FIFA World Cup Players

[whoismakoto 324]

No one has reported Salvador Villalba's death but we have always assumed that he's dead though. So is his date of death 21 December 2021 then?

[whoismakoto 324]

Here's a report that confirmed Ramon Mayeregger of 1958 Paraguay is dead. No date of death given. There are conflicting sources if he was born in 1934 or 1937 but looks more like 1934 if he debuted in 1950.

[Ulitzer95 12,434]

13 minutes ago, whoismakoto said:

Here's a report that confirmed Ramon Mayeregger of 1958 Paraguay is dead. No date of death given. There are conflicting sources if he was born in 1934 or 1937 but looks more like 1934 if he debuted in 1950.

Link doesn't work. It just goes to the home page of a "remove paywall" type site.

[whoismakoto 324]

2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Link doesn't work. It just goes to the home page of a "remove paywall" type site.

https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2020/03/11/nota/7775850/historia-historia/

[Ulitzer95 12,434]

27 minutes ago, whoismakoto said:

https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2020/03/11/nota/7775850/historia-historia/

Thanks, I've updated both on Wiki with the the limited info we have about where/when they died.

[Sinbabad 1,086]

11 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

Here's a report that confirmed Ramon Mayeregger of 1958 Paraguay is dead.

His teammate Ignacio Achucarro, also presumed dead, died on August 2021 aged 85.

Edited November 2, 2023 by Sinbabad

[Sinbabad 1,086]

Eliseo Insfran, another 1958 Paraguayan, died on 17 August 2020.

[whoismakoto 324]

Oscar Aguilera of 1958 Paraguay is said  to have died at the age of 44 years old.

[whoismakoto 324]

Fritz Leandre of the 1974 Haiti squad was said to be dead according to his friend. Trying to find an obituary or death records.

[Sinbabad 1,086]

Federico Sacchi, who played 1962 WC with Argentina, has died aged 87.

He played Argentina’s whole three games as they were knocked out in the group stage.

Edited November 7, 2023 by Sinbabad

[Sinbabad 1,086]

Turkish Akgun Kacmaz , one of the last survivors of the 1954 WC, has died aged 88.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,180]

9 hours ago, Sinbabad said:

Turkish Akgun Kacmaz , one of the last survivors of the 1954 WC, has died aged 88.

 

92 years old, according to the obituary.

[Sinbabad 1,086]

1 hour ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

92 years old, according to the obituary.

Well, his wiki (both english and turkish) says 88, so who knows…

[whoismakoto 324]

1 hour ago, Sinbabad said:

Well, his wiki (both english and turkish) says 88, so who knows…

Canadianpaul mentioned that many early Turkish birth records don't exist as most muslims don't really care about birthdays as much as Westerners. It's fair to say that many elderly muslims don't actually know their real birthdays and they just pick a random date to put on papers.

[wannamaker 1,395]

Legendary chilean footballer Carlos Caszely hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Played in the 74 & 82 world cups.

[drol 11,814]

6 minutes ago, wannamaker said:

Legendary chilean footballer Carlos Caszely hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Played in the 74 & 82 world cups.

Minor stroke and will be discharged in the next hours.

[whoismakoto 324]

Crossposting for Etepe Kakoko (Wiki) of the 1974 Zaire squad. Went missing in September

[Sinbabad 1,086]

5 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

Crossposting for Etepe Kakoko (Wiki) of the 1974 Zaire squad. Went missing in September

He was announced dead 2 times before : in January 2022 and in May.

I guess he must be in bad health. Plus dementia often makes people wander off.

[whoismakoto 324]

Abdelkader El Khiati (Wiki) member of the 1970 Moroccan squad, died off radar according to this article

[Gisooo 3,266]

On 25/11/2021 at 13:03, whoismakoto said:

Belgium
Paul van Himst
Christian Piot
Georges Heylens
Jean Thissen
Nicolas Dewalque
Léon Semmeling
Johan Devrindt
Maurice Martens
Erwin Vandendaele
Odilon Polleunis
Jan Verheyen
Raoul Lambert
Frans Janssens
Jacques Duquesne

 

Belgian football goalkeeper Jacques Duquesne (Wiki) dead at 83

[drol 11,814]

On 23/09/2020 at 13:13, msc said:

Updated after 4 years, the living finalists:

Antonio Juliano (sub, b. 1943)

 

 

Antonio Juliano dead at 80.

[Spade_Cooley 9,477]

27 minutes ago, drol said:

Antonio Juliano dead at 80.

 

Was also the sporting director who brought Maradona to Napoli.

[Sinbabad 1,086]

Moroccan Abderrahim Ouakili, who participated in the 1998 WC, has died aged 53. He was an unused substitute as Morocco was eliminated in the group stage.

Actually his last cap was a friendly game against Chile in France just before the start of the WC.

Edited December 18, 2023 by Sinbabad

[Spade_Cooley 9,477]

Abderrahim Ouakili, Moroccan attacking midfielder who was on the bench for two of their 1998 World Cup matches but didn't see any pitch time, dead at 53. Mainly plied his club career in the Bundesliga 2.

EDIT: or, y'know, what he said.

[YoungWillz 20,927]

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

I've listed living footballers who played in 1970 World Cup. If a living player is missing, it means the player has played in a previous World Cup

 

Sweden
Ronnie Hellström
Hans Selander
Björn Nordqvist
Roland Grip
Tommy Svensson
Bo Larsson
Leif Eriksson
Ove Kindvall
Örjan Persson
Sven-Gunnar Larsson
Claes Cronqvist
Krister Kristensson
Leif Målberg
Thomas Nordahl
Ronney Pettersson
Jan Olsson
Inge Ejderstedt
Sten Pålsson

 

Bo Larsson who represented Sweden in all the World Cups held in the 1970s, reportedly dead aged 79: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2023/12/19/bo-larsson-sweden-and-malmo-soccer-great-dies-at-79/71968754007/