List of association footballers who died during their careers
This list does not include footballers who died on the pitch during a game or training, or because of injuries or other health issues suffered on the pitch. Those names go in a separate article. Please refer to the article List of footballers who died while playing.
Player | Age | Nationality | Position | Cause of death | Year |
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Nikolai Abramov | 26 | Russian | Defender | Heart failure | 2011 |
Olubayo Adefemi | 25 | Nigerian | Defender | car accident | 2011 |
Martin Aldridge | 25 | English | Forward | Car accident | 2000 |
Alemão | 23 | Brazilian | Striker | Car accident | 2007 |
George Allan | 24 | Scottish | Forward | Tuberculosis | 1899 |
John Allan | 30 | Scottish | Battle of Arras | 1917 | |
Søren Andersen | 23 | Danish | Striker | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Shalva Apkhazava | 23 | Georgian | Striker | Heart attack | 2004 |
Georgi Asparuhov | 28 | Bulgarian | Striker | Car accident | 1971 |
Valerio Bacigalupo | 25 | Italian | Goalkeeper | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Ediz Bahtiyaroglu | 26 | Turkish | Defender | Myocardial | 2012 |
Aldo Ballarin | 27 | Italian | Defender | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Dino Ballarin | 23 | Italian | Goalkeeper | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Harry Bamford | 38 | English | Defender | Motorcycle accident | 1958 |
Maurice Banach | 24 | German | Striker | Car accident | 1991 |
Patrick Banda | 22 | Zambian | Striker | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Mike Barrett | 24 | English | Winger | Cancer | 1984 |
Elson Becerra | 27 | Colombian | Striker | Homicide | 2006 |
Mario Beltrán | 23 | Colombian | Midfielder | Car accident | 2009 |
Christian Benítez | 27 | Ecuadorian | Striker | Heart attack | 2013 |
Julio César Benítez | 27 | Uruguayan | Defender | Food poisoning | 1968 |
Geoff Bent | 25 | English | Defender | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Filippo Biondi | 20 | Italian | Defender | Car accident | 1996 |
Einar Örn Birgisson | 27 | Icelandic | Midfielder | Homicide | 2000 |
Milo Bongiorni | 28 | French | Midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Surian Borali | 28 | Turkish | Defender | Suicide | 1989 |
Luc Borrelli | 33 | French | Goalkeeper | Car accident | 1999 |
Othman Boughanmi | Tunisian | Defender | Heart defect | ||
Gary Bownes | 26 | Northern Irish | Striker | Suicide | 2005 |
James Boyd | Scottish | Battle of the Somme | 1916 | ||
Robert Bradley | English | Defender | Died during his sleep | 1934 | |
Thomas Bradshaw | 26 | English | Winger | consumption | 1899 |
Victor Brännström | 29 | Swedish | Striker | Cardiac arrest | 2012 |
Shane Brennan | 23 | Irish | Winger | Collapsing roof accident | 2005 |
Shamil Burziyev | 25 | Russian | Midfielder | Car accident | 2010 |
Richard Butcher | 29 | English | Midfielder | Cardiac Arrhythmia | 2011 |
Barry Butler | 31 | English | Defender | Car accident | 1966 |
Roger Byrne | 28 | English | Defender | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Eusebio Castigliano | 28 | Italian | Midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Ramiro Castillo | 31 | Bolivian | Midfielder | Suicide | 1997 |
Luciano Re Cecconi | 28 | Italian | Midfielder | Shot during practical joke | 1977 |
David Efford Chabala | 33 | Zambian | Goalkeeper | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Whiteson Changwe | 23 | Zambian | Defender | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Wisdom Mumba Chansa | 29 | Zambian | Midfielder | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Moses Chikwalakwala | 19 | Zambian | Midfielder | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Samuel Chomba | 29 | Zambian | Defender | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Andriy Chopenko | 26 | Ukrainian | Midfielder | Car accident | 2003 |
Dave Clement | 34 | English | Defender | Suicide | 1982 |
Ludo Coeck | 30 | Belgian | Midfielder | Car accident | 1985 |
Eddie Colman | 21 | English | Midfielder | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Ernie Cooksey | 28 | English | Midfielder | Skin cancer | 2008 |
Davie Cooper | 39 | Scottish | Winger | Brain hemorrhage | 1995 |
Hernan Córdoba | 19 | Colombian | Striker | Car accident | 2009 |
Stanley Cowie | 36-37 | English | Forward | Body was "found in the River Tyne with his hands and feet tied with cord"[1] | 1927 |
Federico Crescentini | 24 | San Marinese | Defender | Drowned | 2006 |
Miroslav Opsenica | 29 | Serbian | Midfielder | Car accident | 2011 |
Enrico Cucchi | 30 | Italian | Midfielder | Cancer | 1996 |
Laurie Cunningham | 33 | English | Striker | Car accident | 1989 |
Duncan Currie | Scottish | Battle of the Somme | 1916 | ||
Mattia Dal Bello | 20 | Italian | midfielder | car accident | 2004 |
Vitaly Daraselia | 25 | Soviet | striker | car accident | 1982 |
Alan Davies | 30 | Welsh | winger | suicide | 1992 |
Jimmy Davis | 21 | English | winger | car accident | 2003 |
Ruud Degenaar | 25 | Dutch-Suriname | defender | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Sébastien Demeersman | 37 | Belgian | winger | suicide | 2008 |
Dener | 23 | Brazilian | striker | car accident | 1994 |
Kazimierz Deyna | 41 | Polish | midfielder | car accident | 1989 |
Vladimir Dimitrijević | 20 | Serbian | defender | heart attack | 2001 |
Danilo di Vincenzo | 28 | Italian | striker | car accident | 1996 |
Stan Docking | 25 | English | midfielder | heart attack | |
Lloyd Doesburg | 29 | Dutch-Suriname | goalkeeper | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Hussein Dokmak | 25 | Lebanese | defender | car bomb | 2007 |
Steve van Dorpel | 23 | Dutch-Suriname | striker | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Marcio Dos Santos | 28 | Peruvian | striker | heart attack | 2002 |
Ibrahim Dossey | 36 | Ghanaian | goalkeeper | car accident | 2008 |
Angus Douglas | 29 | Scottish | winger | Spanish flu | 1918 |
Johnny Doyle | 30 | Scottish | midfielder | electrocuted | 1981 |
Vaclav Drobny | 32 | Czech | defender | sledging accident | 2012 |
Peter Dubovský | 28 | Slovakian | striker | diving accident | 2000 |
Gustavo Eberto | 24 | Argentine | goalkeeper | testicular cancer | 2007 |
Dan-Ola Eckerman | 31 | Finnish | goalkeeper | leukemia | 1994 |
Edivaldo | 30 | Brazilian | striker | car accident | 1993 |
Duncan Edwards | 21 | English | midfielder | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Lutz Eigendorf | 26 | German | midfielder | car accident | 1983 |
Youssef Elbai | 30 | French | defender | accident | 2009 |
Ernest Ellis | English | Battle of the Somme | 1916 | ||
Robert Enke | 32 | German | goalkeeper | suicide | 2009 |
Andrés Escobar | 27 | Colombian | defender | homicide | 1994 |
Ib Eskildsen | 19 | Danish | striker | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Gianfranco Espejo | 23 | Peruvian | midfielder | car accident | 2011 |
Roy Evans | 25 | Welsh | defender | car accident | 1969 |
Rubens Fadini | 21 | Italian | midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Miklós Fehér | 24 | Hungarian | striker | cardiac arrest | 2004 |
Rommel Fernandez | 27 | Panamanian | striker | car accident | 1993 |
Aaron Flahavan | 25 | English | goalkeeper | car accident | 2001 |
Milton Flores | 28 | Honduran | goalkeeper | homicide | 2003 |
Marc-Vivien Foé | 28 | Cameroonian | midfielder | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 2003 |
Andrea Fortunato | 23 | Italian | defender | leukemia | 1995 |
Wendel Fräser | 22 | Dutch-Suriname | forward | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Francisco Frione | 22 | Uruguayan-Italian | midfielder | pneumonia | 1935 |
Guglielmo Gabetto | 33 | Italian | striker | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Hubert Gad | 24 | Polish | forward | swimming accident | 1939 |
Niccolò Galli | 17 | Italian | defender | motorbike accident | 2001 |
Ibragim Gasanbekov | 29 | Azerbaijani-Russian | striker | car accident | 1999 |
Sirous Ghayeghran | 35 | Iranian | midfielder | car accident | 1998 |
Lenar Gilmullin | 22 | Russian | defender | motorcycle accident | 2007 |
Pablo Hernán Gómez | 23 | Argentine | striker | car accident | 2001 |
Frits Goodings | 25 | Dutch-Suriname | Surinam air disaster | 1989 | |
Tommy Goodwill | 22 | English | midfielder | killed in World War I | 1916 |
Harry Goslin | 34 | English | defender | killed in World War II | 1943 |
Jefferson Gottardi | 27 | Bolivian | striker | Lou Gehrig's disease | 2003 |
Craig Gowans | 17 | Scottish | Defender | training ground accident | 2005 |
Tom Gracie | 26 | Scottish | leukemia | 1915 | |
Ruggero Grava | 27 | French | striker | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Giuseppe Grezar | 30 | Italian | midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Tor Marius Gromstad | 22 | Norwegian | defender | suicide | 2012 |
Alan Groves | 29 | English | winger | heart attack | 1978 |
Juan Guedes | 28 | Spanish | midfielder | cancer | 1971 |
Jerry Haatrecht | 28 | Dutch-Suriname | Surinam air disaster | 1989 | |
Jeff Hall | 29 | English | full-back | polio | 1959 |
Jimmy Hampson | 31 | English | striker | boating accident | 1938 |
Austin Hayes | 28 | English | winger | lung cancer | 1986 |
Conrad Hendricks | 26 | South African | goalkeeper | car accident | 2006 |
Chinonso Henry | 21 | Nigerian | striker | heart attack | 2012 |
Dean Horrix | 28 | English | striker | car accident | 1990 |
Peter Houseman | 31 | English | midfielder | car accident | 1977 |
Ralph Hunt | 31 | English | striker | car accident | 1964 |
Besian Idrizaj | 22 | Austrian | striker | heart attack | 2010 |
Zdeněk Jánoš | 32 | Czech | goalkeeper | car accident | 1999 |
Daniel Jarque | 26 | Spanish | defender | heart attack | 2009 |
Erik Pondal Jensen | 29 | Danish | midfielder | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Per Funch Jensen | 21 | Danish | goalkeeper | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Virgall Joemankhan | 20 | Dutch-Suriname | Surinam air disaster | 1989 | |
Jack Jones | 29 | English | forward | Typhoid fever | 1904 |
Mark Jones | 24 | English | defender | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Ray Jones | 18 | English | striker | car accident | 2007 |
Rolston Jones | Trinidad and Tobagan | shot dead | |||
Juanito | 37 | Spanish | Forward | Car accident | 1992 |
Godfrey Kangwa | 29 | Zambian | midfielder | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Ihab Kareem | 26 | Iraqi | midfielder | injuries from bombing | 2007 |
Arne Karlsen | 20 | Danish | defender | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Dick Keith | 33 | Northern Irish | defender | accident dismantling a garage door | 1967 |
Oliver King-Onzila | 19 | English | midfielder | stab wounds | 2008 |
Alexei Klimenko | Soviet | execution by German soldiers during World War II (see The Death Match) | 1943 | ||
Andro Knel | 21 | Dutch-Suriname | midfielder | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Ruben Kogeldans | 22 | Dutch-Suriname | defender | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Nikolai Korotkykh | Soviet | execution by German soldiers during World War II (see The Death Match) | 1941 | ||
Yiannis Koskiniatis | 25 | Greek | midfielder | suicide | 2008 |
Nikola Kotkov | 32 | Bulgarian | striker | car accident | 1971 |
Kurt Krahmer | 21 | Danish | winger | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Marek Krejčí | 26 | Slovak | striker | car accident | 2007 |
Mykola Kudrytsky | 31 | Ukrainian | midfielder | car accident | 1994 |
Ernst Künz | 32 | Austrian | defender | killed during World War II | 1944 |
Ivan Kuzmenko | Soviet | execution by German soldiers during World War II (see The Death Match) | 1943 | ||
Børge Bastholm Larsen | 29 | Danish | defender | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
Pedro Lavoura | 26 | Venezuelan | striker | car accident | 2000 |
Adam Ledwoń | 34 | Polish | midfielder | suicide | 2008 |
Gift Leremi | 22 | South Africa | midfielder | car accident | 2007 |
Mahicon Librelato | 21 | Brazilian | striker | car accident | 2002 |
Ortwin Linger | 21 | Dutch-Suriname | defender | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Ezio Loik | 30 | Italian | midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
David Longhurst | 25 | English | striker | cardiac arrest | 1990 |
John Lyons | 26 | English | striker | suicide | 1982 |
Michael Maidens | 20 | English | midfielder | car accident | 2007 |
Derby Makinka | 26 | Zambian | midfielder | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Stephen Malcolm | 30 | Jamaican | midfielder | car accident | 2001 |
Jarl Malmgren | 33 | Finnish | midfielder | killed in World War II | 1942 |
Dragan Mance | 22 | Serbian | striker | car accident | 1985 |
Lesley Manyathela | 21 | South Africa | striker | car accident | 2003 |
Neto Maranhão | 28 | Brazilian | midfielder | died during training | 2013 |
Virgilio Maroso | 23 | Italian | midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Dennis Marshall | 26 | Costa Rican | defender | car accident | 2011 |
Danilo Martelli | 25 | Italian | midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Moses Masuwa | 22 | Zambian | striker | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Jason Mayélé | 26 | Congolese | striker | car accident | 2002 |
Valentino Mazzola | 30 | Italian | striker | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Norrie McCathie | 34 | Scottish | defender | accidental carbon monoxide poisoning | 1996 |
Frank McGinnes | 22 | Scottish | forward | kidney disease | 1892 |
Bobby McKean | 25 | Scottish | midfielder | accidental carbon monoxide poisoning | 1978 |
Tommy McLaren | 29 | Scottish | midfielder | suicide | 1978 |
Tommy Meehan | 28 | English | half-back | encephalitis lethargica | 1924 |
Romeo Menti | 29 | Italian | striker | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Vittorio Mero | 27 | Italian | defender | car accident | 2002 |
Gigi Meroni | 27 | Italian | winger | car accident | 1967 |
Claudio Milar | 34 | Uruguayan | striker | bus crash | 2009 |
Michael Millett | 17 | English | defender | car accident | 1995 |
Gionata Mingozzi | 23 | Italian | midfielder | car accident | 2008 |
Damián Lucas Molina | 20 | Argentine | goalkeeper | respiratory problems caused by heart defect | 2004 |
Emiliano Molina | 17 | Argentine | goalkeeper | car accident | 2005 |
Lester Morgan | 26 | Costa Rican | goalkeeper | suicide | 2002 |
Eddie Moussa | 26 | Swedish-Lebanese | striker | homicide | 2010 |
Eston Mulenga | 26 | Zambian | midfielder | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Winter Mumba | 23 | Zambian | defender | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Kelvin Mutale | 24 | Zambian | striker | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Richard Mwanza | 33 | Zambian | goalkeeper | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Numba Mwila | 21 | Zambian | midfielder | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Timothy Mwitwa | 25 | Zambian | striker | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Hussein Naeem | 20 | Lebanese | striker | car bomb | 2007 |
Bruno Neri | 33 | Italian | midfielder | killed in World War II | 1944 |
Alan Nicholls | 22 | English | goalkeeper | motorcycle accident | 1995 |
John Nicholson | 30 | English | defender | car crash | 1966 |
Antonio de Nigris | 31 | Mexican | striker | heart attack | 2009 |
Krzysztof Nowak | 29 | Polish | midfielder | Lou Gehrig's disease | 2005 |
Phil O'Donnell | 35 | Scottish | midfielder | cardiac arrest | 2007 |
Samuel Okwaraji | 25 | Nigerian | Midfielder | Congestive Heart failure | 1989 |
Rogério Oliveira | 30 | Brazilian | striker | heart attack | 2006 |
Piero Operto | 22 | Italian | defender | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Franco Ossola | 27 | Italian | striker | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Josheph Ouhm | 32 | Cameroonese | striker | pulmonary edema | 2009 |
Alen Pamić | 23 | Croatian | midfielder | died during game with friends | 2013 |
Maksym Pashayev | 20 | Ukrainian | defender | car accident | 2008 |
Fred Patrick | 23 | Dutch-Suriname | midfielder | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Simon Patterson | 24 | English | striker | car accident | 2006 |
Serhiy Perkhun | 23 | Ukrainian | goalkeeper | brain hemorrhage as a result of head injury | 2001 |
David Pegg | 22 | English | winger | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Mark Philo | 21 | English | midfielder | car accident | 2006 |
Clément Pinault | 23 | French | defender | heart attack | 2009 |
Federico Pisani | 22 | Italian | striker | car accident | 1997 |
Danijel Popović | 20 | Croatian | midfielder | car accident | 2002 |
Abdón Porte | 37 | Uruguayan | defender | suicide | 1918 |
Kiyan Prince | 15 | English | midfielder (youth team) | homicide | 2006 |
Brian Purcell | 30 | Welsh | defender | car accident | 1969 |
Avi Ran | 23 | Israeli | goalkeeper | hit by speed boat | 1987 |
Mel Rees | 26 | Welsh | goalkeeper | cancer | 1993 |
Régis Gouveia | 28 | Brazilian | defender | bus crash[2] | 2009 |
Renato | 28 | Brazilian | midfielder | homicide during robbery | 2004 |
Claudinei Resende | 26 | Brazilian | midfielder | homicide | 2004 |
Mario Rigamonti | 26 | Italian | midfielder | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Dale Roberts | 24 | English | goalkeeper | suicide | 2010 |
David Rocastle | 33 | English | midfielder | lymphoma | 2001 |
Miki Roqué | 23 | Spanish | defender | pelvic cancer | 2012 |
Nick Ross | 31 | Scottish | defender | consumption/tuberculosis | 1894 |
Miro Rys | 20 | Czech-American | forward | car accident | 1977 |
Silvester Sabolčki | 23 | Croatian | defender | car accident | 2003 |
Holger Salin | 32 | Finnish | striker | killed during World War II | 1943/1944 |
Mirko Saric | 21 | Argentine | midfielder | suicide | 2000 |
Andy Scharmin | 21 | Dutch-Suriname | defender | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Julius Schubert | 26 | Hungarian | striker | Superga air disaster | 1949 |
Sergio Schulmeister | 25 | Argentine | goalkeeper | suicide | 2003 |
Serginho | 30 | Brazilian | defender | myocardial infarction during match | 2004 |
Kenan Simambe | 19 | Zambian | defender | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Matthias Sindelar | 35 | Austrian | striker | officially carbon monoxide poisoning (see Matthias Sindelar#Death and myth) | 1939 |
George Smith | 28 | English | defender/striker | heart attack | 1908 |
Nicol Smith | 31 | Scottish | defender | enteric fever | 1905 |
Peter Southey | 21 | English | defender | leukemia | 1983 |
John Soko | 23 | Zambian | defender | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Erling Spalk | 19 | Danish | defender | Øresund plane crash | 1960 |
James Speedie | Scottish | killed in World War I | 1915 | ||
Adam Stansfield | 31 | English | striker | bowel cancer | 2010 |
François Sterchele | 26 | Belgian | striker | car accident | 2008 |
Nick Stienstra | 33 | Dutch-Suriname | Surinam air disaster | 1989 | |
Anatoli Sylka | 30 | Russian | defender | heart attack | 2009 |
Sándor Szűcs | 30 | Hungarian | defender | execution by the communist regime for defection attempt | 1951 |
Giuliano Taccola | 24 | Italian | striker | heart attack | 1969 |
Tommy Taylor | 26 | English | striker | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
Otilino Tenorio | 25 | Ecuadorian | striker | car accident | 2005 |
Donald Thobega | 29 | Botswanan | midfielder | car accident | 2009 |
John Thomson | 22 | Scottish | goalkeeper | died as result of head injury sustained during match | 1931 |
Alfredo Tomassini | 23 | Peruvian | midfielder | drowned | 1987 |
David Di Tommaso | 26 | French | midfielder | heart attack | 2005 |
Mickey Trotman | 26 | Trinidad and Tobagan | midfielder | car accident | 2001 |
Nikolai Trusevich | Soviet | goalkeeper | execution by German soldiers during World War II (see The Death Match) | 1943 | |
Cristian Tudor | 30 | Romanian | striker | cirrhosis | 2012 |
Raimundo Tupper | 26 | Chilean | defender | suicide | 1995 |
Ivan Turina | 32 | Croatian | goalkeeper | heart failure | 2013 |
Kirk Urso | 22 | American | midfielder | genetic heart defect | 2012 |
Petea Vâlcov | 32 | Romanian | striker | killed on the Eastern Front | 1943 |
Ferry van Vliet | 20 | Dutch | midfielder | car accident | 2001 |
Edy Vasquez | 23 | Honduran | midfielder | car accident | 2007 |
Elfried Veldman | 23 | Dutch-Suriname | midfielder | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Florian Vijent | 27 | Dutch-Suriname | goalkeeper | Surinam air disaster | 1989 |
Ondřej Voříšek | 18 | Czech | goalkeeper | car accident | 2004 |
Karl Wahlmüller | 30 | Austrian | midfielder | killed during World War II | 1944 |
Wang Donglei | 23 | Chinese | midfielder | car accident | 2008 |
Robert Watiyakeni | 24 | Zambian | defender | Gabon air disaster | 1993 |
Harry Wattie | 23 | Scottish | Battle of the Somme | 1916 | |
Walter Werginz | 31 | Austrian | forward | killed in World War II | 1944 |
Liam Whelan | 22 | Irish | striker | Munich air disaster | 1958 |
John White | 27 | Scottish | midfielder | hit by lightning | 1964 |
Dave Wiggett | 20 | English | defender | car accident | 1978 |
Frank Wilson | 22 | English | centre forward | "maniacal exhaustion caused by football and excitement"[3] | 1898 |
Whayne Wilson | 29 | Costa Rican | striker | car accident | 2005 |
Zhang Yalin | 28 | Chinese | midfielder | lymphoma | 2010 |
Mikhail Yeremin | 23 | Soviet | goalkeeper | car accident | 1991 |
Gábor Zavadszky | 31 | Hungarian | midfielder | embolism | 2006 |
Hicham Zerouali | 27 | Moroccan | striker | car accident | 2004 |
Grigore Popan | 34 | Romanian | striker | car accident | 2009 |
Andreas Biermann | 33 | German | defender | suicide | 2014 |
Davide Astori | 31 | Italian | defender | cardiac arrest | 2018 |
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