List of association footballers who died during their careers

Player	Age	Nationality	Last club	Position	Cause of death	Year
Santiago García	30	Uruguay	Godoy Cruz	forward	suicide[1]	2021
Josh Dunne	16	Republic of Ireland	St. Kevin's Boys	unknown	stabbed while trying to break up a fight[2]	2021
Marcus Molinari	23	Brazil	Palmas	midfielder	plane crash[3]	2021
Guilherme Noé	28	Brazil	Palmas	defender	plane crash[3]	2021
Lucas Praxedes	23	Brazil	Palmas	midfielder	plane crash[3]	2021
Ranule	27	Brazil	Palmas	goalkeeper	plane crash[3]	2021
Christopher Maboulou	30	France  Congo	Thonon Évian F.C.	winger	cardiac arrest[4]	2021
Gwenaël Poulawa	33	New Caledonia	Hienghène Sport	forward	unknown[5]	2021
Alex Apolinário	24	Brazil	FC Alverca	midfielder	cardiac arrest[6]	2021
Aitor Gandiaga	23	Spain	Gernika	left winger	car accident[7]	2021
Manuel Sepúlveda	36	Andorra	CF Atlètic Amèrica	defender	unknown cause[8]	2020
Maximiliano Pereira	27	Uruguay	Central Español	defender	drowned[9]	2020
Motjeka Madisha	25	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	defender	traffic collision[10]	2020
Mohamed Abarhoun	31	Morocco	Çaykur Rizespor	defender	stomach cancer[11]	2020
Anele Ngcongca	33	South Africa	AmaZulu FC	defender	traffic collision	2020
Dairon Blanco	28	Cuba	FC Las Tunas	midfielder	traffic collision	2020
Daryono	26	Indonesia	Badak Lampung	goalkeeper	dengue fever	2020
Kim Nam-chun	31	South Korea	FC Seoul	defender	suicide	2020
Jeremy Wisten	18	England  Malawi	Manchester City	defender	suicide	2020
Erik Saryan	18	Armenia	FC Lokomotiv Yerevan	midfielder	2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War[12]	2020
Sultan Saif	27	United Arab Emirates	Al-Falah	striker	traffic collision	2020
Churchill Owaci	22	Uganda	A local club in Tumanun A Village, Lamwo District[13]	defender	beaten to death by his teammates after a match, due to scoring an own goal and being under the influence of alcohol[14]	2020
Matteo Ravetto	32	Italy	A.S. Carpignano	midfielder	traffic collision[15]	2020
Mohamed Atwi	32	Lebanon	Akhaa Ahli Aley	midfielder	shot by stray bullet at a funeral[16]	2020
Luka Lucić	16	Croatia	Stuttgarter Kickers	midfielder	train accident	2020
Evgeni Drozd	31	Belarus	FC Baranovichi	midfielder	motorcycle accident[17]	2020
Christopher Aurier	26	Ivory Coast  France	Rodéo Toulouse	forward	homicide by shooting[18]	2020
Karrar Ibrahim Hashim	25	Iraq	Al-Talaba	goalkeeper	heart attack; found in his vehicle[19]	2020
Giuseppe Rizza	33	Italy	Rinascita Netina	left back	brain aneurysm[20]	2020
Derrick Otim	24	England	Xavier University	midfielder	drowned[21]	2020
Liam Scott	18	Scotland	Bellshill Athletic	striker	drowned after falling into river[22]	2020
Kossi Koudagba	24	Togo	ASC Kara	striker	short illness[23]	2020
Deibert Guzmán	25	Bolivia	Universitario del Beni		COVID-19 pandemic; became the first professional player in world football to die from COVID-19[24]	2020
Michael Durkin	25	New Zealand	Three Kings United	midfielder	vehicle rolled down bank, killing Durkin, who was a passenger[25]	2020
Umar Ahmad Jalingo	27	Nigeria	Bendel Insurance	goalkeeper	brief illness[26]	2020
Christian Mbulu	23	England	Morecambe	defender	undisclosed cause[27]	2020
Joseph Bouasse	21	Cameroon	Universitatea Cluj	midfielder	heart attack[28]	2020
Jordan Diakiese	24	France	Furiani-Agliani	defender	unknown[29]	2020
Daniela Lázaro Ducoulombier	20	Mexico	Atlético San Luis	midfielder	possible suicide[30]	2020
Andrea Rinaldi	19	Italy	Legnano	midfielder	brain aneurysm[31]	2020
Innokenty Samokhvalov	22	Russia	FC Kazanka Moscow	defender	heart failure[32]	2020
Kaan Öztürk	20	Turkey	Eskişehirspor	midfielder	car accident[33]	2020
Paul Eichoue	18	Sweden	Assyriska FF	midfielder	car accident[34]	2020
Christian Minchola	14	Spain	Atletico Madrid	striker	undisclosed illness	2020
Emmanuel Ogbu		Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	striker	car accident[35]	2020
Ifeanyi George	26	Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	striker	car accident[35]	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[36]	2020
Jordan Sinnott	25	England	Matlock Town	midfield	homicide during night out[37]	2020
Kennedy Isles	28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Garden Hotspurs	midfield	homicide by shooting[38]	2020
Nathaël Julan	23	France	En Avant de Guingamp	forward	car accident after leaving training	2020
Raffaele Santagata	18	Italy	Casarano	left back	tumour[39]	2019
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[40]	2019
Édison Realpe	23	Ecuador	LDU Quito	defender	car accident	2019
Pascale Gaedke	20	Germany	SV Liebertwolkwitz	goalkeeper	drowned in a pool[41]	2019
Alfin Lestaluhu	15	Indonesia	Indonesia U-17	right back	encephalitis following an earthquake in Seram Island[42]	2019
Renan Henrique Santos	16	Brazil	Água Santa	striker	cardiac arrest	2019
Diana González	26	Mexico	Club América	midfielder	hypoglycemia[43]	2019
Shahdon Winchester	27	Trinidad and Tobago	W Connection	striker	car accident	2019
Isaac Promise	31	Nigeria	Austin Bold	striker	heart attack[44]	2019
Kelvin Maynard	32	Suriname	Alphense Boys	right back	homicide by shooting[37]	2019
Kajus Žukauskas	16	Lithuania	SM Tauras	left winger	drowned[45]	2019
Jarzinho Pieter	31	Curaçao	Vesta	goalkeeper	heart attack[46]	2019
Yeison Mendoza	25	Colombia	Valledupar	forward	homicide by shooting[47]	2019
Rizki Fadillah	14	Indonesia	Asia Football School	forward	blood fever	2019
Alba Esteban	19	Spain	Son Sardina		motorcycle accident[48]	2019
Mé Aboubacar Diomandé	31	Ivory Coast	Stella Club d'Adjamé	defensive midfielder	fell from moving train[49]	2019
Gerardo Mendoza	30	Venezuela	Yaracuyanos	defensive midfielder	homicide during robbery[50]	2019
Mohammed Nitcheu	19	Belgium  Cameroon	Sint-Truiden	forward	car accident[51]	2019
Amadou Boiro	23	Senegal	Çarşambaspor	midfielder	undisclosed illness[52]	2019
Florijana Ismaili	24	Switzerland  Albania	BSC YB Frauen	forward	drowned while swimming in Lake Como[53]	2019
Thalles	24	Brazil	Ponte Preta	forward	motorcycle accident[54]	2019
José Antonio Reyes	35	Spain	Extremadura UD	left winger	car accident[55]	2019
Jason Marcano	35	Trinidad and Tobago	San Juan Jabloteh	forward	car accident[56]	2019
Thembinkosi Mbamba	23	South Africa	TS Galaxy	forward	car accident[57]	2019
Mauricio Quiñónez	18	Ecuador	Independiente del Valle	centre back	homicide by shooting[58]	2019
Josef Šural	28	Czech Republic	Alanyaspor	forward	died when team bus crashed returning from match against Kayserispor[59]	2019
Faty Papy	28	Burundi	Malanti Chiefs	midfielder	callapsed during league match against Green Mamba[60]	2019
Luis Fernando Páez	29	Paraguay	Independiente de Campo Grande	forward	car accident[61]	2019
John Odisho	25	Australia	Parramatta FC	midfielder	homicide during home invasion[62]	2019
Sinethemba Jantjie	30	South Africa	Free State Stars	forward	car accident[63]	2019
Keyvan Vahdani	27	Iran	Aluminium Arak	forward	killed by landslide while travelling in Mazandaran Province[64]	2019
Joel Darlington	20	Wales	Bala Town	striker	committed suicide after persistent injuries hindered his professional career, including a trial at Manchester United[65]	2019
Mike Thalassitis	26	England  Cyprus	Margate	striker	suicide[66]	2019
Tariq Omar	24	New Zealand	FC Twenty 11	midfielder	killed in Christchurch mosque shootings[67]	2019
Atta Elayyan	33	New Zealand	Mainland Football	goalkeeper	killed in Christchurch mosque shootings[67]	2019
Krešimir Bandić	23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Široki Brijeg	goalkeeper	Myocardial infarction[68]	2019
Hermann Leyigui	30	Gabon	Akanda	midfielder	collapsed on field[69]	2019
César Borda	25	Argentina	UAI Urquiza	defender	suicide[70]	2019
Paul Ramos	28	Argentina	Gimnasia y Esgrima	right back	car accident[71]	2019
Arthur Vinicius	14	Brazil	Flamengo	defender	fire at Ninho do Urubu training complex[72]	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[73]	2019
Erik Dwi Ermawansyah	22	Indonesia	Persik Kendal	forward	heart attack[74]	2019
Emiliano Sala	28	Argentina	Cardiff City	forward	plane crashed into English Channel[75]	2019
Désiré Yaovi Assiongbo	21	Guinea	Wakirya AC	centre back	car accident[76]	2019
Hugo Alarcón	26	Chile	Deportes Iberia	forward	undisclosed[77]	2019
Alessandro Zarrelli	34	Italy	Sholing FC	defensive midfielder	car accident[78]	2018
Brian Peter	27	Solomon Islands	Western United	defender	undisclosed illness[79]	2018
Andrey Shcharbakow	27	Belarus	Vitebsk	goalkeeper	car accident[80]	2018
Walter Williams	35	Honduras	Juticalpa	fullback	stroke[81]	2018
Pitakia Talu	20	Solomon Islands	Western United	midfielder	cardiac arrest[82]	2018
Océane Rogon	20	France	EA Guingamp Féminines	defender	terminal illness[83]	2018
Alexei Lomakin	18	Russia	Lokomotiv Moscow	midfielder	hypothermia[84]	2018
Ding Guoliang	23	China	Shaanxi Chang'an	defender	carcinoma[85]	2018
Óscar Munguía	27	Honduras	Vida	goalkeeper	homicide[86]	2018
Verena Erlacher	19	Italy	Südtirol	attacking midfielder	undisclosed[87]	2018
Daniel	24	Brazil	São Bento	attacking midfielder	homicide; signs of torture present[88]	2018
Ramon	31	Brazil	Araranguá	striker	collapsed during friendly game[89]	2018
Majid Gholamnejad	35	Iran	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	midfielder	cardiac arrest[90]	2018
Max Silva	16	Peru	Unión Comercio	forward	motorcycle accident[91]	2018
William Gomis	19	France	AS Saint-Étienne	defender	homicide by shooting[92]	2018
Krystian Popiela	20	Poland	Stal Rzeszów	striker	traffic collision[93]	2018
Emil Rachev	28	Bulgaria	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak	midfielder	heart attack[94]	2018
Kalia Kulothungan	40	India	Bhawanipore FC	midfielder	traffic collision[95]	2018
Julia Borisenko	28	Belarus	Zorka-BGU Minsk	defender	drowned[96]	2018
Facundo Espíndola	25	Argentina	Atlético Uruguay	goalkeeper	murdered by footballer Nahuel Oviedo[97]	2018
Edvin Hodžić	23	Austria	SV Schalding-Heining	centre midfielder	undisclosed[98]	2018
Tazir Kariyev	29	Russia	Lokomotiv Kropotkin	forward	homicide[99]	2018
Juraj Halenár	35	Slovakia	SV Gaflenz	forward	suicide[100]	2018
Ryan Evans	17	England	Mansfield Town	striker	died in his sleep[101]	2018
Alejandro Peñaranda	24	Colombia	Cortuluá	striker	homicide[102]	2018
Jlloyd Samuel	37	Trinidad and Tobago	Egerton	defender	car accident[103]	2018
Omar Daoud	35	Libya	Al Akhdar	defender	car accident[104]	2018
Luyanda Ntshangase	21	South Africa	Maritzburg United	midfielder	struck by lightning during friendly game; died three days later[105]	2018
Samba Diop	18	France	Le Havre	defender	undisclosed[106]	2018
Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien	20	Norway	Kongsvinger IL	centre back	septic shock[107]	2018
Ezequiel Orozco	29	Mexico	Murciélagos	forward	lung cancer[108]	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	2018
Thomas Rodriguez	18	France	Tours	defender	died in his sleep[109]	2018
Davide Astori	31	Italy	Fiorentina	centre back	cardiac arrest prior to a football match against Udinese[110]	2018
Juan Carlos García	29	Honduras	Wigan Athletic	left back	leukemia[111]	2018
Edu Ferreira	20	Portugal	Boavista	striker	cancer[112]	2017
Renanzinho	20	Brazil	Avaí	defensive midfielder	brain tumor[113]	2017
Gregory Rigters	32	Suriname	WBC	forward	car accident[114]	2017
Erlandas Duršlikas	19	Lithuania	Trakai B	goalkeeper	suicide[115]	2017
Dionatan Teixeira	25	Brazil  Slovakia	Sheriff Tiraspol	centre back	heart attack[116]	2017
Abdoulaye Soulama	30	Burkina Faso	Hearts of Oak	goalkeeper	cancer[117]	2017
Choirul Huda	38	Indonesia	Persela Lamongan	goalkeeper	collided with teammate Ramon Rodrigues during match, causing hypoxia[118]	2017
Georges Griffiths	27	Ivory Coast	Diósgyőr	forward	homicide during robbery	2017
David Bystroň	34	Czech Republic	US Schluein Ilanz	centre back	suicide[119]	2017
Mlondi Dlamini	20	South Africa	Maritzburg United	midfielder	car accident[120]	2017
Shota Maminashvili	31	Georgia	FC Zugdidi	goalkeeper	collapsed during pre-match warmup[121]	2017
Pessalli	26	Brazil	Paraná	midfielder	car accident[122]	2017
Cheick Tioté	30	Ivory Coast	Beijing Enterprises	midfielder	heart failure[123]	2017
František Rajtoral	31	Czech Republic	Gaziantepspor	right back	suicide[124]	2017
Amílcar Henríquez	33	Panama	Árabe Unido	defensive midfield	homicide in drive-by shooting[125]	2017
Ryan McBride	26	Northern Ireland	Derry City	centre back	undisclosed[126]	2017
Eduard Gutiérrez	21	Colombia	Atlético Huila	centre back	car accident[127]	2017
Johnson Kendrick	25	Brazil	Al-Gharafa	forward	homicide during robbery[128]	2017
Roy Richards	33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Rendezvous FC	defender	homicide[129]	2017
Ntuthuko Radebe	23	South Africa	KAS Eupen	left back	car accident[130]	2017
Estêvão Alberto Gino	19	Mozambique	Atlético Mineiro de Tete	centre back	crocodile attack[131]	2017
Şehmus Özer	36	Turkey	Amed S.K.	forward	car accident[132]	2016
Paul Burton	24	Bolivia	Oriente Petrolero	defender	complications following surgery on herniated disc[132]	2016
Ailton Canela	22	Brazil	Chapecoense	forward	Chapecoense air disaster[133]	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[134]	2016
Maximiliano Giusti	25	Argentina	La Emilia	striker	car accident[135]	2016
Shahlyla Baloch	20	Pakistan	Balochistan United	striker	car accident[136]	2016
Gonzalo Peralta	36	Argentina	Deportivo Riestra	defender	leukaemia[137]	2016
Serigne Abdou	21	Qatar  Senegal	Al-Khor	defender	cancer[138]	2016
Patrick Ekeng	26	Cameroon	FC Dinamo Bucuresti	defensive midfielder	heart failure	2016
Fran Carles	26	Spain	Linares Deportivo	midfielder	rhabdomyolysis after dropping the gym weight on his foot[139]	2016
Niklas Feierabend	19	Germany	Hannover 96	forward	car accident[140]	2016
Mehrdad Oladi	30	Iran	Malavan	forward	cardiac arrest	2016
Zoe Tynan	18	England	Fylde Ladies F.C.	midfielder	suicide[141]	2016
Javier de la Rosa	21	Panama	Chorrillo FC	striker	homicide by shooting[142]	2011
Abel Dhaira	28	Uganda	ÍBV	goalkeeper	cancer[143]	2016
Mondli Cele	26	South Africa	Maritzburg United	midfielder	car accident[144]	2016
Steve Gohouri	34	Ivory Coast	TSV Steinbach	centre back	unknown; body discovered in the Rhine near Krefeld[145]	2015
Arnold Peralta	26	Honduras	Olimpia	defensive midfielder	homicide[146]	2015
Márton Fülöp	32	Hungary	Asteras Tripoli	goalkeeper	cancer[147]	2015
Cecil Lolo	27	South Africa	Ajax Cape Town	defender	car accident[148]	2015
Franklin April	31	Namibia	Civics	defender	asthma[149]	2015
Hadi Norouzi	26	Iran	Persepolis	striker	heart attack[150]	2015
Jacob Schilt	23	England	Worthing United	midfielder	2015 Shoreham Airshow crash[151]	2015
Matthew Grimstone	23	England	Worthing United	goalkeeper	2015 Shoreham Airshow crash	2015
Gregory Mertens	24	Belgium	Sporting Lokeren	centre back	cardiac arrest[152]	2015
Richard Henyekane	31	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	striker	car accident[153]	2015
Junior Malanda	20	Belgium	VfL Wolfsburg	defensive midfielder	car accident[154]	2015
Alex Peguero-Sosa	17	England	Plymouth Argyle		murdered[155]	2014
Seriki Audu	23	Nigeria	Lobi Stars	striker	car accident[156]	2014
Joseph Henyekane	30	South Africa	Roses United	defender	car accident[157]	2014
Pontus Segerström	33	Sweden	Brommapojkarna	defender	brain tumor[158]	2014
Gunnar Zachariasen	22	Faroe Islands	EB/Streymur	midfielder	workplace accident[159]	2014
Andreas Biermann	33	Germany	Spandauer Kickers	defender	suicide[160]	2014
Reinier de Groene	18	Netherlands	FC Groningen	midfielder	drowned[161]	2014
Senzo Meyiwa	30	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	goalkeeper	homicide during home invasion[162]	2014
Ibrahim Touré	28	Ivory Coast	Al-Safa' SC	striker	cancer[163]	2014
Benze Rakaczki	20	Hungary	Diósgyőri VTK	goalkeeper	leukemia	2014
Valéry Mézague	30	Cameroon	SC Toulon	midfielder	cardiac arrest[164]	2014
Dylan Tombides	20	Australia	West Ham United	striker	testicular cancer[165]	2014
Chiwanki Lyainga	30	Zambia	Red Arrows	midfielder	homicide by stabbing[166]	2014
Akeem Adams	22	Trinidad and Tobago	Ferencváros	defender	stroke following heart attack[167]	2013
Qusai Emad Al-Khawaldeh	19	Jordan	Al-Faisaly	midfielder	choked on own tongue while sleeping[168]	2013
Jancarlos	30	Brazil	Rio Branco	right back	car plunged into ravine[169]	2013
Christian Benítez	27	Ecuador	El Jaish	striker	heart attack[170]	2013
Neto Maranhão	28	Brazil	Potiguar de Mossoró	midfielder	died during training[171]	2013
Alen Pamić	23	Croatia	Istra 1961	midfielder	collapsed during game with friends; attributed to high cholesterol[172]	2013
Ivan Turina	32	Croatia	AIK Fotboll	goalkeeper	heart failure[173]	2013
Norran Jno Hope	19	Dominica	South East FC	defender	car accident[174]	2013
Colin Edwards	21	Guyana	Caledonia United	goalkeeper	motorcycle accident[175]	2013
Cristian Tudor	30	Romania	Alania Vladikavkaz	striker	cirrhosis[176]	2012
Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu	26	Turkey  Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eskişehirspor	defender	cardiac arrest[177]	2012
Victor Brännström	29	Sweden	Piteå IF	striker	cardiac arrest during match[178]	2012
Václav Drobný	32	Czech Republic	Bohemians Praha	defender	bobsleigh accident[179]	2012
Tor Marius Gromstad	22	Norway	Stabæk Fotball	defender	accidental fall at construction site[180]	2012
Henry Chinonso	21	Nigeria	Delta Tulcea	striker	cardiac arrest during match[181]	2012
Miki Roqué	23	Spain	Real Betis	defender	pelvic cancer[182]	2012
Jeong Min-hyeong	25	South Korea	Busan I'Park	midfielder	undisclosed	2012
Kirk Urso	22	USA	Columbus Crew	midfielder	cardiac arrest[183]	2012
Jeffrey Ntuka	26	South Africa	SuperSport United	defender	homicide by stabbing[184]	2012
Paulo Rodrigues	25	Brazil	Viktoria Plzeň		car accident	2012
Édison Chará	31	Colombia	Dalian Aerbin	striker	homicide by shooting[185]	2011
Echendu Adiele	32	Nigeria	TSV Amicitia Viernheim	centreback	poisoned in his sleep[186]	2011
Theyab Awana	21	United Arab Emirates	Baniyas Club	winger	car accident[187]	2011
Olubayo Adefemi	25	Nigeria	Skoda Xanthi	defender	car accident[188]	2011
Richard Butcher	29	England	Macclesfield Town	midfielder	cardiac arrhythmia during sleep[189]	2011
Miroslav Opsenica	29	Serbia	FK Kolubara	midfielder	car accident[190]	2011
Gianfranco Espejo	23	Peru	Sporting Cristal	midfielder	car accident[191]	2011
Naoki Matsuda	34	Japan	Matsumoto Yamaga	centre back	heart attack during warmup run; died two days later[192]	2011
William Morais	19	Brazil	América Mineiro	attacking midfielder	homicide during robbery[193]	2011
Dennis Marshall	26	Costa Rica	Aalborg BK	defender	car accident[194]	2011
Nikolay Abramov	26	Russia	FC Zvezda Ryazan	defender	heart failure[195]	2010
Dale Roberts	24	England	Rushden & Diamonds	goalkeeper	suicide following wife's apparent affair with teammate Paul Terry[196]	2010
Shamil Burziyev	25	Russia	Anzhi Makhachkala	midfielder	car accident[197]	2010
Nelson Rivera	19	El Salvador	Isidro Metapán	defender	homicide by shooting[198]	2010
Philip Tisson	24	Saint Lucia	Helenites	midfielder	homicide by shooting[199]	2010
Adam Stansfield	31	England	Exeter City	striker	colorectal cancer[200]	2010
Massamasso Tchangai	32	Togo	Al-Nassr	defender	heart attack[201]	2010
Eddie Moussa	26	Sweden  Lebanon	Assyriska FF	striker	victim of mass shooting at Café Oasen in Södertälje, Sweden[202]	2010
Besian Idrizaj	22	Austria	Swansea City	striker	heart attack[203]	2010
Guillermo Meza	21	Mexico	UNAM	defender	homicide by shooting[204]	2010
Alper Balaban	22	Turkey  Germany	Tavşanlı Linyitspor	striker	car accident[205]	2010
Zhang Yalin	28	China	Dalian Shide	midfielder	lymphoma[206]	2010
Victor Helu	26	Namibia	Eleven Arrows	midfielder	homicide by stabbing[207]	2009
Orane Simpson	26	Jamaica	Tivoli Gardens	midfielder	homicide by stabbing[208]	2009
Hernan Córdoba	19	Colombia	Atlético Huila	striker	car accident[209]	2009
Mario Beltrán	23	Colombia	Atlético Huila	midfielder	car accident[209]	2009
Jan Sillo	32	South Africa	AmaZulu	right back	car accident[210]	2009
Abel Tador	24	Nigeria	Bayelsa United	defensive midfielder	homicide during robbery[211]	2009
Youssef Elbai	30	France	FC Orly	defender	undisclosed[212]	2009
Robert Enke	32	Germany	Hannover 96	goalkeeper	suicide[213]	2009
Daniel Jarque	26	Spain	Espanyol	defender	heart attack[214]	2009
Claudio Milar	34	Uruguay	Brasil de Pelotas	striker	bus crash[215]	2009
Régis Gouveia	28	Brazil	Brasil de Pelotas	defender	bus crash[215]	2009
Antonio de Nigris	31	Mexico	Larissa	striker	heart attack[216]	2009
Edouard Oum Ndeki	32	Cameroon	Rodos	striker	hepatitis[217]	2009
Clément Pinault	23	France	Clermont Foot	defender	heart attack[218]	2009
Grigore Popan	34	Romania	Turul Micula	striker	car accident[219]	2009
Paul McGrillen	37	Scotland	Bathgate Thistle	striker	suicide[220]	2009
Anatoli Sylka	30	Russia	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	defender	heart attack[221]	2009
Donald Thobega	29	Botswana	Defence Force XI	midfielder	car accident[222]	2009
Ernie Cooksey	28	England	Grays Athletic	midfielder	melanoma[223]	2008
Sébastien De Meersman	37	Belgium	Léopold Uccle-Woluwe	winger	suicide[224]	2008
Ibrahim Dossey	36	Ghana	FCM Târgoviște	goalkeeper	car accident[225]	2008
Oliver King-Onzila	19	England	Barnet	midfielder	homicide by stabbing[226]	2008
Yiannis Koskiniatis	25	Greece	Diagoras	midfielder	suicide after being dropped from squad to face Olympiakos in cup game[227]	2008
Adam Ledwoń	34	Poland	SK Austria Kärnten	midfielder	suicide[228]	2008
Gionata Mingozzi	23	Italy	Treviso	midfielder	traffic collision[229]	2008
Maksym Pashayev	20	Ukraine	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	defender	car accident[230]	2008
François Sterchele	26	Belgium	Club Brugge	striker	car accident[231]	2008
Wang Donglei	23	China	Nanjing Yoyo	midfielder	car accident[232]	2008
Alemão	23	Brazil	Palmeiras	striker	car accident[233]	2007
Nando	25	Mozambique	Black Leopards	defender	car accident; burned to death[234]	2007
Gift Leremi	22	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	midfielder	car accident[235]	2007
Hussein Dokmak	25	Lebanon	Nejmeh	defender	killed in car bombing in Lebanon[236]	2007
Hussein Naeem	20	Lebanon	Nejmeh	striker	killed in car bombing in Lebanon[236]	2007
Gustavo Eberto	24	Argentina	Talleres	goalkeeper	testicular cancer[237]	2007
Lenar Gilmullin	22	Russia	Rubin Kazan	defender	motorcycle accident resulting in coma; died five days later[238]	2007
Ray Jones	18	England	Queens Park Rangers	striker	car accident[239]	2007
Ehab Karim	26	Iraq	Al-Sinaa	midfielder	killed in car bombing in Baghdad[240]	2007
Marek Krejčí	26	Slovakia	Wacker Burghausen	striker	car accident[241]	2007
Michael Maidens	20	England	Hartlepool United	midfielder	car accident[242]	2007
Phil O'Donnell	35	Scotland	Motherwell	midfielder	cardiac arrest while playing[243]	2007
Edy Vásquez	23	Honduras	Motagua	midfielder	car accident[244]	2007
Federico Crescentini	24	San Marino	Tre Fiori	defender	drowned while on holiday in Acapulco, Mexico[245]	2006
Riccardo Neri	17	Italy	Juventus	goalkeeper	drowned attempting to retrieve football from a lake at Juventus Center[246]	2006
Alessio Ferramosca	17	Italy	Juventus	defender	drowned attempting to retrieve football from a lake at Juventus Center[246]	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[247]	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[248]	2006
Gary Bownes	26	Northern Ireland	Dungannon Swifts	striker	suicide	2005
Shane Brennan	23	Ireland	Athlone Town	winger	accidental fall[249]	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[250]	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[251]	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
Haytham Kajjo	26	Syria	Al-Jihad	forward	car accident	2002
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[252]	2002
Hernán Gaviria	32	Colombia	Deportivo Cali	midfielder	struck by lightning during training session[253]	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
Hédi Berkhissa	24	Tunisia	Espérance	left back	cardiac arrest while playing	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[254]	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
Gábor Zsiborás	35	Hungary	MTK Budapest	goalkeeper	stroke	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
Tom Krommendijk	23	Netherlands	Twente	midfielder	car accident	1990
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[255]	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[256]	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[257]	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[258]	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[259]	1979
Mikhail An	26	Soviet Union	Pakhtakor Tashkent	midfielder	Dniprodzerzhynsk air disaster[260]	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[261]	1976
Ismael Díaz	20	El Salvador	Águila	forward	homicide[262]	1976
Anatoli Kozhemyakin	21	Soviet Union	Dynamo Moscow	striker	accidentally crushed by elevator[263]	1974
Pavão	26	Portugal	FC Porto	midfielder	collapsed on pitch[264]	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[265]	1973
Vladimir Durković	34	Yugoslavia	FC Sion	defender	mistakenly shot by policeman[266]	1972
Robert Mensah	32	Ghana	Asante Kotoko	goalkeeper	homicide by stabbing[267]	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[268]	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
Paul Shardlow	25	England	Stoke City	goalkeeper	heart attack	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[269]	1963
Bruno Belin	33	Yugoslavia	FK Partizan	defender	car accident[270]	1962
Chus Herrera	24	Spain	Real Madrid	forward	cancer[271]	1962
Maneca	35	Brazil	Galícia	striker	suicide	1961
Válter Marciano	29	Brazil	Valencia	midfielder	car accident[272]	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
Piercesare Tombolato	18	Italy	A.S. Olympia Cittadella	goalkeeper	died in hospital 22 days after a collision with a rival player.[273]	1957
Egil Lærum	33	Norway	Larvik Turn	fullback	undisclosed illness[274]	1954
John Kirkby	23	USA	Wrexham	defender	collapsed on field[275]	1953
Sándor Szűcs	30	Hungary	Újpest	defender	execution by the communist regime for defection attempt	1951
Þórarinn Jónsson	19	Iceland	Þór Akureyri		bus crash[276]	1951
Mitotônio	35	Brazil	Ceará	left winger	bleeding caused by stomach congestion[277]	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	1948
André Abegglen	35	Switzerland	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	striker	Schüpfheim railway accident[278]	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[279]	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[280]	1927
David Arellano	24	Chile	Colo Colo	forward	peritonitis caused by collision with opposition player during match[281]	1927
Sam Wynne	30	England	Bury	right back	cerebral hemorrhage on field[282]	1927
Albert Van Coile	27	Belgium	Cercle Brugge	centre back	ruptured bowel following collision with opposing goalkeeper[283]	1927
Nikola Gazdić	c. 27	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Hajduk Split	forward	tuberculosis[284]	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[285]	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[286]	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"[287]	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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