmö FF</a> by an aggregate score of 3–1. This was the last time the Intercontinental Cup was played in two legs (South America and Europe).</li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ruud_Krol" title="Ruud Krol">Ruud Krol</a> becomes Holland's most capped player in history when he plays his 65th match for the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands national football team</a> against Argentina.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_club_national_championship">Winners club national championship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Winners club national championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Al-Sadd_SC" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Sadd SC">Al-Sadd SC</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>: <a href="/wiki/K.S.K._Beveren" title="K.S.K. Beveren">K.S.K. Beveren</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>: <a href="/wiki/PFC_Levski_Sofia" title="PFC Levski Sofia">PFC Levski Sofia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Portugal">Portugal</a>: <a href="/wiki/FC_Porto" title="FC Porto">FC Porto</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dundalk_F.C." title="Dundalk F.C.">Dundalk F.C.</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>: <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>: <a href="/wiki/Trabzonspor" title="Trabzonspor">Trabzonspor</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hamburger_SV" title="Hamburger SV">Hamburger SV</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> / <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Whitecaps_(NASL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)">Vancouver Whitecaps</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979_North_American_Soccer_League_season" title="1979 North American Soccer League season">NASL</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oceania">Oceania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Oceania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> <ul><li>Metropolitano – <a href="/wiki/Club_Atl%C3%A9tico_River_Plate" title="Club Atlético River Plate">River Plate</a></li> <li>Nacional – <a href="/wiki/Club_Atl%C3%A9tico_River_Plate" title="Club Atlético River Plate">River Plate</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, 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de Cali">América de Cali</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>: <a href="/wiki/Olimpia_Asunci%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Olimpia Asunción">Olimpia Asunción</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_tournaments">International tournaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: International tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_British_Home_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 British Home Championship">1979 British Home Championship</a> (May 19 – May 26, 1979)</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" title="Football at the 1979 Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan, Puerto Rico</a> (July 2 – July 14, 1979) <ol><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cuba_national_football_team" title="Cuba national football team">Cuba</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a></span></li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_1979" class="mw-redirect" title="Copa América 1979">Copa América</a> (July 10 – December 12, 1979) <ol><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_national_football_team" title="Chile national football team">Chile</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span> and <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru_national_football_team" title="Peru national football team">Peru</a></span></li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship" title="1979 FIFA World Youth Championship">World Youth Championship</a> (August 26 – September 7, 1979) <ol><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team">Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a></span></li></ol></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Greening" title="Jonathan Greening">Jonathan Greening</a>, English footballer and coach</li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Shergo_Biran" title="Shergo Biran">Shergo Biran</a>, German footballer</li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Grzegorz_Rasiak" title="Grzegorz Rasiak">Grzegorz Rasiak</a>, Polish footballer</li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Petrov" title="Martin Petrov">Martin Petrov</a>, Bulgarian footballer</li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Maksym_Kalynychenko" title="Maksym Kalynychenko">Maksym Kalynychenko</a>, Ukrainian footballer</li> <li>January 30 – <a href="/wiki/Possato" title="Possato">Possato</a> (Alan dos Santos Possato), Brazilian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 2 – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bierofka" title="Daniel Bierofka">Daniel Bierofka</a>, German footballer</li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Dida_(footballer,_born_1979)" title="Dida (footballer, born 1979)">Dida</a>, Brazilian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_M%C3%A1rquez" title="Rafael Márquez">Rafael Márquez</a>, Mexican footballer</li> <li>February 19 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cherundolo" title="Steve Cherundolo">Steve Cherundolo</a>, American soccer player</li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Denis_Fladung" title="Denis Fladung">Denis Fladung</a>, former Russian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 2 – <a href="/wiki/Damien_Duff" title="Damien Duff">Damien Duff</a>, Irish footballer</li> <li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Malafeev" title="Vyacheslav Malafeev">Vyacheslav Malafeev</a>, Russian footballer</li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Neftal%C3%AD_Luna" title="Neftalí Luna">Neftalí Luna</a>, Spanish retired footballer<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Aldo_Duscher" title="Aldo Duscher">Aldo Duscher</a>, Argentine footballer</li> <li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Spatzenegger" title="Christoph Spatzenegger">Christoph Spatzenegger</a>, Austrian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 5 – <a href="/wiki/Timo_Hildebrand" title="Timo Hildebrand">Timo Hildebrand</a>, German footballer</li> <li>April 12 – <a href="/wiki/Tobias_Linderoth" title="Tobias Linderoth">Tobias Linderoth</a>, Swedish footballer</li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/wiki/Ludovic_Magnin" title="Ludovic Magnin">Ludovic Magnin</a>, Swiss footballer</li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Fereydoon_Zandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Fereydoon Zandi">Fereydoon Zandi</a>, Iranian-German footballer</li> <li>May 2 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brunswijk" title="Michael Brunswijk">Michael Brunswijk</a>, Dutch former footballer<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Tomás Jiménez">Tomás Jiménez</a>, Spanish retired footballer<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 19 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Forl%C3%A1n" title="Diego Forlán">Diego Forlán</a>, Uruguayan footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Pirlo" title="Andrea Pirlo">Andrea Pirlo</a>, Italian footballer</li></ul></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Marek_Klimczok" title="Marek Klimczok">Marek Klimczok</a>, Polish former professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Arne_Friedrich" title="Arne Friedrich">Arne Friedrich</a>, German footballer</li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Ernst" title="Fabian Ernst">Fabian Ernst</a>, German footballer</li> <li>May 31 – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pascal_Biezen" title="Jean-Pascal Biezen">Jean-Pascal Biezen</a>, Dutch retired professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Naohiro_Takahara" title="Naohiro Takahara">Naohiro Takahara</a>, Japanese footballer</li> <li>June 7 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hofland" title="Kevin Hofland">Kevin Hofland</a>, Dutch footballer</li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Kleberson" class="mw-redirect" title="José Kleberson">José Kleberson</a>, Brazilian footballer</li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Ignashevich" title="Sergei Ignashevich">Sergei Ignashevich</a>, Russian footballer</li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A9_Flick" title="Joé Flick">Joé Flick</a>, Luxembourgian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 26 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Freier" title="Paul Freier">Paul Freier</a>, German footballer</li> <li>July 27 – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Sarmiento" title="Antonio Sarmiento">Antonio Sarmiento</a>, Spanish footballer<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Salinas" title="Pablo Salinas">Pablo Salinas</a>, Bolivian footballer</li> <li>August 12 – <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BAnior_Izaguirre" title="Júnior Izaguirre">Júnior Izaguirre</a>, Honduran footballer</li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Bayock" title="Thierry Bayock">Thierry Bayock</a>, Cameroonian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bojan_Gojak" title="Bojan Gojak">Bojan Gojak</a>, Serbian former footballer<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Amjad_Al-Shuaibi" title="Amjad Al-Shuaibi">Amjad Al-Shuaibi</a>, Jordanian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Gait%C3%A1n" title="Raúl Gaitán">Raúl Gaitán</a>, Spanish retired footballer<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 11 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Abidal" title="Eric Abidal">Eric Abidal</a>, French footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Cort" title="Leon Cort">Leon Cort</a>, English footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Pizarro" title="David Pizarro">David Pizarro</a>, Chilean footballer</li></ul></li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Julio_C%C3%A9sar_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Julio César de León">Julio de León</a>, Honduran footballer</li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Dadash_Kazikhanov" title="Dadash Kazikhanov">Dadash Kazikhanov</a>, former Russian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Doyle_Vaca" title="Doyle Vaca">Doyle Vaca</a>, Bolivian footballer</li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Sorondo" title="Gonzalo Sorondo">Gonzalo Sorondo</a>, Uruguayan footballer</li> <li>October 15 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robinson_(footballer,_born_1979)" title="Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979)">Paul Robinson</a>, English footballer</li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Drobny_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaroslav Drobny (footballer)">Jaroslav Drobny</a>, Czech footballer</li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Matshameko" title="Alex Matshameko">Alex Matshameko</a>, Motswana former footballer<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/Simon_Davies_(footballer_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Davies (footballer born 1979)">Simon Davies</a>, Welsh footballer</li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Simone_Berardi" title="Simone Berardi">Simone Berardi</a>, Italian former footballer</li> <li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_%C4%8Ci%C5%A1ovsk%C3%BD" title="Marián Čišovský">Marián Čišovský</a>, Slovak footballer (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 5 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Owomoyela" title="Patrick Owomoyela">Patrick Owomoyela</a>, German footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Suazo" title="David Suazo">David Suazo</a>, Honduran footballer</li></ul></li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Hendricks" title="Rowan Hendricks">Rowan Hendricks</a>, South African footballer</li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Bentley_Springer" title="Bentley Springer">Bentley Springer</a>, Barbadian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Bulykin" title="Dmitri Bulykin">Dmitri Bulykin</a>, Russian footballer</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Iaquinta" title="Vincenzo Iaquinta">Vincenzo Iaquinta</a>, Italian footballer</li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Diego_Bengolea" title="Diego Bengolea">Diego Bengolea</a>, Bolivian footballer</li> <li>December 14 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Alain_Boumsong" title="Jean-Alain Boumsong">Jean-Alain Boumsong</a>, French footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen" title="Michael Owen">Michael Owen</a>, English footballer</li></ul></li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Cole" title="Ashley Cole">Ashley Cole</a>, English footballer</li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Stephano_Wooding" title="Stephano Wooding">Stephano Wooding</a>, Dutch former professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Boyero" title="Hernán Boyero">Hernán Boyero</a>, Argentine footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content 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(85)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_association_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Akid" title="Mohamed Akid">Mohamed Akid</a>, Tunisian forward, capped 52 times for the <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia national football team</a>. (29)</li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Arico_Su%C3%A1rez" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Arico Suárez">Pedro Arico Suárez</a>, Argentine defender, runner up of the <a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1930 FIFA World Cup">1930 FIFA World Cup</a> . (70)</li> <li>April 19 – <a href="/wiki/August_Sackenheim" title="August Sackenheim">August Sackenheim</a>, German forward, capped 4 times for the <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany national football team</a>. (73)</li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/Amedeo_Biavati" title="Amedeo Biavati">Amedeo Biavati</a>, Italian midfielder, winner of the <a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">1938 FIFA World Cup</a>. (64)</li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jaap_Bulder" title="Jaap Bulder">Jaap Bulder</a>, Dutch forward, bronze medalist at the <a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Summer Olympics</a>. 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