FIFA World Cup Players

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The referee who whistled the 1986 World Cup final, Romualdo Arppi Filho (BRA), hospitalized with kidney problems, died at the age of 84.

 

Romualdo Arppi Filho, árbitro da final da Copa do Mundo de 1986, morre no litoral de São Paulo | Santos e Região - Brasil | G1 (globo.com)

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List of living finalists managers :

 

1930-1982 : all dead 

 

1986-1990 : Carlos Bilardo

 

1994 : Carlos Alberto Parreira and Arrigo Sacchi

 

1998 : Aimé Jacquet

2002-2022 : all alive

Edited May 5 by Sinbabad

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List of dead finalists players :

 

1930-1958 : all dead

 

1962 : Only Amarildo for Brazil and Josef Jelinek for Czechoslovakia are alive

 

1966 : Only Geoff Hurst is alive for England, 6 dead for Germany 

 

1970 : 4 dead for Brazil, 5 dead for Italy 

 

1974 : 4 dead for Germany, 5 dead for Netherlands 

 

1978 : 2 dead for Argentina, 5 dead for Netherlands 

 

1982 : 2 dead for Italy, all German are alive

 

1986 : 3 dead for Argentina, 1 dead for Germany 

 

1990 : Only  Andreas Brehme for Germany and Diego Maradona for Argentina are dead

 

1994-2022 : all finalists are alive

 

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On 25/11/2020 at 17:02, RoverAndOut said:

Mentioning Maradona's passing here, as it seems more appropriate to document this here than in Time Added or his personal thread. I was thinking about how Pele is one of the few legends of the game from the earlier era still with us, with Maradona, Best, Cruyff and Eusebio all having passed already. I was looking at the Best Player of the Century polls done around the Millennium and the International Federation of Football History and Statistics' (IFFHS') list seems more accurate than FIFA's own polls at the time (e.g. an internet poll gave Maradona over 50% compared to Pele's 18% in 2nd).

 

1. Pele (Brazil, 1957-71)

2. Johann Cruyff (Netherlands, 1966-77)

3. Franz Beckenbauer (Germany, 1965-77)

4. Alfredo di Stefano (Spain, 1957-62)

5. Diego Maradona (Argentina, 1977-94)

6. Ferenc Puskas (Hungary, 1945-56)

7. Michel Platini (France, 1976-87)

8. Garrincha (Brazil, 1955-66)

9. Eusebio (Portugal, 1961-73)

10. Bobby Charlton (England, 1958-70)

11. Stanley Matthews (England, 1934-57)

12. Marco van Basten (Netherlands, 1983-92)

13. Gerd Muller (Germany, 1966-74)

14. Zico (Brazil, 1976-86)

15. Lothar Matthaus (Germany, 1980-2000)

16. George Best (Northern Ireland, 1964-77)

17. Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Uruguay, 1946-54)

18. Ruud Gullit (Netherlands, 1981-94)

=19. Didi (Brazil, 1952-62)

=19. Gianni Rivera (Italy, 1962-74)

21. Giuseppe Meazza (Italy, 1930-39)

22. Matthias Sindelar (Austria, 1926-37)

23. Fritz Walter (Germany, 1940-58)

24. Bobby Moore (England, 1962-73)

25. Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina, 1936-50)

26. Hugo Sanchez (Mexico, 1977-94)

27. George Weah (Liberia, 1986-2018)

28. Roger Milla (Cameroon, 1973-94)

29. Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay, 1923-30)

=30. Just Fontaine (France, 1953-60)

=30. Francisco Gento (Spain, 1955-69)

32. Ladislao Kubala (Spain, 1953-61)

33. Franco Baresi (Italy, 1982-94)

34. Josef Bican (Austria/Czechoslovakia, 1933-49)

35. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany, 1976-86)

36. Omar Sivori (Argentina, 1956-57)

37. Elias Figueroa (Chile, 1966-82)

38. Kevin Keegan (England, 1972-82)

39. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 1948-52)

40. Hector Scarone (Uruguay, 1917-30)

41. Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia, 1954-66)

42. Giacinto Facchetti (Italy, 1963-77)

=43. Raymond Kopa (France, 1952-62)

=43. Sandro Mazzola (Italy, 1963-74)

45. Uwe Seeler (Germany, 1954-70)

46. Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden, 1942-48)

47. Zizinho (Brazil, 1942-57)

48. Teofilo Cubillas (Peru, 1968-82)

49. Arsenio Erico (Paraguay)

50. Denis Law (Scotland, 1958-74)

 

28 of the 50 are now dead, some will still be around a good while longer while others (e.g. Muller, Seeler) will probably go in the next few years. Anyway, just thought I'd take a look, though these lists are always selective (no Yashin?)

 

Pelé, Müller, Fontaine, Gento & Seeler have died since. Predicting Sir Bobby to be the next one to die & Van Basten to be the last man standing.

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Osvaldo Hector Cruz, who was in Argentina’s squad at the 1958 World Cup, has died aged 91

He played the first and last match of Argentina. The last match of Argentina in the tournament against Czechoslovakia was also his last cap.

He was also in Argentina’s squads which won the Copa America in 1955 and 1957. In the latter, he scored two goals, including one in the decisive match for the title against Brazil 

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Update after Cruz’s death

1958 –34 survivors

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On 25/11/2021 at 12:03, whoismakoto said:

 

Israel
Itzhak Vissoker
Menachem Bello
Shraga Bar
David Primo
Itzhak Shum
Giora Spiegel
Yehoshua Feigenbaum
Mordechai Spiegler
Rachamim Talbi    
Yochanan Vollach
Eli Ben Rimoz
Moshe Romano
Roni Shuruk
Yechiel Hameiri
Yair Nossovsky
Zvi Rosen
Shmuel Rosenthal
George Borba
Yehezkel Chazom
Moshe Romano
David Karako

 

 

Yehezkel Chazom has died aged 76. Obit (In Hebrew). 

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On 22/06/2022 at 14:44, whoismakoto said:

An update of all World Cup living participants from 1950-1966

 

1962 – 96 survivors

Uruguay

4              DF            Omar Méndez         11 May 1938 (aged 24)

Mario Omar Mendez has died aged 82 on 01/07/2020 according to this facebook post

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I have edited his Wikipedia page. However it refused the facebook link as a source for the death 

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Manfred Schaefer, who participated at the 1974 World Cup with Australia, is dead aged 80. He played Australia’s whole three matches as they were knocked out at the first round. The last match against Chile was his last cap with Australia.

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Felix Salinas (Wiki), member of the 1970 Peruvian squad, dead according ti this Facebook post

 

Jose del Castillo, also a member of the 1970 Peruvian squad, dead at 79 years old according to his Spanish Wiki but no links

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Felix Salinas death mention on twitter too...

 

Jose del Castillo Spanish obit https://larepublica.pe/deportes/sporting-cristal/2023/02/04/sporting-cristal-fallecio-jose-del-castillo-tetracampeon-el-club-rimense-mundialista-la-seleccion-peruana-202576

 

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If only we can find an obit saying that Nelson Lopez (Wiki) is dead, I don't know if we can trust the comment from this blog post saying he died a long time ago. I did find in his Spanish wiki that he died in 1980 in the categories. No link, explanation or even from the info box that mentions this.

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On 05/03/2023 at 13:34, diego said:

 

The referee who whistled the 1986 World Cup final, Romualdo Arppi Filho (BRA), hospitalized with kidney problems, died at the age of 84.

 

Romualdo Arppi Filho, árbitro da final da Copa do Mundo de 1986, morre no litoral de São Paulo | Santos e Região - Brasil | G1 (globo.com)

Here's a list of the men who have refereed the Mens World Cup Final if anyone's interested:

 

1930 - John Langenus (Belgium) 1891-1952

1934 - Ivan Eklind (Sweden) 1905-1981

1938 - Georges Capdeville (France) 1899-1991 

1950 - George Reader (England) 1896-1978

1954 - William Ling (England) 1908-1984

1958 - Maurice Guigue (France) 1912-2011 

1962 - Nikolay Latyshev (Russia) 1913-1999

1966 - Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 1919-1998 

1970 - Rudi Glockner (Germany) 1929-1999

1974 - Jack Taylor (England) 1930-2012 

1978 - Sergio Gonella (Italy) 1933-2018 

1982 - Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil) 1943- 

1986 - Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 1939-2023

1990 - Edgardo Codesal (Uruguay) 1951- 

1994 - Sandor Puhl (Hungary) 1955-2021 

1998 - Said Belqola (Morocco) 1956-2002 

2002 - Pierluigi Collina (Italy) 1960- 

2006 - Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 1963- 

2010 - Howard Webb (England) 1971- 

2014 - Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) 1971- 

2018 - Nestor Pitana (Argentina) 1975 -

2022 - Szymon Marciniak (Poland) 1981- 

 

[diego 1,980]

31 minutes ago, Deathrace said:

Here's a list of the men who have refereed the Mens World Cup Final if anyone's interested:

 

1930 - John Langenus (Belgium) 1891-1952

1934 - Ivan Eklind (Sweden) 1905-1981

1938 - Georges Capdeville (France) 1899-1991 

1950 - George Reader (England) 1896-1978

1954 - William Ling (England) 1908-1984

1958 - Maurice Guigue (France) 1912-2011 

1962 - Nikolay Latyshev (Russia) 1913-1999

1966 - Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 1919-1998 

1970 - Rudi Glockner (Germany) 1929-1999

1974 - Jack Taylor (England) 1930-2012 

1978 - Sergio Gonella (Italy) 1933-2018 

1982 - Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil) 1943- 

1986 - Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 1939-2023

1990 - Edgardo Codesal (Uruguay) 1951- 

1994 - Sandor Puhl (Hungary) 1955-2021 

1998 - Said Belqola (Morocco) 1956-2002 

2002 - Pierluigi Collina (Italy) 1960- 

2006 - Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 1963- 

2010 - Howard Webb (England) 1971- 

2014 - Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) 1971- 

2018 - Nestor Pitana (Argentina) 1975 -

2022 - Szymon Marciniak (Poland) 1981- 

 

Arnaldo,who is the oldest among the living now,does not seem to face health problems

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Edgardo Codesal has a health history, heart attack in 2007, was in serious condition after a double heart attack in 2010 and "gravely ill" in 2018.

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On 18/12/2022 at 00:00, Octopus of Odstock said:

 Likewise, Zlatkovic, although I've found something in Serbian which suggests he might be gone as it's in past tense... but that could just be translation.

It is confirmed, Sinisa Zlatkovic, player for Yugoslavia at the 1950 World Cup,  has died on 05/04/1996 at 72. His wiki has been edited a few days back with a precise death date, but without a link.

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Mário Zagallo makes rare appearance with Caju:

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He seems very thin and frail

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Sergio Gori who played for Italia at 1970 World Cup has died aged 77.

His only match, the quarter final against Mexico, was his first cap.

 

He notably played for Inter, Cagliari and Juventus. With Inter he won the treble Intercontinental Cup, European Cup and Serie A in 1965. With Cagliari he won the  Serie A in 1970, its only major title to date. With Juventus in 1977 he won the double Serie A and UEFA Cup, playing the latter away final 

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On 15/11/2022 at 09:16, Octopus of Odstock said:

Cortes died in 2000 Can't find the death details for Bravo but he is deceased.

 

On 16/11/2022 at 22:10, Octopus of Odstock said:

As for Cortes and Ochoa, I'd like something firmer proof wise, but on the flip side, there is absolutely nothing to suggest either of them, or Bravo are still alive.

 

https://peoplepill.com/people/ranulfo-cortes

https://peoplepill.com/people/mario-ochoa

Sergio Bravo, Mexican player at the 1954 World Cup, is indeed dead in 1997 aged 70.

 

About his 1954 teammate, Cortés, I found an article about a player named Arnulfo Cortés, who (like Ranulfo Cortés) was a forward and played for CD Oro. He died in 1994. Maybe it’s the same player ?

 

 

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Josep Maria Fusté who played for Spain at the 1966 World Cup has died aged 82. He played for FC Barcelona from 1958-1972, including serving as Captain. He played for the winning Spanish team at the 1964 European Championship.

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Juan Carlos Sarnari, who was part of Argentina squad at the 1966 World Cup, has died aged 81. He was an unused substitute as Argentina was eliminated by England in the quarterfinals.

Edited April 22, 2023 by Sinbabad

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1 minute ago, Sinbabad said:

Juan Carlos Sanari, who was part of Argentina squad at the 1966 World Cup, has died aged 81

That's Sarnari, honey.

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Update :

1966 – 140 survivors