1984 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1984 throughout the world.Events
Asia
Births
- 1 January
- *Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
- *Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
- *Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
- 5 January - Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer
- 7 January
- * Diego Balbinot, Italian-Brazilian footballer
- * Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
- 18 January - Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer
- 23 January - Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer
- 25 January - Stefan Kießling, German international footballer
- 5 February - Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer
- 21 February - David Odonkor, German footballer
- 29 February
- * Darren Ambrose, English footballer
- * Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer
- * Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer
- * Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer
- * Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer
- * Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer
- 1 March – Patrick Helmes, German international footballer
- 18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer
- 20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
- 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
- 1 June
- * Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
- * Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer
- 9 June – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
- 11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
- 30 June – Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
- 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer
- 1 August – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
- 23 August – Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer
- 7 September
- * Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- * Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer
- 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
- 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
- 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
- 8 May - Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the Campeonato Paulista with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.
- 8 May - William Ling, English football referee
- 11 May – Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
- 12 May – Matías González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
June
- 23 June: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer
July
- 3 July – Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
- 7 July – Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager
September
- 19 September – Álvaro Lopes Cançado, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
December
- 19 December – Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer
