1971 in association football
The following are the football events of the year 1971 throughout the world.Events
Asia
January
- January 1 - Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer and coach
- January 2 - Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
- January 5 - Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
- January 8 - Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
- January 10 - Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
- January 14 - Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
- January 16 - Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
- January 18 - Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
- January 26 - Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
- January 29 - Jörg Albertz, German footballer
February
- February 1 - Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer
- February 1 - Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
- February 2 - Osvaldo Peralta, Paraguayan footballer
- February 4 - Maarten Atmodikoro, Dutch footballer
- February 20 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
March
- March 4 - Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
- March 13 - Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer
- March 15 - Joachim Björklund, Swedish footballer
- March 18 - Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
- March 18 - Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
- March 26 - Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer
April
- April 9 - Víctor López, Uruguayan footballer
- April 15 - Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
- April 23 - Hjalmar Zambrano, Ecuadorian footballer
May
- May 14 - Martin Reim, Estonian footballer
June
- June 3 - Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
- June 9 - Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
- June 14 - Håkan Mild, Swedish footballer
- June 24 - Thomas Helveg, Danish footballer
- June 28 - Fabien Barthez, French footballer
July
- July 26 - Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
- July 31 - Elivélton, Brazilian international footballer
- July 31 - Ignacio Vázquez, Mexican footballer
August
- August 10 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- August 16 - Rick Slor, Dutch footballer
- August 18 - Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
- August 19 - Miguel Ponce, Chilean footballer
- August 23 - Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
- August 26 - Osman Özköylü, Turkish footballer
- August 27 - Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
- August 29 - Marco Sandy, Bolivian footballer
September
- September 1 - Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
- September 3 - Ángel Lemus, Mexican footballer
- September 3 - Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer
- September 9 - Mikel Lasa, Spanish footballer
- September 9 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
- September 13 - Mladen Dabanovič, Slovenian footballer
- September 18 - Filip Apelstav, Swedish footballer
- September 20 - Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
- September 29 - Miguel Fuentes, Mexican footballer
- September 29 - Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer
October
- October 4 - Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
- October 5 - Bertrand Crasson, Belgian footballer
- October 7 - Ismael Urzaiz, Spanish footballer
- October 8 - Miran Pavlin, Slovenian footballer
- October 13 - André Bergdølmo, Norwegian footballer
- October 15 - Andy Cole, English footballer
- October 15 - Niko Kovač, Croatian footballer
- October 16 - Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
- October 21 - René Ponk, Dutch footballer
- October 25 - Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
- October 26 - Didier Martel, French footballer
November
- November 13 - Erwin Ramírez, Ecuadorian footballer
- November 30 - Pedro Pineda, Mexican footballer
December
- December 2 - Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
- December 3 - Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
- December 7 - Spira Grujić, Serbian footballer
- December 8 - Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer
- December 14 - Arsenio Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
- December 26 - Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
- December 28 - Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer
- December 29 - Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
Deaths
- June 30 - Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer
- June 30 - Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer
- July 13 - Harry Dénis, Dutch footballer
- August 5 - Ber Groosjohan, Dutch footballer
