FIFA World Cup Players

[Ulitzer95 12,645]

Not sure we need to post the list of every single country each time a player dies. Should just be the list of that player's respective country, otherwise this thread becomes painfully hard to scroll through and find stuff, especially on your phone.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Living World Cup Managers :

 

1978 - 3/16 (Jacek Gmoch, Poland; Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia; Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran)
1982 - 9/27 [Nations - 7.5/24] (Antoni Piechniczek, Poland; Mahieddine Khalef, Algeria; Felix Latzke, Austria; Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Pipo Rodriguez, El Salvador; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Kuwait; Jose Santamaria, Spain; John Adshead, New Zealand)
1986 - 10/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland)
1990 - 15/24 (Josef Hickersberger, Austria; Bob Gansler, United States; Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Valery Nepomnyashchy, Cameroon; Emerich Jenei, Romania; Sebastiao Lazaroni, Brazil; Bora Milutinovic, Costa Rica; Andy Roxburgh, Scotland; Olle Nordin, Sweden; Francisco Maturana, Colombia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, United Arab Emirates; Lee Hoe-taik, South Korea; Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay; Leo Beenhakker, Netherlands)
1994 - 19/24
1998 - 29/35 [Nations - 26/32]
2002 - 28/33 [Nations - 27/32]
2006 - 25/32
2010 - 27/32
2014 - 30/32
2018 - all of 32

2022 - all of 32

Edited November 8 by Sinbabad

[Sinbabad 1,124]

2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Not sure we need to post the list of every single country each time a player dies. Should just be the list of that player's respective country, otherwise this thread becomes painfully hard to scroll through and find stuff, especially on your phone.

Ok I got it.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,197]

3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Not sure we need to post the list of every single country each time a player dies. Should just be the list of that player's respective country, otherwise this thread becomes painfully hard to scroll through and find stuff, especially on your phone.

 

Agree totally on this

[justonecornetto 951]

Attila Abonyi who played for Australia in 1974 World Cup has died aged 76. Hungarian born he was capped 61 times scoring 25 goals and is their 5th highest scorer of all time.

https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news/vale-attila-abonyi

 

Apologies to @YoungWillz who has already posted this death.

[whoismakoto 328]

Alberto Gomez of 1970 Uruguay squad died in 2020

https://m.facebook.com/groups/173975272942296/posts/1258898014450011/

[Ulitzer95 12,645]

2 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

Alberto Gomez of 1970 Uruguay squad died in 2020

https://m.facebook.com/groups/173975272942296/posts/1258898014450011/

There's a Wiki friendly source in the form of a website obit here.

[P94 41]

On 09/07/2023 at 10:55, Sinbabad said:

Update after Suarez death :

Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1990 - names of living coaches are included]:
1990 - 15/24 (Josef Hickersberger, Austria; Bob Gansler, United States; Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Valery Nepomnyashchy, Cameroon; Emerich Jenei, Romania; Sebastiao Lazaroni, Brazil; Bora Milutinovic, Costa Rica; Andy Roxburgh, Scotland; Olle Nordin, Sweden; Francisco Maturana, Colombia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, United Arab Emirates; Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany; Lee Hoe-taik, South Korea; Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay; Leo Beenhakker, Netherlands)

It's 9th death among coaches of 1990 FIFA World Cup.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

East German Werner Friese, who was at the 1974 World Cup, died aged 70 on 28 September 2016. He played the entire 6 games of East Germany.

[drol 11,953]

On 07/07/2023 at 19:29, ObakeFilter said:

Former Manchester United and Ajax goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is being treated in intensive care after suffering a bleed on his brain.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/07/edwin-van-der-sar-intensive-care-brain-bleed-manchester-united-ajax

Edwin van der Sar out of danger.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

On 09/07/2023 at 09:47, Octopus of Odstock said:

Mehmet Dincer is dead (off radar, so your fears are justified) as Sargun is labelled as Fenerbache's oldest living player. Dincer, 5 years older, must have died.

I found this page. The birth date (1933 is mentioned as Dincer birth date in every website but English wiki) matches. Granted, it could be a namesake, and I didn’t find any other document mentioning Mehmet Dincer’s death.

[Ulitzer95 12,645]

1 hour ago, Sinbabad said:

I found this page. The birth date (1933 is mentioned as Dincer birth date in every website but English wiki) matches. Granted, it could be a namesake, and I didn’t find any other document mentioning Mehmet Dincer’s death.

FindAGrave is notoriously unreliable and full of mistakes or even outright hoaxes.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

On 06/07/2023 at 13:02, YoungWillz said:

Attila Abonyi, Hungarian born player for the Australia National team at their first appearance at the WC Finals in 1974, reportedly dead: https://au.sports.yahoo.com/socceroos-great-atilla-abonyi-mourned-100816885.html

His teammate at the 1974 WC, Ivo Rudić, died on 22 November 2009. He was an unused substitute.

Edited July 11, 2023 by Sinbabad

[Ulitzer95 12,645]

49 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

His teammate at the 1974 WC, Ivo Rudić, died on 22 November 2019. He was an unused substitute.

 

*2009

[Sinbabad 1,124]

1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 

*2009

Sorry, typo. Thanks for the warning.

[whoismakoto 328]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

FindAGrave is notoriously unreliable and full of mistakes or even outright hoaxes.

Mehmet Dinçer also seems to be a common name in Turkey. The Turkish Football Federation has a Mehmet Dinçer on its database who was born in 1981 but no Mehmet who was part of the 1954 squad.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Louis-Paul M’Fédé, who represented Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, died on 10 June 2013. He played all Cameroon 5 games.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

2 others players from 1990 WC died more or less recently:

 

Belgian Lei Clijsters died on 4 January 2009. He played 3 games.

USSR player Valeri Broshin died on 5 March 2009. He was an unused substitute.
 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,645]

3 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

2 others players from 1990 WC died more or less recently :

 

Belgian Lei Clijsters died on 4 January 2009. He played 3 games.

USSR player Valeri Broshin died on 5 March 2009. He was an unused substitute.
 

 

Is there a point in this exercise?

[Sinbabad 1,124]

16 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Is there a point in this exercise?

Well those deaths had not been announced in this topic nor in Time Added, so that’s why I’m doing it today.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,197]

7 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

Well those deaths had not been announced in this topic nor in Time Added, so that’s why I’m doing it today.

But that's ridiculous.

 

Let's focus all our energies on the living players and the many mysteries we have.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,197]

11 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

Well those deaths had not been announced in this topic nor in Time Added, so that’s why I’m doing it today.

 

Clijsters is mentioned 16 times on the forum and his death was announced multiple times.

Added to that, if you check Mfede, his death was also reported earlier in this thread.

[msc 18,477]

13 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

Clijsters is mentioned 16 times on the forum and his death was announced multiple times.

Added to that, if you check Mfede, his death was also reported earlier in this thread.

 

I had to go double check this because you know, a few years have passed since, but yes, my memory did not cheat, not only was Clijsters health and death mentioned a lot on this forum, but he was a DDP hit back in 2009! When the host of the DDP was a certain Mr Octopus of Odstock! 

[Sinbabad 1,124]

My apologies. From now on I’ll be more thorough.

[drol 11,953]

Romario hospitalised with intestinal infection and, though still active, looks very thin in recent photos