Births
- January 1 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
- January 3 – Manuel Martínez, Mexican footballer
- January 8 – Esteban Valencia, Chilean footballer
- January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer
- January 29 – Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer
- February 11 – Steve McManaman, English footballer
- March 3 – Karel Poborský, Czech footballer
- March 28 – Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer
- April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer
- May 8 – José Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer
- August 7 – Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
- August 30 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
- September 8 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
- September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer
- November 2 – Derlis Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
- November 11 – Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer
- December 29 – Losseni Konaté, Ivorian footballer
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