List of association footballers who died during their careers

For a list of footballers who died on the pitch during a game or training, see List of association footballers who died while playing.
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Player Age Nationality Last club Position Cause of death Year
Marián Čišovský 40  Slovakia FC Viktoria Plzeň defender ALS 2020
Liam Scott 18  Scotland Bellshill Athletic striker drowned after falling into river[1] 2020
Kossi Koudagba 24  Togo ASC Kara striker short illness[2] 2020
Deibert Guzmán 25  Bolivia Universitario del Beni COVID-19 pandemic; becomes the first professional player in world football to die from COVID-19[3] 2020
Michael Durkin 25  New Zealand Three Kings United midfielder vehicle rolled down bank, killing Durkin, who was a passenger[4] 2020
Umar Ahmad Jalingo 27  Nigeria Bendel Insurance goalkeeper brief illness[5] 2020
Christian Mbulu 23  England Morecambe defender undisclosed cause[6] 2020
Joseph Bouasse 21  Cameroon Universitatea Cluj midfielder heart attack[7] 2020
Daniela Lázaro Ducoulombier 20  Mexico Atlético San Luis midfielder possible suicide[8] 2020
Andrea Rinaldi 19  Italy Legnano midfielder brain aneurysm[9] 2020
Innokenty Samokhvalov 22  Russia FC Kazanka Moscow defender heart failure[10] 2020
Kaan Öztürk 20  Turkey Eskişehirspor midfielder car accident[11] 2020
Christian Minchola 14  Spain Atletico Madrid striker undisclosed illness 2020
Emmanuel Ogbu  Nigeria Enugu Rangers striker car accident[12] 2020
Ifeanyi George 26  Nigeria Enugu Rangers striker car accident 2020
Cédric Tijus 35  Martinique Réveil Sportif defender heart attack 2020
Chineme Martins 22  Nigeria Nasarawa United midfield collapsed during league match 2020
Kazeem Tiamiyu 21  Nigeria Remo Stars defender allegedly killed by Nigerian police[13] 2020
Jordan Sinnott 25  England Matlock Town midfield homicide during night out[14] 2020
Kennedy Isles 28  Saint Kitts and Nevis Garden Hotspurs midfield homicide by shooting[15] 2020
Nathaël Julan 23  France En Avant de Guingamp forward car accident after leaving training 2020
Ivo-Valentino Tomaš 26  Croatia
 Germany		 NK Urania Baška Voda midfielder suicide 2019
Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan 39  India East Bengal F.C. defender collapsed and died while playing All Indian Sevens tournament 2019
Nickron Billy 18  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Jebelle FC goalkeeper suicide[16] 2019
Pascale Gaedke 20  Germany SV Liebertwolkwitz goalkeeper drowned in a pool[17] 2019
Alfin Lestaluhu 15  Indonesia Indonesia U-17 right back encephalitis following an earthquake in Seram Island[18] 2019
Renan Henrique Santos 16  Brazil Água Santa striker cardiac arrest 2019
Diana González 26  Mexico Club América midfielder hypoglycemia[19] 2019
Shahdon Winchester 27  Trinidad and Tobago W Connection striker car accident 2019
Isaac Promise 31  Nigeria Austin Bold striker heart attack[20] 2019
Kelvin Maynard 32  Suriname Alphense Boys right back homicide by shooting[14] 2019
Kajus Žukauskas 16  Lithuania SM Tauras left winger drowned[21] 2019
Jarzinho Pieter 31  Curaçao Vesta goalkeeper heart attack[22] 2019
Yeison Mendoza 25  Colombia Valledupar forward homicide by shooting[23] 2019
Tsilavo Andriamanivosoa 21  Madagascar ASPV Strasbourg forward car accident[24] 2019
Alba Esteban 19  Spain Son Sardina motorcycle accident[25] 2019
Mé Aboubacar Diomandé 31  Ivory Coast Stella Club d'Adjamé defensive midfielder fell from moving train[26] 2019
Gerardo Mendoza 30  Venezuela Yaracuyanos defensive midfielder homicide during robbery[27] 2019
Mohammed Nitcheu 19  Belgium
 Cameroon		 Sint-Truiden forward car accident[28] 2019
Amadou Boiro 23  Senegal Çarşambaspor midfielder undisclosed illness[29] 2019
Florijana Ismaili 24   Switzerland
 Albania		 BSC YB Frauen forward drowned while swimming in Lake Como[30] 2019
Thalles 24  Brazil Ponte Preta forward motorcycle accident[31] 2019
José Antonio Reyes 35  Spain Extremadura UD left winger car accident[32] 2019
Jason Marcano 35  Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh forward car accident[33] 2019
Thembinkosi Mbamba 23  South Africa TS Galaxy forward car accident[34] 2019
Josef Šural 28  Czech Republic Alanyaspor forward died when team bus crashed returning from match against Kayserispor[35] 2019
Faty Papy 28  Burundi Malanti Chiefs midfielder callapsed during league match against Green Mamba[36] 2019
Luis Fernando Páez 29  Paraguay Independiente de Campo Grande forward car accident[37] 2019
John Odisho 25  Australia Parramatta FC midfielder homicide during home invasion[38] 2019
Sinethemba Jantjie 30  South Africa Free State Stars forward car accident[39] 2019
Keyvan Vahdani 27  Iran Aluminium Arak forward killed by landslide while travelling in Mazandaran Province[40] 2019
Joel Darlington 20  Wales Bala Town striker committed suicide after persistent injuries hindered his professional career, including a trial at Manchester United[41] 2019
Mike Thalassitis 26  England
 Cyprus		 Margate striker suicide[42] 2019
Tariq Omar 24  New Zealand FC Twenty 11 midfielder killed in Christchurch mosque shootings[43] 2019
Atta Elayyan 33  New Zealand Mainland Football goalkeeper killed in Christchurch mosque shootings[43] 2019
Krešimir Bandić 23  Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg goalkeeper undisclosed[44] 2019
Hermann Leyigui 30  Gabon Akanda midfielder collapsed on field[45] 2019
César Borda 25  Argentina UAI Urquiza defender suicide[46] 2019
Paul Ramos 28  Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima right back car accident[47] 2019
Arthur Vinicius 14  Brazil Flamengo defender fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex[48] 2019
Áthila Paixão 14  Brazil Flamengo striker fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Bernardo Pisetta 15  Brazil Flamengo goalkeeper fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Christian Esmério 15  Brazil Flamengo goalkeeper fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Gedinho 14  Brazil Flamengo midfielder fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Jorge Eduardo 15  Brazil Flamengo left winger fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Pablo Henrique 14  Brazil Flamengo midfielder fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Samuel Thomas 15  Brazil Flamengo right back fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Vitinho 15  Brazil Flamengo forward fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Rykelmo 16  Brazil Flamengo defensive midfielder fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex 2019
Adam Mulchrone 21  Ireland Westport United midfielder meningitis[49] 2019
Erik Dwi Ermawansyah 22  Indonesia Persik Kendal forward heart attack[50] 2019
Emiliano Sala 28  Argentina Cardiff City forward plane crashed into English Channel[51] 2019
Désiré Yaovi Assiongbo 21  Guinea Wakirya AC centre back car accident[52] 2019
Hugo Alarcón 26  Chile Deportes Iberia forward undisclosed[53] 2019
Brian Peter 27  Solomon Islands Western United defender undisclosed illness[54] 2018
Andrey Shcharbakow 27  Belarus Vitebsk goalkeeper car accident[55] 2018
Walter Williams 35  Honduras Juticalpa fullback stroke[56] 2018
Pitakia Talu 20  Solomon Islands Western United midfielder cardiac arrest[57] 2018
Océane Rogon 20  France EA Guingamp Féminines defender terminal illness[58] 2018
Alexei Lomakin 18  Russia Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder hypothermia[59] 2018
Ding Guoliang 23  China Shaanxi Chang'an defender carcinoma[60] 2018
Óscar Munguía 27  Honduras Vida goalkeeper homicide[61] 2018
Verena Erlacher 19  Italy Südtirol attacking midfielder undisclosed[62] 2018
Daniel 24  Brazil São Bento attacking midfielder homicide; signs of torture present[63] 2018
Ramon 31  Brazil Araranguá striker collapsed during friendly game[64] 2018
Majid Gholamnejad 35  Iran Shahrdari Bandar Abbas midfielder cardiac arrest[65] 2018
Max Silva 16  Peru Unión Comercio forward motorcycle accident[66] 2018
William Gomis 19  France AS Saint-Étienne defender homicide by shooting[67] 2018
Krystian Popiela 20  Poland Stal Rzeszów striker traffic collision[68] 2018
Emil Rachev 28  Bulgaria Rozova Dolina Kazanlak midfielder heart attack[69] 2018
Kalia Kulothungan 40  India Bhawanipore FC midfielder traffic collision[70] 2018
Julia Borisenko 28  Belarus Zorka-BGU Minsk defender drowned[71] 2018
Facundo Espíndola 25  Argentina Atlético Uruguay goalkeeper murdered by footballer Nahuel Oviedo[72] 2018
Edvin Hodžić 23  Austria SV Schalding-Heining centre midfielder undisclosed[73] 2018
Tazir Kariyev 29  Russia Lokomotiv Kropotkin forward homicide[74] 2018
Juraj Halenár 35  Slovakia SV Gaflenz forward suicide[75] 2018
Ryan Evans 17  England Mansfield Town striker died in his sleep[76] 2018
Alejandro Peñaranda 24  Colombia Cortuluá striker homicide[77] 2018
Jlloyd Samuel 37  Trinidad and Tobago Egerton defender car accident[78] 2018
Omar Daoud 35  Libya Al Akhdar defender car accident[79] 2018
Luyanda Ntshangase 21  South Africa Maritzburg United midfielder struck by lightning during friendly game; died three days later[80] 2018
Samba Diop 18  France Le Havre defender undisclosed[81] 2018
Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien 20  Norway Kongsvinger IL centre back septic shock[82] 2018
Ezequiel Orozco 29  Mexico Murciélagos forward lung cancer[83] 2018
Vladimir Gerasimov 28  Russia FC Metallist-Korolev striker victim of hit and run in China; lay for two hours on street without any passer-by assistance before passing away[84] 2018
Thomas Rodriguez 18  France Tours defender died in his sleep[85] 2018
Davide Astori 31  Italy Fiorentina centre back cardiac arrest[86] 2018
Juan Carlos García 29  Honduras Wigan Athletic left back leukemia[87] 2018
Edu Ferreira 20  Portugal Boavista striker cancer[88] 2017
Renanzinho 20  Brazil Avaí defensive midfielder brain tumor[89] 2017
Gregory Rigters 32  Suriname WBC forward car accident[90] 2017
Erlandas Duršlikas 19  Lithuania Trakai B goalkeeper suicide[91] 2017
Dionatan Teixeira 25  Brazil
 Slovakia		  Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol centre back heart attack[92] 2017
Abdoulaye Soulama 30  Burkina Faso Hearts of Oak goalkeeper cancer[93] 2017
Choirul Huda 38  Indonesia Persela Lamongan goalkeeper collided with teammate Ramon Rodrigues during match, causing hypoxia[94] 2017
Georges Griffiths 27  Ivory Coast Diósgyőr forward homicide during robbery[95] 2017
David Bystroň 34  Czech Republic US Schluein Ilanz centre back suicide[96] 2017
Mondli Dlamini 20  South Africa Maritzburg United midfielder car accident[97] 2017
Shota Maminashvili 31  Georgia FC Zugdidi goalkeeper collapsed during pre-match warmup[98] 2017
Pessalli 26  Brazil Paraná midfielder car accident[99] 2017
Cheick Tioté 30  Ivory Coast Beijing Enterprises midfielder heart failure[100] 2017
František Rajtoral 31  Czech Republic Gaziantepspor right back suicide[101] 2017
Amílcar Henríquez 33  Panama Árabe Unido defensive midfield homicide in drive-by shooting[102] 2017
Ryan McBride 26  Northern Ireland Derry City centre back undisclosed[103] 2017
Eduard Gutiérrez 21  Colombia Atlético Huila centre back car accident[104] 2017
Johnson Kendrick 25  Brazil Al-Gharafa forward homicide during robbery[105] 2017
Roy Richards 33  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Rendezvous FC defender homicide[106] 2017
Ntuthuko Radebe 30  South Africa KAS Eupen left back car accident[107] 2017
Estêvão Alberto Gino 19  Mozambique Atlético Mineiro de Tete centre back crocodile attack[108] 2017
Şehmus Özer 36  Turkey Amed S.K. forward car accident[109] 2016
Paul Burton 24  Bolivia Oriente Petrolero defender complications following surgery on herniated disc[109] 2016
Ailton Canela 22  Brazil Chapecoense forward Chapecoense air disaster[110] 2016
Dener 25  Brazil Chapecoense left back Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Marcelo 25  Brazil Chapecoense centre back Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Matheus Biteco 21  Brazil Chapecoense defensive midfielder Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Mateus Caramelo 22  Brazil Chapecoense right back Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Gimenez 21  Brazil Chapecoense right back Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Lucas Gomes 26  Brazil Chapecoense forward Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Kempes 34  Brazil Chapecoense forward Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Arthur Maia 24  Brazil Chapecoense winger Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Ananias 27  Brazil Chapecoense attacking midfielder Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Danilo 31  Brazil Chapecoense goalkeeper Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Filipe Machado 32  Brazil Chapecoense centre back Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Sérgio Manoel 27  Brazil Chapecoense defensive midfielder Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Gil 29  Brazil Chapecoense defensive midfielder Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Bruno Rangel 34  Brazil Chapecoense striker Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Cléber Santana 35  Brazil Chapecoense central midfielder Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Josimar 30  Brazil Chapecoense defensive midfielder Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Thiego 30  Brazil Chapecoense centre back Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Thiaguinho 22  Brazil Chapecoense forward Chapecoense air disaster 2016
Gabriel Badilla 32  Costa Rica Saprissa defender cardiac arrest during marathon[111] 2016
Maximiliano Giusti 25  Argentina La Emilia striker car accident[112] 2016
Shahlyla Baloch 20  Pakistan Balochistan United striker car accident[113] 2016
Gonzalo Peralta 36  Argentina Deportivo Riestra defender leukaemia[114] 2016
Serigne Abdou 21  Qatar
 Senegal		 Al-Khor defender cancer[115] 2016
Fran Carles 26  Spain Linares Deportivo midfielder rhabdomyolysis after dropping gym weight on foot[116] 2016
Niklas Feierabend 19  Germany Hannover 96 forward car accident[117] 2016
Mehrdad Oladi 30  Iran Malavan forward cardiac arrest 2016
Zoe Tynan 18  England Fylde Ladies F.C. midfielder suicide[118] 2016
Javier de la Rosa 21  Panama Chorrillo FC striker homicide by shooting[119] 2016
Abel Dhaira 28  Uganda ÍBV goalkeeper cancer[120] 2016
Mondli Cele 26  South Africa Maritzburg United midfielder car accident[121] 2016
Steve Gohouri 34  Ivory Coast TSV Steinbach centre back unknown; body discovered in the Rhine near Krefeld[122] 2015
Arnold Peralta 26  Honduras Olimpia defensive midfielder homicide[123] 2015
Márton Fülöp 32  Hungary Asteras Tripoli goalkeeper cancer[124] 2015
Cecil Lolo 27  South Africa Ajax Cape Town defender car accident[125] 2015
Franklin April 31  Namibia Civics defender asthma[126] 2015
Hadi Norouzi 26  Iran Persepolis striker heart attack[127] 2015
Jacob Schilt 23  England Worthing United midfielder 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash[128] 2015
Matthew Grimstone 23  England Worthing United goalkeeper 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash 2015
Gregory Mertens 24  Belgium Sporting Lokeren centre back cardiac arrest[129] 2015
Richard Henyekane 31  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns striker car accident[130] 2015
Junior Malanda 20  Belgium VfL Wolfsburg defensive midfielder car accident[131] 2015
Alex Peguero-Sosa 17  England Plymouth Argyle murdered[132] 2014
Seriki Audu 23  Nigeria Lobi Stars striker car accident[133] 2014
Joseph Henyekane 30  South Africa Roses United defender car accident[134] 2014
Pontus Segerström 33  Sweden Brommapojkarna defender brain tumor[135] 2014
Gunnar Zachariasen 22  Faroe Islands EB/Streymur midfielder smashed by a container with fish[136] 2014
Andreas Biermann 33  Germany Spandauer Kickers defender suicide[137] 2014
Reinier de Groene 18  Netherlands FC Groningen midfielder drowned in quicksand[138] 2014
Senzo Meyiwa 30  South Africa Orlando Pirates goalkeeper homicide during home invasion[139] 2014
Ibrahim Touré 28  Ivory Coast Al-Safa' SC striker cancer[140] 2014
Valéry Mézague 30  Cameroon SC Toulon midfielder cardiac arrest[141] 2014
Dylan Tombides 20  Australia West Ham United striker testicular cancer[142] 2014
Chiwanki Lyainga 30  Zambia Red Arrows midfielder homicide by stabbing[143] 2014
Akeem Adams 22  Trinidad and Tobago Ferencváros defender stroke following heart attack[144] 2013
Qusai Emad Al-Khawaldeh 19  Jordan Al-Faisaly midfielder choked on own tongue while sleeping[145] 2013
Jancarlos 30  Brazil Rio Branco right back car plunged into ravine[146] 2013
Christian Benítez 27  Ecuador El Jaish striker heart attack[147] 2013
Neto Maranhão 28 Potiguar de Mossoró midfielder died during training[148] 2013
Alen Pamić 23  Croatia Istra 1961 midfielder collapsed during game with friends; attributed to high cholesterol[149] 2013
Ivan Turina 32  Croatia AIK Fotboll goalkeeper heart failure[150] 2013
Norran Jno Hope 19  Dominica South East FC defender car accident[151] 2013
Colin Edwards 21  Guyana Caledonia United goalkeeper motorcycle accident[152] 2013
Cristian Tudor 30  Romania Alania Vladikavkaz striker cirrhosis[153] 2012
Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu 26  Turkey
 Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Eskişehirspor defender cardiac arrest[154] 2012
Victor Brännström 29  Sweden Piteå IF striker cardiac arrest during match[155] 2012
Václav Drobný 32  Czech Republic Bohemians Praha defender bobsleigh accident[156] 2012
Tor Marius Gromstad 22  Norway Stabæk Fotball defender accidental fall at construction site[157] 2012
Henry Chinonso 21  Nigeria Delta Tulcea striker cardiac arrest during match[158] 2012
Miki Roqué 23  Spain Real Betis defender pelvic cancer[159] 2012
Kirk Urso 22  USA Columbus Crew midfielder cardiac arrest[160] 2012
Jeffrey Ntuka 26  South Africa SuperSport United defender homicide by stabbing[161] 2012
Paulo Rodrigues 25  Brazil 1. FK Příbram car accident 2012
Édison Chará 31  Colombia Dalian Aerbin striker homicide by shooting[162] 2011
Echendu Adiele 32  Nigeria TSV Amicitia Viernheim centreback poisoned in his sleep[163] 2011
Theyab Awana 21  United Arab Emirates Baniyas Club winger car accident[164] 2011
Olubayo Adefemi 25  Nigeria Skoda Xanthi defender car accident[165] 2011
Richard Butcher 29  England Macclesfield Town midfielder cardiac arrhythmia during sleep[166] 2011
Miroslav Opsenica 29  Serbia FK Kolubara midfielder car accident[167] 2011
Gianfranco Espejo 23  Peru Sporting Cristal midfielder car accident[168] 2011
Naoki Matsuda 34  Japan Matsumoto Yamaga centre back heart attack during warmup run; died two days later[169] 2011
William Morais 19  Brazil América Mineiro attacking midfielder homicide during robbery[170] 2011
Dennis Marshall 26  Costa Rica Aalborg BK defender car accident[171] 2011
Nikolay Abramov 26  Russia FC Zvezda Ryazan defender heart failure[172] 2010
Dale Roberts 24  England Rushden & Diamonds goalkeeper suicide following wife's apparent affair with teammate Paul Terry[173] 2010
Shamil Burziyev 25  Russia Anzhi Makhachkala midfielder car accident[174] 2010
Nelson Rivera 19  El Salvador Isidro Metapán defender homicide by shooting[175] 2010
Philip Tisson 24  Saint Lucia Helenites midfielder homicide by shooting[176] 2010
Adam Stansfield 31  England Exeter City striker colorectal cancer[177] 2010
Massamasso Tchangai 32  Togo Al-Nassr defender heart attack[178] 2010
Eddie Moussa 26  Sweden
 Lebanon		 Assyriska FF striker victim of mass shooting at Café Oasen in Södertälje, Sweden[179] 2010
Besian Idrizaj 22  Austria Swansea City striker heart attack[180] 2010
Guillermo Meza 21  Mexico UNAM defender homicide by shooting[181] 2010
Alper Balaban 22  Turkey
 Germany		 Tavşanlı Linyitspor striker car accident[182] 2010
Zhang Yalin 28  China Dalian Shide midfielder lymphoma[183] 2010
Victor Helu 26  Namibia Eleven Arrows midfielder homicide by stabbing[184] 2009
Orane Simpson 26  Jamaica Tivoli Gardens midfielder homicide by stabbing[185] 2009
Hernan Córdoba 19  Colombia Atlético Huila striker car accident[186] 2009
Mario Beltrán 23  Colombia Atlético Huila midfielder car accident[186] 2009
Jan Sillo 32  South Africa AmaZulu right back car accident[187] 2009
Abel Tador 24  Nigeria Bayelsa United defensive midfielder homicide during robbery[188] 2009
Youssef Elbai 30  France FC Orly defender undisclosed[189] 2009
Robert Enke 32  Germany Hannover 96 goalkeeper suicide[190] 2009
Daniel Jarque 26  Spain Espanyol defender heart attack[191] 2009
Claudio Milar 34  Uruguay Brasil de Pelotas striker bus crash[192] 2009
Régis Gouveia 28  Brazil Brasil de Pelotas defender bus crash[192] 2009
Antonio de Nigris 31  Mexico Larissa striker heart attack[193] 2009
Edouard Oum Ndeki 32  Cameroon Rodos striker hepatitis[194] 2009
Clément Pinault 23  France Clermont Foot defender heart attack[195] 2009
Grigore Popan 34  Romania Turul Micula striker car accident[196] 2009
Paul McGrillen 37  Scotland Bathgate Thistle striker suicide[197] 2009
Anatoli Sylka 30  Russia Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk defender heart attack[198] 2009
Donald Thobega 29  Botswana Defence Force XI midfielder car accident[199] 2009
Ernie Cooksey 28  England Grays Athletic midfielder melanoma[200] 2008
Sébastien De Meersman 37  Belgium Léopold Uccle-Woluwe winger suicide[201] 2008
Ibrahim Dossey 36  Ghana FCM Târgoviște goalkeeper car accident[202] 2008
Oliver King-Onzila 19  England Barnet midfielder homicide by stabbing[203] 2008
Yiannis Koskiniatis 25  Greece Diagoras midfielder suicide after being dropped from squad to face Olympiakos in cup game[204] 2008
Adam Ledwoń 34  Poland SK Austria Kärnten midfielder suicide[205] 2008
Gionata Mingozzi 23  Italy Treviso midfielder traffic collision[206] 2008
Maksym Pashayev 20  Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk defender car accident[207] 2008
François Sterchele 26  Belgium Club Brugge striker car accident[208] 2008
Wang Donglei 23  China Nanjing Yoyo midfielder car accident[209] 2008
Alemão 23  Brazil Palmeiras striker car accident[210] 2007
Nando 25  Mozambique Black Leopards defender car accident; burned to death[211] 2007
Gift Leremi 22  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder car accident[212] 2007
Hussein Dokmak 25  Lebanon Nejmeh defender killed in car bombing in Lebanon[213] 2007
Hussein Naeem 20  Lebanon Nejmeh striker killed in car bombing in Lebanon[213] 2007
Gustavo Eberto 24  Argentina Talleres goalkeeper testicular cancer[214] 2007
Lenar Gilmullin 22  Russia Rubin Kazan defender motorcycle accident resulting in coma; died five days later[215] 2007
Ray Jones 18  England Queens Park Rangers striker car accident[216] 2007
Ehab Karim 26  Iraq Al-Sinaa midfielder killed in car bombing in Baghdad[217] 2007
Marek Krejčí 26  Slovakia Wacker Burghausen striker car accident[218] 2007
Michael Maidens 20  England Hartlepool United midfielder car accident[219] 2007
Phil O'Donnell 35  Scotland Motherwell midfielder cardiac arrest while playing[220] 2007
Edy Vásquez 23  Honduras Motagua midfielder car accident[221] 2007
Federico Crescentini 24  San Marino Tre Fiori defender drowned while on holiday in Acapulco, Mexico[222] 2006
Riccardo Neri 17  Italy Juventus goalkeeper drowned attempting to retrieve football from a lake at Juventus Center[223] 2006
Alessio Ferramosca 17  Italy Juventus defender drowned attempting to retrieve football from a lake at Juventus Center[223] 2006
Conrad Hendricks 26  South Africa Moroka Swallows goalkeeper car accident 2006
Rogério Oliveira 30  Brazil Shkëndija striker heart attack 2006
Simon Patterson 24  England Wingate & Finchley striker car accident 2006
Milorad Popović 27  Serbia OFK Beograd left back testicular cancer[224] 2006
Mark Philo 21  England Wycombe Wanderers midfielder car accident 2006
Kiyan Prince 15  England Queens Park Rangers midfielder homicide 2006
Gábor Zavadszky 31  Hungary Apollon Limassol midfielder embolism 2006
Elson Becerra 27  Colombia Al-Jazira striker homicide 2006
José Luis Sánchez 31  Argentina Deportivo Laferrere forward motorcycle accident[225] 2006
Gary Bownes 26  Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts striker suicide 2005
Shane Brennan 23  Ireland Athlone Town winger accidental fall[226] 2005
Craig Gowans 17  Scotland Falkirk defender electrical accident 2005
Emiliano Molina 17  Argentina Independiente goalkeeper car accident 2005
Krzysztof Nowak 29  Poland VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Lou Gehrig's disease 2005
Otilino Tenorio 25  Ecuador El Nacional striker car accident 2005
David Di Tommaso 26  France FC Utrecht midfielder cardiac arrest 2005
Whayne Wilson 29  Costa Rica Brujas striker car accident 2005
Amaechi Ottiji 34  Germany SV Elversberg striker killed in gang shootout[227] 2004
Shalva Apkhazava 23  Georgia Arsenal Kyiv striker cardiac arrest 2004
Mattia Dal Bello 20  Italy AC Milan midfielder car accident 2004
Miklós Fehér 24  Hungary SL Benfica striker cardiac arrest 2004
Lucas Molina 20  Argentina Independiente goalkeeper cardiac arrest caused by respiratory problems 2004
Renato Cleonício 28  Brazil FC Zürich defensive midfielder homicide during robbery 2004
Claudinei Resende 26  Brazil Helsingborgs IF midfielder homicide 2004
Serginho 30  Brazil São Caetano defender cardiac arrest 2004
Ondřej Voříšek 18  Czechia 1. FC Slovácko forward car accident 2004
Hicham Zerouali 27  Morocco FAR Rabat striker car accident 2004
Andrei Chopenko 26  Ukraine Ararat Yerevan midfielder car accident 2003
Jimmy Davis 21  England Watford winger car accident 2003
Milton Flores 28  Honduras Real España goalkeeper homicide 2003
Marc-Vivien Foé 28  Cameroon Manchester City midfielder hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2003
Audrius Šlekys 28  Lithuania FBK Kaunas forward car accident[228] 2003
Jefferson Gottardi 27  Bolivia Goiás striker Lou Gehrig's disease 2003
Lesley Manyathela 21  South Africa Orlando Pirates striker car accident 2003
Silvester Sabolčki 23  Croatia Dinamo Zagreb defender car accident 2003
Sergio Schulmeister 25  Argentina Huracán goalkeeper suicide 2003
Mahicon Librelato 21  Brazil Internacional striker car accident 2002
Marcio Dos Santos 28  Brazil Deportivo Wanka striker heart attack 2002
Giovanni Córdoba 24  Colombia Deportivo Cali midfielder struck by lightning during training session; died three days later[229] 2002
Hernán Gaviria 32  Colombia Deportivo Cali midfielder struck by lightning during training session[230] 2002
Jason Mayélé 26  DR Congo Chievo Verona striker car accident 2002
Rolston James 26  Trinidad and Tobago W Connection striker shot dead 2002
Vittorio Mero 27  Italy Brescia defender car accident 2002
Lester Morgan 26  Costa Rica Herediano goalkeeper suicide 2002
Danijel Popović 20  Croatia Osijek midfielder car accident 2002
Vladimir Dimitrijević 20  Serbia Red Star Belgrade defender cardiac arrest during training 2001
Aaron Flahavan 25  England Portsmouth goalkeeper car accident 2001
Niccolò Galli 17  Italy Bologna defender motorcycle accident 2001
Pablo Hernán Gómez 23  Argentina Pachuca striker car accident 2001
Stephen Malcolm 30  Jamaica Seba United midfielder car accident 2001
Serhiy Perkhun 23  Ukraine CSKA Moscow goalkeeper brain hemorrhage following collision with Budun Budunov 2001
David Rocastle 33  England Sabah FA midfielder lymphoma 2001
Mickey Trotman 26  Trinidad and Tobago Rochester Rhinos midfielder car accident 2001
Ferry van Vliet 20  Netherlands NAC Breda midfielder car accident 2001
Cătălin Hîldan 24  Romania Dinamo București midfielder collapsed during friendly match 2000
Einar Örn Birgisson 27  Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík Midfielder murdered by former teammate Atli Helgason 2000
Peter Dubovský 28  Slovakia Real Oviedo striker fell off a waterfall while on vacation in Thailand 2000
Pedro Lavoura 26  Venezuela
 Portugal		 SC Braga striker car accident 2000
Mirko Saric 21  Argentina San Lorenzo midfielder suicide 2000
Martin Aldridge 25  England Rushden & Diamonds forward car accident 2000
Luc Borrelli 33  France Lyon goalkeeper car accident 1999
Ibragim Gasanbekov 29  Azerbaijan Anzhi Makhachkala striker car accident 1999
Zdeněk Jánoš 32  Czechia Dukla Příbram goalkeeper car accident 1999
Diego Montenegro  Argentina Deportes Quindío 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake 1999
Rubén Bihurriet  Argentina Deportes Quindío 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake 1999
Ramiro Castillo 31  Bolivia Bolívar midfielder suicide 1997
Federico Pisani 22  Italy Atalanta striker car accident 1997
Filippo Biondi 20  Italy Castel di Sangro defender car accident 1996
Danilo Di Vincenzo 28  Italy Castel di Sangro striker car accident 1996
Enrico Cucchi 30  Italy Ravenna F.C. midfielder cancer 1996
Norrie McCathie 34  Scotland Dunfermline defender accidental carbon monoxide poisoning 1996
Davie Cooper 39  Scotland Clydebank winger brain hemorrhage 1995
Andrea Fortunato 23  Italy Juventus defender leukemia 1995
Michael Millett 17  England Wigan Athletic defender car accident 1995
Alan Nicholls 22  England Stalybridge Celtic goalkeeper motorcycle accident 1995
Raimundo Tupper 26  Chile Universidad Católica defender suicide 1995
Ian Frodsham 19  England Liverpool midfielder spinal tumour[231] 1995
Dener 23  Brazil Vasco da Gama striker car accident 1994
Dan-Ola Eckerman 31  Finland Turun Palloseura goalkeeper leukemia 1994
Andrés Escobar 27  Colombia Atlético Nacional defender homicide 1994
Müjdat Gürsu 22  Turkey Samsunspor midfielder car accident 1994
Mykola Kudrytsky 31  Ukraine Bnei Yehuda midfielder car accident 1994
Patrick Banda 22  Zambia striker Gabon air disaster 1993
David Chabala 33  Zambia Mufulira Wanderers goalkeeper Gabon air disaster 1993
Whiteson Changwe 23  Zambia Kabwe Warriors defender Gabon air disaster 1993
Wisdom Mumba Chansa 29  Zambia Dynamos midfielder Gabon air disaster 1993
Moses Chikwalakwala 19  Zambia midfielder Gabon air disaster 1993
Samuel Chomba 29  Zambia Nkana defender Gabon air disaster 1993
Godfrey Kangwa 29  Zambia midfielder Gabon air disaster 1993
Derby Makinka 26  Zambia Al-Ettifaq midfielder Gabon air disaster 1993
Moses Masuwa 22  Zambia striker Gabon air disaster 1993
Eston Mulenga 26  Zambia Nkana midfielder Gabon air disaster 1993
Winter Mumba 23  Zambia defender Gabon air disaster 1993
Kelvin Mutale 24  Zambia Al-Ettifaq striker Gabon air disaster 1993
Richard Mwanza 33  Zambia Kabwe Warriors goalkeeper Gabon air disaster 1993
Numba Mwila 21  Zambia Nkana midfielder Gabon air disaster 1993
Timothy Mwitwa 25  Zambia Nkana striker Gabon air disaster 1993
Kenan Simambe 19  Zambia defender Gabon air disaster 1993
John Soko 23  Zambia Nkana defender Gabon air disaster 1993
Robert Watiyakeni 24  Zambia Dynamos defender Gabon air disaster 1993
Mel Rees 26  Wales Sheffield United goalkeeper cancer 1993
Edivaldo 30  Brazil Taquaritinga striker car accident 1993
Rommel Fernandez 27  Panama Albacete striker car accident 1993
Alan Davies 30  Wales Swansea City winger suicide 1992
Maurice Banach 24  Germany 1. FC Köln Striker Car accident 1991
Mikhail Yeremin 23  Soviet Union CSKA Moscow goalkeeper car accident 1991
Dean Horrix 28  England Bristol City striker car accident 1990
David Longhurst 25  England York City striker cardiac arrest during match 1990
Şurian Borali 28  Romania Oțelul Galați defender suicide 1989
Laurie Cunningham 33  England Rayo Vallecano striker car accident 1989
Rudy Degenaar 25  Suriname
 Netherlands		 Heracles Almelo defender Surinam air disaster 1989
Lloyd Doesburg 29  Suriname
 Netherlands		 Ajax goalkeeper Surinam air disaster 1989
Steve van Dorpel 23  Suriname
 Netherlands		 FC Volendam striker Surinam air disaster 1989
Wendel Fräser 22  Suriname
 Netherlands		 SVV forward Surinam air disaster 1989
Frits Goodings 25  Suriname
 Netherlands		 FC Wageningen Surinam air disaster 1989
Jerry Haatrecht 28  Suriname
 Netherlands		 FC Sloterplas defender Surinam air disaster 1989
Andro Knel 21  Suriname
 Netherlands		 NAC Breda attacking midfielder Surinam air disaster 1989
Ruben Kogeldans 22  Suriname
 Netherlands		 Willem II defender Surinam air disaster 1989
Ortwin Linger 21  Suriname
 Netherlands		 HFC Haarlem right back Surinam air disaster 1989
Fred Patrick 23  Suriname
 Netherlands		 PEC Zwolle attacking midfielder Surinam air disaster 1989
Andy Scharmin 21  Suriname
 Netherlands		 FC Twente left back Surinam air disaster 1989
Elfried Veldman 23  Suriname
 Netherlands		 De Graafschap right winger Surinam air disaster 1989
Florian Vijent 27  Suriname
 Netherlands		 Telstar goalkeeper Surinam air disaster 1989
Virgall Joemankhan 20  Suriname
 Netherlands		 Cercle Brugge Surinam air disaster 1989
Kazimierz Deyna 41  Poland San Diego Sockers midfielder car accident 1989
Samuel Okwaraji 25  Nigeria VfB Stuttgart midfielder congestive heart failure 1989
Zoran Tomić 30  Yugoslavia Samsunspor midfielder bus crash[232] 1989
Mete Adanır 27  Turkey
 Northern Cyprus		 Samsunspor forward bus crash 1989
Muzaffer Badalıoğlu 28  Turkey Samsunspor defender bus crash 1989
Alfredo Tomassini 23  Peru Alianza Lima striker Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Carlos Bustamante 21  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
José Casanova 23  Peru Alianza Lima midfielder Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Milton Cavero 22  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Aldo Chamochumbi 18  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Luis Antonio Escobar 20  Peru Alianza Lima striker Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Tomas Farfan 26  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
José González Ganoza 33  Peru Alianza Lima goalkeeper Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Ignacio Garreton 18  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
William Leon 25  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
José Mendoza 27  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Gino Peña 21  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Daniel Reyes 21  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Cesar Sussoni 22  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Braulio Tejada 16  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Johnny Watson 24  Peru Alianza Lima Alianza Lima air disaster 1987
Avi Ran 23  Israel Maccabi Haifa goalkeeper hit by speed boat 1987
René Montalvo  Mexico Querétaro bus crash[233] 1987
Gerardo Orona  Mexico Querétaro bus crash 1987
Agustín Jiménez  Mexico Querétaro bus crash 1987
José Antonio Gallardo 25  Spain CD Málaga goalkeeper suffered head collision with Baltazar during match; he initially recovered, but fell into a coma and died eight days later[234] 1987
Austin Hayes 28  England Friska Viljor winger lung cancer 1986
Ludo Coeck 30  Belgium RWD Molenbeek midfielder car accident 1985
Dragan Mance 22  Yugoslavia FK Partizan striker car accident 1985
Erik Jongbloed 21  Netherlands DWS goalkeeper struck by lightning while playing[235] 1984
Mike Barrett 24  England Bristol Rovers winger cancer 1984
Lutz Eigendorf 26  East Germany Eintracht Braunschweig midfielder murdered by Stasi agents 1983
Peter Southey 21  England Tottenham Hotspur fullback leukemia 1983
Dave Clement 34  England Wimbledon right back suicide 1982
Vitaly Daraselia 25  Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi striker car accident 1982
John Lyons 26  England Colchester United striker suicide 1982
Johnny Doyle 30  Scotland Celtic midfielder electrocuted 1981
Anna Senjuschenko 17  Australia defender car accident[236] 1979
Mikhail An 26  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent midfielder Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster[237] 1979
Vladimir Fyodorov 23  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent striker Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Olimjon Ashirov 24  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent defender Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Ravil Agishev 20  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent defender Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Konstantin Bakanov 25  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent midfielder Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Yuri Zagumennykh 32  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent defender Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Aleksandr Korchenov 30  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent midfielder Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Nikolai Kulikov 26  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent defender Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Vladimir Makarov 32  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent forward Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Sergei Pokatilov 28  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent goalkeeper Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Viktor Churkin 27  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent forward Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Sirozhiddin Bazarov 18  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent forward Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Shukhrat Ishbutaev 20  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent forward Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Vladimir Sabarov 21  Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent forward Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster 1979
Alan Groves 29  England Blackpool winger cardiac arrest 1978
Bobby McKean 25  Scotland Rangers midfielder accidental carbon monoxide poisoning 1978
Tommy McLaren 29  Scotland Telford United midfielder suicide 1978
Dave Wiggett 20  England Hartlepool United defender car accident 1978
Tony Aveyard 21  England Scarborough right winger died in hospital, from head injuries sustained during match 1977
Luciano Re Cecconi 28  Italy Lazio Midfielder shot during practical joke 1977
Peter Houseman 31  England Oxford United midfielder car accident 1977
Miro Rys 20  Czechoslovakia
 USA		 Los Angeles Aztecs forward car accident 1977
Geraldo Assoviador 22  Brazil Flamengo midfielder anaphylaxis following a tonsillectomy[238] 1976
Ismael Díaz 20  El Salvador Águila forward homicide[239] 1976
Anatoli Kozhemyakin 21  Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow striker accidentally crushed by elevator[240] 1974
Pavão 26  Portugal FC Porto midfielder collapsed on pitch[241] 1973
Nikola Mantov 23  Macedonia FK Osogovo left back collapsed during match against FK 11 Oktomvri; the club's stadium was named in his honour[242] 1973
Vladimir Durković 34  Yugoslavia FC Sion defender mistakenly shot by policeman[243] 1972
Robert Mensah 32  Ghana Asante Kotoko goalkeeper homicide by stabbing[244] 1971
Nikola Kotkov 32  Bulgaria Levski Sofia striker car accident 1971
Georgi Asparuhov 28  Bulgaria Levski Sofia striker car accident 1971
Juan Guedes 28  Spain UD Las Palmas midfielder cancer 1971
Branko Nadoveza 20  Yugoslavia FK Partizan left back car accident[245] 1970
Armando Angelacio  Paraguay The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Hernán Andretta  Argentina The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Orlando Cáceres  Paraguay The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Juan Iriondo  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Jorge Durán  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Julio Díaz  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Héctor Marchetti  Argentina The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Miguel Ángel Porta  Argentina The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Jorge Tapia  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Ernesto Villegas  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Germán Alcázar  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Eduardo Agustín Arrigó  Argentina The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Oswaldo Franco  Argentina The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Raúl Farfán  Argentina The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Oscar Flores  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Diogenes Torrico  Bolivia The Strongest Viloco tragedy 1969
Giuliano Taccola 24  Italy Roma striker heart failure due to pneumonia 1969
Roy Evans 25  Wales Hereford United defender car accident 1969
Brian Purcell 30  Wales Hereford United defender car accident 1969
Julio César Benítez 27  Uruguay Barcelona Defender gastroenteritis 1968
Italo Alaimo 28  Italy Reggina right winger electrocuted during his medical preceding a transfer to Novara 1967
Dick Keith 33  Northern Ireland Weymouth defender accident dismantling a garage door 1967
Gigi Meroni 27  Italy Torino winger car accident 1967
Barry Butler 31  England Norwich City centre back car accident 1966
John Nicholson 30  England Doncaster Rovers centre back car accident 1966
Ralph Hunt 31  England Chesterfield striker car accident 1964
John White 27  Scotland Tottenham Hotspur midfielder hit by lightning 1964
Constantin Tabarcea 26  Socialist Republic of Romania Petrolul Ploiești defender collapsed during match; attributed to unusual thymus activity[246] 1963
Bruno Belin 33  Yugoslavia FK Partizan defender car accident[247] 1962
Chus Herrera 24  Spain Real Madrid forward cancer[248] 1962
Maneca 35  Brazil Galícia striker suicide 1961
Válter Marciano 29  Brazil Valencia midfielder car accident[249] 1961
Dante Coppa  Chile Green Cross Green Cross tragedy 1961
Eliseo Mouriño 33  Argentina Green Cross centre back Green Cross tragedy 1961
José Silva  Chile Green Cross Green Cross tragedy 1961
Manuel Contreras 32  Chile Green Cross striker Green Cross tragedy 1961
David Hermosilla  Chile Green Cross Green Cross tragedy 1961
Berti González  Chile Green Cross Green Cross tragedy 1961
Alfonso Vega  Chile Green Cross Green Cross tragedy 1961
Héctor Toledo  Chile Green Cross Green Cross tragedy 1961
Søren Andersen 23  Denmark BK Frem striker Øresund plane crash 1960
Ib Eskildsen 19  Denmark BK Frem striker Øresund plane crash 1960
Erik Pondal Jensen 29  Denmark AB midfielder Øresund plane crash 1960
Per Funch Jensen 21  Denmark KB goalkeeper Øresund plane crash 1960
Arne Karlsen 20  Denmark KB defender Øresund plane crash 1960
Kurt Krahmer 21  Denmark KB winger Øresund plane crash 1960
Børge Bastholm Larsen 29  Denmark Køge BK defender Øresund plane crash 1960
Erling Spalk 19  Denmark Ikast FS defender Øresund plane crash 1960
Nicolas Kettel 34  Luxembourg Stade Dudelange forward car accident 1944
Jeff Hall 29  England Birmingham City fullback polio 1959
Harry Bamford 38  England Bristol Rovers defender motorcycle accident 1958
Geoff Bent 25  England Manchester United Defender Munich air disaster 1958
Roger Byrne 28  England Manchester United Defender Munich air disaster 1958
Eddie Colman 21  England Manchester United Midfielder Munich air disaster 1958
Duncan Edwards 21  England Manchester United midfielder Munich air disaster 1958
Mark Jones 24  England Manchester United defender Munich air disaster 1958
David Pegg 22  England Manchester United winger Munich air disaster 1958
Tommy Taylor 26  England Manchester United striker Munich air disaster 1958
Liam Whelan 22  Ireland Manchester United striker Munich air disaster 1958
Egil Lærum 33  Norway Larvik Turn fullback undisclosed illness[250] 1954
John Kirkby 23  USA Wrexham defender collapsed on field[251] 1953
Sándor Szűcs 30  Hungary Újpest defender execution by the communist regime for defection attempt 1951
Þórarinn Jónsson 19  Iceland Þór Akureyri bus crash[252] 1951
Mitotônio 35  Brazil Ceará left winger bleeding caused by stomach congestion[253] 1951
Valerio Bacigalupo 25  Italy Torino goalkeeper Superga air disaster 1949
Aldo Ballarin 27  Italy Torino Defender Superga air disaster 1949
Dino Ballarin 23  Italy Torino Goalkeeper Superga air disaster 1949
Milo Bongiorni 28  France Torino Midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Eusebio Castigliano 28  Italy Torino Midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Rubens Fadini 21  Italy Torino midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Guglielmo Gabetto 33  Italy Torino striker Superga air disaster 1949
Roger Grava 27  France Torino striker Superga air disaster 1949
Giuseppe Grezar 30  Italy Torino midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Ezio Loik 30  Italy Torino midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Virgilio Maroso 23  Italy Torino midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Danilo Martelli 25  Italy Torino midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Valentino Mazzola 30  Italy Torino striker Superga air disaster 1949
Romeo Menti 29  Italy Torino striker Superga air disaster 1949
Piero Operto 22  Italy Torino defender Superga air disaster 1949
Franco Ossola 27  Italy Torino striker Superga air disaster 1949
Mario Rigamonti 26  Italy Torino midfielder Superga air disaster 1949
Július Schubert 26  Hungary Torino striker Superga air disaster 1949
Natan Panz 30  Russia
 Israel		 Maccabi Tel Aviv forward killed in Mandatory Palestine civil war 1948
Gusty Kemp 31  Luxembourg Metz forward car accident 1944
André Abegglen 35   Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds striker Schüpfheim railway accident[254] 1944
Ernst Künz 32  Austria Eintracht Frankfurt defender killed during World War II 1944
Bruno Neri 33  Kingdom of Italy Faenza midfielder killed in World War II 1944
Karl Wahlmüller 30  Austria LSV Adlerhorst Wels midfielder killed during World War II 1944
Walter Werginz 31  Austria KSK Klagenfurt forward killed in World War II 1944
Holger Salin 32  Finland HIFK Fotboll striker killed during World War II 1943
Harry Goslin 34  England Bolton Wanderers defender killed in World War II 1943
Alexei Klimenko  Soviet Union FC Start defender execution by German soldiers during World War II 1943
Ivan Kuzmenko  Soviet Union FC Start striker execution by German soldiers during World War II 1943
Nikolai Trusevich  Soviet Union FC Start goalkeeper execution by German soldiers during World War II 1943
Petea Vâlcov 32  Romania Venus București striker killed on the Eastern Front 1943
Jarl Malmgren 33  Finland Vasa IFK midfielder killed in World War II 1942
Nikolai Korotkykh  Soviet Union FC Start execution by German soldiers during World War II 1941
Tom Cooper 36  England Liverpool right back motorcycle accident[255] 1940
Stan Docking 25  England Tranmere Rovers midfielder heart attack 1940
Hubert Gad 24  Poland Śląsk Świętochłowice forward swimming accident 1939
Matthias Sindelar 35  Austria

 Czechoslovakia

 FK Austria Wien striker officially accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, though suicide or homicide are suspected 1939
Jimmy Hampson 31  England Blackpool striker boating accident 1938
Francisco Frione 22  Uruguay Ambrosiana-Inter midfielder pneumonia 1935
Pepe 23  Portugal Belenenses inside forward food poisoning after accidentally ingesting sodium hydroxide 1931
John Thomson 22  Scotland Celtic goalkeeper died following collision with Sam English 1931
Stanley Cowie c. 37  England Barry Town forward homicide; body was found in the River Tyne with his hands and feet tied with cord[256] 1927
David Arellano 24  Chile Colo Colo forward peritonitis caused by collision with opposition player during match[257] 1927
Sam Wynne 30  England Bury right back cerebral hemorrhage on field[258] 1927
Albert Van Coile 27  Belgium Cercle Brugge centre back ruptured bowel following collision with opposing goalkeeper[259] 1927
Nikola Gazdić c. 27  Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split forward tuberculosis[260] 1926
Tommy Meehan 28  England Chelsea half-back encephalitis lethargica 1924
Tommy Ball 23  England Aston Villa centre back homicide by shooting 1923
Pichichi 29  Spain Athletic Bilbao forward typhus[261] 1922
Angus Douglas 29  Scotland Newcastle United winger Spanish flu 1918
Abdón Porte 37  Uruguay Nacional defender suicide 1918
John Allan 30  Scotland Hearts Battle of Arras 1917
James Boyd  Scotland Hearts Battle of the Somme 1916
Duncan Currie  Scotland Hearts Battle of the Somme 1916
Ernest Ellis  England Hearts Battle of the Somme 1916
Tommy Goodwill 22  England Newcastle United midfielder killed in World War I 1916
Harry Wattie 23  Scotland Hearts Battle of the Somme 1916
Silvio Appiani 21  Kingdom of Italy Padova forward killed in World War I 1915
Tom Gracie 26  Scotland Hearts leukemia 1915
James Speedie  Scotland Hearts killed in World War I 1915
Robert Merz 26  Austria-Hungary DFC Prag striker killed in World War I 1915
Johann Schwarz 23  Austria-Hungary Wiener AF defender killed in World War I 1915
Otto Dumke 26  Germany Berliner SV 1892 forward lung disease[262] 1913
Charles Bilot 29  France CA Paris defender contracted lung disease off a patient while working as a doctor 1912
George Smith 28  England Southampton defender/striker cardiac arrest 1908
Nicol Smith 31  Scotland Rangers fullback typhoid 1905
Jack Jones 29  England Tottenham Hotspur forward typhoid 1904
George Allan 24  Scotland Liverpool Forward tuberculosis 1899
Harry Bradshaw 26  England Thames Ironworks Winger tuberculosis 1899
Frank Wilson 22  England Blackpool centre forward "maniacal exhaustion caused by football and excitement"[263] 1898
Nick Ross 31  Scotland Preston North End defender tuberculosis 1894
Frank McGinnes 22  Scotland Burslem Port Vale forward kidney disease 1892

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