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This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, has died. Beckenbauer's death was first ...
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 11:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC).
[1] [25] Beckenbauer scored his first goals for the West Germany national team against the Netherlands on 23 March 1966 at De Kuip, Rotterdam; he scored twice as West Germany won 4–2. He was a member of the World Cup squads that finished runners-up in 1966, third place in 1970, and champions in 1974, while also being named to the tournament ...
Association football: 78–79 [a] Unknown [44] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Amela Fetahović: Association football: 35 Unknown [45] Israel: Amatsia Levkovich: Association football: 83 Unknown [46] Italy: Eugenio Pazzaglia: Association football: 72 Unknown [47] United States: Mike Pitts: American football: 61 Unknown [48] United States: Roger Zatkoff ...
Robert Enke (24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009) [3] was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.. He played for Mönchengladbach, Benfica, and Barcelona, but made most of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 in his homeland.
Position Playing positions are listed according to the player's primary position while playing for the national team. [23]Caps and goals Caps and goals comprise those in the qualifying and final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, as well as the Summer Olympics (pre-World War II), FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA Nations League and international friendly matches.
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (31 March 1939 – 20 May 2024) was a German footballer who played as a defender. [1] [2] An athletic and hard-tackling player, with a strong physique, he was nicknamed the "Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in quantity and in quality, and for his versatility; indeed, although he was usually deployed as a full-back, he was capable of playing anywhere ...