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{{main|2021 in association football}}
{{about||the complete list of deaths in 2021|Deaths in 2021}}
This is a list of '''[[association football]] related deaths in 2021''':

==January==
{{main|Deaths in January 2021}}
*January 1: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Guignedoux]] (73), footballer ([[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]], [[AS Monaco F.C.|AS Monaco]]) and manager ([[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]], [[Valenciennes F.C.|Valenciennes]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Clint Boulton]] (72), footballer ([[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]])
*January 2: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Saukh]] (69), Russian footballer ([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]], [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Miquel Ferrer i Aymamí]] (89), footballer ([[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Real Oviedo C.F.|Real Oviedo]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Cléber Arado]] (48), footballer ([[Kyoto Sanga FC|Kyoto Sanga]], [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]]) 
** {{fbicon|RSA}} [[Ryder Mofokeng]] (68), footballer ([[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]])
*January 5: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Colin Bell]] (74), footballer ([[Bury F.C.|Bury]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[England national football team|England]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Tyberii Korponai]] (62), footballer ([[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]], [[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]], [[FC Kremin Kremenchuk|Kremin Kremenchuk]]) and manager ([[FC Kremin Kremenchuk|Kremin Kremenchuk]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Brandãozinho (footballer, born 1930)|Brandãozinho]] (90), footballer ([[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[OGC Nice]], [[RC Celta de Vigo|Celta Vigo]])
*January 6: 
** {{fbicon|ROM}} [[Mircea Bolba]] (59), footballer ([[FC Olimpia Satu Mare|Olimpia Satu Mare]], [[FCSB|Steaua București]], [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timișoara]], [[FC Bihor Oradea (1958)|Bihor Oradea]], [[Evagoras Paphos]]) and manager ([[FC Olimpia Satu Mare|Olimpia Satu Mare]], [[ACS Sticla Arieșul Turda|Arieșul Turda]], [[CS Minerul 1947 Ocna Dej|Someșul Dej]])
** {{fbicon|AUT}} [[Ferdinand Kolarik]] (83), footballer ([[Admira Wacker]], [[Austria national football team|Austria]])
** {{fbicon|GRE}} [[Thanasis Papazoglou (footballer, born 1953)|Thanasis Papazoglou]] (67), footballer ([[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]], [[PAS Giannina F.C.|PAS Giannina]], [[Trikala F.C.|Trikala]], [[Greece national football team|Greece]])
*January 7:
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Alex Apolinário]] (24), footballer ([[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]], [[F.C. Alverca|Alverca]])
** {{fbicon|LCA}} [[Cassim Louis]] (73), manager ([[Saint Lucia national football team|Saint Lucia]])
*January 8: 
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Otto Geisert]] (81), footballer ([[Karlsruher SC|Karlsruher]], [[1. FC Kaiserslautern|Kaiserslautern]])
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Marian Kondratowicz]] (79), footballer ([[Odra Opole]])
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Przybylski]] (81), footballer ([[Broń Radom]]) and manager ([[SKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk|Polonia Gdańsk]], [[Lechia Gdańsk]], [[Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish]])
*January 9: 
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Llorenç Rifé]] (82), footballer ([[CD Condal|Condal]], [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]])
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Harry Brüll]] (85), footballer ([[Rapid JC]], [[MVV Maastricht|MVV]], [[Fortuna '54]], [[RKSV Sittardia]], [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]])
*January 10:
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Casado]] (83), footballer ([[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Real Madrid Castilla|Plus Ultra]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Bramley]] (91), footballer ([[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Tosh Chamberlain]] (86), footballer ([[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Dover Athletic F.C.|Dover Athletic]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Avelino Chaves]] (89), footballer ([[Real Valladolid]], [[Granada CF|Granada]], [[Real Zaragoza]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Tony Gregory (footballer)|Tony Gregory]] (83), footballer ([[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]])
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Christopher Maboulou]] (30), footballer ([[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]], [[SC Bastia|Bastia]], [[PAS Giannina F.C.|PAS Giannina]])
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Walter Taibo]] (89), footballer ([[C.A. Huracán|Huracán]], [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Josep Antoni Noya]] (81), footballer ([[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]], [[Atlético Madrid]], [[Granada CF|Granada]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Kellard]] (77), footballer ([[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], England youths) and manager
*January 11: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Enzo]] (74), footballer ([[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]], [[Novara Calcio]])
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Gothard Kokott]] (77), footballer ([[Piast Gliwice]], [[Raków Częstochowa]]), manager ([[Raków Częstochowa]], [[Ruch Radzionków]]), and [[futsal]] manager ([[Clearex Chorzów]])
** {{fbicon|Zaire}}{{fbicon|DRC}} [[Jean Kalala N'Tumba]] (72), footballer ([[US Tshinkunku|Union Tshioto Saint Gilloise]], [[SM Sanga Balende|Union Sud-Kasaïenne]], [[TP Mazembe]], [[AS Vita Club]], [[DR Congo national football team|Zaire]])
*January 12:
** {{fbicon|YUG}}{{fbicon|AUS}} [[Frank Arok]] (88), footballer ([[FK Jedinstvo Ub|Jedinstvo]]) and manager ([[RFK Novi Sad 1921|FK Novi Sad]], [[St George FC|St George Saints]], [[Australia national soccer team|Australia]], [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]])
** {{fbicon|NOR}} [[Per Martinsen]] (84), footballer ([[Lisleby FK|Lisleby]], [[Fredrikstad FK|Fredrikstad]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]])
*January 14: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Borisovich Nikitin]] (59), footballer ([[FC Rotor Volgograd]]) and manager ([[FC Rotor Volgograd]])
** {{fbicon|MEX}} [[José Luis Caballero]] (65), footballer ([[Cruz Azul]], [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]), won gold at the [[1975 Pan American Games]], played at the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]]
*January 15:
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Vicente Cantatore]] (85), footballer ([[C.A. San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]], [[C.A. Tigre|Tigre]]) and manager ([[Chile national football team|Chile]], [[Real Valladolid C.F.|Real Valladolid]], [[Sevilla F.C.|Sevilla]], [[Sporting CP]], [[Real Betis]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Barnett (footballer)|Geoff Barnett]] (74), footballer ([[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Minnesota Kicks]]) and manager
*January 16: 
** {{fbicon|HUN}} [[György Handel]] (61), footballer ([[MTK Budapest F.C.|MTK–VM]], [[Győri ETO|Rába ETO]], [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]])
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Daan Netten]] (86), footballer ([[FC Den Bosch|BVV]], [[FC Den Bosch|Den Bosch]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Rodin]] (39), footballer ([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]], [[FC Sokol Saratov|Sokol Saratov]], [[FC Sportakademklub Moscow|Sportakademklub Moscow]])
*January 17: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Roger Machin]] (94), referee ([[Ligue 1]], [[FIFA]])
*January 18: 
**  {{fbicon|ISR}} [[Dani Shmulevich-Rom]] (80), footballer ([[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]], [[Israel national football team|Israel]])
*January 19: 
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Zague (footballer, born 1934)|Zague]] (86), footballer ([[S.C. Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], [[Club América]])
** {{fbicon|MEX}} [[Gustavo Peña]] (78), footballer ([[Cruz Azul]], [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]) and manager ([[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Gordon Galley]] (90), footballer ([[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]])
*January 20: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Peter Swan]] (84), footballer ([[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], [[England national football team|England]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John Jeffers]] (52), footballer ([[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]])
** {{fbicon|JAM}} [[Luton Shelton]] (35), footballer ([[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]], [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]])
** {{fbicon|COL}} [[Calixto Avena]] (77), footballer ([[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]], [[Atlético Junior]], [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]])
*January 22: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Williams (footballer, born 1947)|Johnny Williams]] (73), footballer ([[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]])
*January 23: 
** {{fbicon|Gold Coast}}{{fbicon|GHA}} [[Abukari Gariba]] (81), footballer ([[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]], [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]), played at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] [[Summer Olympics]]
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Peter Gillott]] (85), footballer ([[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]])
*January 24: 
** {{fbicon|ISL}} [[Jóhannes Eðvaldsson]] (70), footballer ([[Valur]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Barrie Mitchell]] (73), footballer ([[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline Athletic]], [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Ron Rafferty]] (86), footballer ([[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], [[Aldershot F.C.|Aldershot]])
** [[2021 Palmas FR plane crash]] victims
*** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Marcus Molinari]] (23), footballer ([[Tupi Football Club|Tupi]], [[Ipatinga Futebol Clube|Ipatinga]], [[Tupynambás Futebol Clube|Tupynambás]])
*** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Guilherme Noé]] (28), footballer ([[Batatais Futebol Clube|Batatais]], [[Rio Preto Esporte Clube|Rio Preto]], [[Ipatinga Futebol Clube|Ipatinga]])
*** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ranule]] (27), footballer ([[Clube Atlético Itapemirim|Itapemirim]], [[Democrata Futebol Clube|Democrata]], [[Resende FC|Resende]])
*** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Lucas Praxedes]] (23), footballer ([[Capivariano Futebol Clube|Capivariano]])
*January 25: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Maryan Synakowski]] (84), footballer ([[CS Sedan Ardennes|Sedan-Torcy]], [[Stade Français]], [[France national football team|France]])
** {{fbicon|BOT}} [[David Bright (football manager)|David Bright]] (64), manager ([[Mogoditshane Fighters]], [[Botswana national football team|Botswana]])
*January 26: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John Mortimore (footballer)|John Mortimore]] (86), footballer ([[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]) and manager ([[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], [[Real Betis]], [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]])
** {{fbicon|JAP}} [[Osamu Yamaji]] (91), footballer ([[Kashima Antlers|Sumitomo Metal]], [[Japan national football team|Japan]])
** {{fbicon|CSK}}{{fbicon|SVK}} [[Jozef Vengloš]] (84), footballer ([[Š.K. Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]) and manager ([[Australia national football team|Australia]], [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], [[Sporting CP]], [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]])
*January 27: 
** {{fbicon|IRN}} [[Mehrdad Minavand]] (45), footballer ([[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]], [[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]]), played at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]
** {{fbicon|HON}} [[José Cruz (Honduran footballer)|José Cruz]] (68), footballer ([[F.C. Motagua|Motagua]], [[Real C.D. España|Real España]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]])
*January 28:
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[John Grant (Scottish footballer)|John Grant]] (89), footballer ([[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernain]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]])
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Yvon Douis]] (85), footballer ([[Lille O.S.C.|Lille]], [[A.S. Monaco F.C.|AS Monaco]], [[France national football team|France]])
** {{fbicon|ECU}}{{fbicon|USA}} [[Chico Borja]] (61), footballer ([[New York Cosmos]], [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]) and manager
*January 29: 
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Eddie Connachan]] (85), footballer ([[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline Athletic]], [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Frojuello]] (83), footballer ([[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]], [[Colo-Colo]], [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]])
** {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Varol Ürkmez]] (83), footballer ([[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]], [[Altay S.K.|Altay SK]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]])
*January 30: 
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Joop de Klerk]] (72), footballer ([[NEC Nijmegen]], [[VVV-Venlo]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Leslie Brown (English footballer)|Leslie Brown]] (84), footballer ([[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]], [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]], [[Great Britain Olympic football team|Great Britian]])
*January 31: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John Gibbons (footballer)|John Gibbons]] (95), footballer ([[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Justo Tejada]] (88), footballer ([[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]])

==February==
{{main|Deaths in February 2021}}
*February 1: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Peter Hindley]] (76), footballer ([[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]])
*February 3: 
** {{fbicon|IRN}} [[Ali Ansarian]] (43), footballer ([[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]], [[Shahrdari Tabriz F.C.|Shahrdari Tabriz]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]]) and actor
** {{fbicon|CMR}} [[Norbert Owona]] (70), footballer ([[Union Douala]], [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Nilson Borges]] (79), footballer ([[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa-SP]], [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], [[Club Athletico Paranaense|Athletico Paranaense]], [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]], [[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]])
** {{fbicon|SUR}} [[Asraf Peerkhan]] (74–75), football chairman ([[Nickerie Voetbal Bond]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Benito Boldi]] (86), footballer ([[S.P.A.L.|SPAL]], [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]], [[A.S.D. La Biellese|Biellese]])
*February 4: 
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Santiago García (Uruguayan footballer)|Santiago García]] (30), footballer ([[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]], [[C.D. Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba|Godoy Cruz]], [[Uruguay national under-20 football team|Uruguay U-20]])
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[Ben Hannigan]] (77), footballer ([[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]], [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]], [[Cork Celtic F.C.|Cork Celtic]], [[League of Ireland XI]])
*February 5: 
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Wim Vrösch]] (75), footballer ([[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda JC]], [[Sparta Rotterdam]], [[Fortuna Sittard]]), and manager ([[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]])
*February 6: 
** {{fbicon|WAL}} [[Ken Roberts (footballer, born 1936)|Ken Roberts]] (84), footballer ([[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]) and manager ([[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Columb McKinley]] (70), footballer ([[Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)|Airdrieonians]], [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]], [[Hong Kong Rangers FC|HK Rangers]])
** {{fbicon|MAR}} [[Abdelkhalek Louzani]] (75), footballer ([[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], [[K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt|Crossing Elewijt]], [[R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes|Olympic Charleroi]]) and manager ([[Moghreb Tétouan]], [[Olympique Club de Khouribga|Olympique Khouribga]], [[Fath Union Sport|FUS Rabat]], [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]])
*February 7: 
** {{fbicon|CHL}} [[Mario Osbén]] (70), footballer ([[Cobreloa]], [[Colo-Colo]], [[Unión Española]], [[Chile national football team|Chile]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Lula Pereira]] (64), footballer ([[Sport Club do Recife|Sport Recife]], [[Santa Cruz Futebol Clube|Santa Cruz]], [[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]]) and manager ([[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]], [[Guarani FC|Guarani]], [[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa]], [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]], [[C.R. Flamengo|Flamengo]], [[Esporte Clube Bahia|Bahia]], [[Al-Hazem F.C.|Al-Hazem]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Whelan Ward]] (91), footballer ([[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]], [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]])
*February 8: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Tony Collins (footballer)|Tony Collins]] (94), footballer ([[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]) and manager ([[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Graham Day (footballer)|Graham Day]] (67), footballer ([[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]], [[Portland Timbers (1975–1982)|Portland Timbers]])
*February 9: 
** {{fbicon|NGA}} [[Yisa Sofoluwe]] (53), footballer ([[Shooting Stars S.C.|IICC]], [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]])
*February 10: 
** {{fbicon|WAL}} [[Dai Davies]] (72), footballer ([[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]], [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Pachín]] (82), footballer ([[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]]) and manager ([[C.A. Osasuna|Osasuna]], [[Real Valladolid C.F.|Real Valladolid]], [[Levante U.D.|Levante]], [[Granada C.F.|Granada]])
*February 11: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John James (footballer, born 1948)|John James]] (72), footballer ([[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]], [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John Kirkham (footballer, born 1941)|John Kirkham]] (79), footballer ([[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]], [[England national under-21 football team|England U-23s]])
** {{fbicon|YUG}}{{fbicon|CRO}} [[Mladen Vranković]] (83), footballer ([[HNK Rijeka]], [[Kansas City Spurs]]) and manager ([[HNK Rijeka]], [[HNK Šibenik]])
*February 12: 
** {{fbicon|HON}} [[Celso Güity]] (62), footballer ([[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]], [[C.D. Sula de La Lima|Sula]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Beschin]] (67), football referee ([[Serie A]], [[Serie B]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Mattei]] (78), football referee ([[Serie B]], [[Serie A]], [[UEFA]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Norman Jukes]] (88), footballer ([[York City F.C.|York City]])
*February 13: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Alan Woan]] (90), footballer ([[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Aldershot F.C.|Aldershot]])
*February 15: 
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Leopoldo Luque]] (71), footballer ([[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]], [[Unión de Santa Fe|Unión]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Kenny McDevitt]] (91), footballer ([[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]])
** {{fbicon|PAR}} [[José Pedrozo]] (38), footballer ([[Club Sol de América|Sol de América]], [[Club Olimpia]], [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Miniero]], [[C.D. Antofagasta|Antofagasta]])
*February 16: 
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Egbert Mulder]] (80), football referee ([[Eredivisie]], [[UEFA]])
*February 17: 
** {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Özcan Arkoç]] (81), footballer ([[Hamburger SV]], [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John Manning (footballer)|John Manning]] (80), footballer ([[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Martí Vergés]] (86), footballer ([[CD Condal|España Industrial]], [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}}{{fbicon|USA}} [[Mike Renshaw]] (72), footballer ([[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]], [[Dallas Tornado]]) and manager ([[Dallas Tornado]])
*February 19: 
** {{fbicon|BHR}} [[Faisal Abdulaziz]] (53), footballer ([[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]], [[Bahrain national football team|Barhain]])
** {{fbwicon|SWE}} [[Ebba Andersson (footballer)|Ebba Andersson]] (85), women's footballer ([[Öxabäcks IF|Öxabäcks]], [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden women's]])
** {{fbwicon|IND}} [[Fousiya Mampatta]] (52–53), women's footballer ([[Kerala women's football team|Kerala]]) and manager ([[Kerala women's football team|Kerala]])
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Silvio Sérafin]] (82), footballer ([[FC Nancy]], [[Racing Besançon|RC Franc-Comtois]], [[Angers SCO]], [[Angoulême Charente FC|AS Angoulême]])
*February 20: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Mauro Bellugi]] (71), footballer ([[Inter Milan]], [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]])
*February 22: 
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Jack Bolton]] (79), footballer ([[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]], [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Morton]], [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Lamberto Leonardi]] (81), footballer ([[AS Roma|Roma]], [[Cosenza Calcio 1914|Cosenza]], [[AC Prato|Prato]], [[Modena FC 2018|Modena]], [[SSD Varese Calcio|Varese]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]) and manager ([[Latina Calcio 1932|Latina]], [[US Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]], [[Calcio Foggia 1920|Foggia]], [[SEF Torres 1903|Torres]])
*February 23: 
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Juan Carlos Masnik]] (77), footballer ([[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata]], [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]], [[New York Cosmos]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]) and manager ([[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Harry Clark (footballer, born 1932)|Harry Clark]] (88), footballer ([[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]])
** {{fbicon|CIV}} [[Willy Ta Bi]] (21), footballer ([[ASEC Mimosas]], [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]], [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]])
*February 25: 
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Ton Thie]] (76), footballer ([[ADO Den Haag]])
** {{fbicon|BEL}} [[Albert Bers]] (89), footballer ([[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]], [[Belgium military national football team|Belgium military]]) and manager ([[Belgium women's national football team|Belgium women's]], [[Puurs Excelsior RSK|Puurs Excelsior]], [[K. Boom F.C.|Boom FC]], [[K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk|Waterschei Thor]], [[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]], [[Royale Union Saint-Gilloise|Union SG]], [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]])
** {{fbicon|ISR}} [[Rafi Levi]] (83), footballer ([[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], [[Highlands Park F.C. (1959)|Highlands Park]], [[Hakoah Sydney City East FC|Sydney Hakoah]], [[Israel national football team|Israel]])
** {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Finn Sterobo]] (87), footballer ([[Odense Boldklub]], [[Boldklubben 1909]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]])
*February 26: 
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Moráles]] (77), footballer ([[Club Atlético Atlanta]], [[Unión de Santa Fe|Unión]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]), played at the [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]]
** {{fbicon|IRL}}{{fbicon|USA}} [[Des McAleenan]] (53), footballer ([[Connecticut Wolves]]) and goalkeeping coach ([[New York Red Bulls]], [[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]], [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]])
*February 27: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Dante Crippa]] (83), footballer ([[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]], [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]])
*February 28:
**  {{fbicon|IRQ}} [[Sabah Abdul-Jalil]] (69), footballer ([[Amanat Baghdad SC|Al-Baladiyat]], [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]) and manager ([[Olympique de Médéa]], [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]], [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Glenn Roeder]] (65), footballer ([[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[England national football B team|England B]]) and manager ([[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]])

==March==
{{main|Deaths in March 2021}}
*March 1: 
** {{fbicon|YUG}}{{fbicon|CRO}} [[Zlatko Kranjčar]] (64), footballer ([[N.K. Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]], [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]) and manager ([[N.K. Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]], [[N.K. Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], [[N.K. Zagreb|NK Zagreb]], [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]], [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]], [[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]], [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Ian St John]] (82), footballer ([[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]) and manager ([[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]], [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]). Member of the [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]].
*March 2: 
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Peter Grosser]] (82), footballer ([[F.C. Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]], [[F.C. Red Bull Salzburg|Austria Salzburg]], [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]) and manager ([[SpVgg Unterhaching]])
*March 3: 
** {{fbicon|NOR}} [[Wilhelm Eliassen]] (85), footballer ([[Frigg Oslo FK|Frigg Oslo]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ruy Scarpino]] (59), manager ([[Moto Club de São Luís|Moto Club]], [[Ituano FC|Ituano]], [[Goiânia Esporte Clube|Goiânia]], [[Ceará Sporting Club|Ceará]], [[Red Bull Bragantino II|Red Bull Brasil]], [[Cuiabá Esporte Clube|Cuiabá]], [[Campinense Clube|Campinense]], [[Sociedade Imperatriz de Desportos|Imperatriz]], [[Amazonas Futebol Clube|Amazonas]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Willie Whigham]] (81), footballer ([[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]])
*March 4: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|GEO}} [[Tengiz Sichinava]] (48), footballer ([[FC Tskhumi Sukhumi|Tskhumi Sukhumi]], [[FC Dinamo Batumi|Dinamo Batumi]], [[FC Locomotive Tbilisi|Lokomotivi Tbilisi]], [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]) and manager ([[FC Gagra|Gagra]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Phil Chisnall]] (78), footballer ([[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]], [[England national under-21 football team|England U-23s]]), the last player to directly transfer between Manchester United and Liverpool.
*March 5: 
** {{fbicon|TCH}}{{fbicon|SVK}} [[Anton Urban]] (87), footballer ([[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]], [[FC Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]], [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]) and manager ([[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Mickey Lewis]] (56), footballer ([[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]])
*March 6: 
** {{fbicon|CHN}} [[Chi Shangbin]] (71), footballer ([[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Team]], [[China national football team|China]]), assistant manager ([[Gamba Osaka]], [[China national football team|China]]), and manager ([[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Jianlibao]], [[Dalian Professional F.C.|Dalian Aerbin]])
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Franco Acosta]] (25), footballer ([[Villarreal CF B|Villarreal B]], [[Atenas de San Carlos|Atenas]], [[Uruguay national under-17 football team|Uruguay U-17]], [[Uruguay national under-20 football team|Uruguay U-20]])
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Konrad Kornek]] (84), footballer ([[Odra Opole]], [[Legia Warsaw]], [[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]], [[Poland national football team|Poland]])
** {{fbicon|PER}} [[Miguel Miranda]] (54), footballer ([[Sporting Cristal]], [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario de Deportes]], [[Deportivo Wanka|Deportivo Sipesa]], [[Juan Aurich]], [[Deportivo Municipal]], [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Haishi]], [[Peru national football team|Peru]]) and manager ([[Alianza Atlético]], [[Alfonso Ugarte de Puno|Alfonso Ugarte]], [[Los Caimanes]])
*March 7: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Mirko Pavinato]] (86), footballer ([[L.R. Vicenza Virtus|Lanerossi Vicenza]], [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], [[A.S.D. Mantova F.C.|Mantova]], [[Italy national football B team|Italy B]]) and manager ([[San Marino Calcio]])
*March 8: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Roman Pokora]] (73), footballer ([[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]], [[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk]]) and manager ([[FC Oleksandriya|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria]], [[Simurq PIK]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}}{{fbicon|AUS}} [[Alan Marnoch]] (75), footballer ([[Hakoah Sydney City East FC|Sydney Hakoah]], [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]])
*March 9: 
** {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Troelsen]] (80), footballer ([[Vejle Boldklub]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]) and manager ([[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark U-21]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Marino Lombardo]] (70), footballer ([[Torino F.C.|Torino]], [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]], [[Delfino Pescara 1936|Pescara]]) and manager ([[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]])
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Agustín Balbuena]] (75), footballer ([[Club Atlético Colón|Colón]], [[Rosario Central]], [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]], [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Micky Brown]] (76), footballer ([[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], [[Wealdstone F.C.|Wealdstone]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Bob Graves (footballer)|Bob Graves]] (78), footballer ([[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]])
*March 10: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Mario Boccalatte]] (87), Italian footballer ([[U.S.D. Città di Cossato|Cossatese]], [[A.S. Biellese 1902|Biellese]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]])
** {{fbicon|YUG}}{{fbicon|CRO}} [[Mirko Bazić]] (82), footballer ([[NK Kustošija|NK Metalac Zagreb]], [[FK Kozara Gradiška|Kozara Gradiška]]) and manager ([[N.K. Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], [[N.K. Zagreb|NK Zagreb]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Ron Phoenix]] (91), footballer ([[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]])
*March 11: 
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Stevenson (footballer, born 1946)|Jimmy Stevenson]] (74), footballer ([[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]])
*March 12: 
** {{fbicon|URU}}{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Uruguay Graffigna]] (73), footballer ([[Unión Española]], [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]], [[Los Angeles Aztecs]], [[PEC Zwolle]])
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Gérard Aygoui]] (84), footballer ([[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]], [[Olympique de Marseille|Olympique Marseille]], [[Nîmes Olympique]])
*March 13: 
** {{fbicon|UKR}} [[Rostyslav Bahdasarov]] (27), footballer ([[FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk]], [[FC Kolos Kovalivka]])
*March 14: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Louis Coustillet]] (78), footballer ([[RC Lens|Lens]], [[Blois Football 41|AAJ Blois]]) and manager ([[FC Saint-Lô Manche|Saint-Lô]], [[ES Troyes AC|Troyes]])
*March 15: 
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Gilmar Fubá]] (45), footballer ([[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]], [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]], [[Ulsan Hyundai F.C.|Ulsan Hyundai]], [[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]])
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Daniel Eon]] (81), footballer ([[F.C. Nantes|Nantes]], [[France national football team|France]])
** {{fbicon|BEL}} [[Kristof Delorge]] (35), footballer ([[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truidense]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Shikunov]] (81), footballer ([[FC Taganrog|Torpedo Taganrog]], [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], [[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]), director ([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], [[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]), and manager ([[FC Burevestnik-YuRGUES Shakhty|Shakhtyor Shakhty]])
*March 16: 
** {{fbicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Zahui]] (60), footballer ([[Stade d'Abidjan]], [[Rodez AF|Rodez]], [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Borys Rassykhin]] (83), footballer ([[F.C. Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Stalino]], [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]], [[FC Halychyna Drohobych|Halychyna Drohobych]]) and manager ([[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]], [[FC Halychyna Drohobych|Halychyna Drohobych]])
** {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Erhan Önal]] (63), footballer ([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[Standard Liège]], [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]], [[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]])
** {{fbicon|TUN}} [[Ahmed Mghirbi]] (74), footballer ([[Stade Tunisien]], [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]) and manager ([[Stade Tunisien]], [[Club Sportif Cheminots|CS Cheminots]], [[Olympique Béja]])
** {{fbicon|MEX}} [[Aarón Gamal]] (62), footballer ([[Deportivo Neza]], [[Club Puebla]], [[Tigres UANL]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]])
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Viot]] (68), footballer ([[US Orléans|Orléans]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Micky Dulin]] (85), footballer ([[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]])
*March 17: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Steve Jagielka]] (43), footballer ([[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]], [[Accrington Stanley F.C.|Accrington Stanley]], [[AFC Telford United]]), brother of [[Phil Jagielka]]
*March 20: 
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Martin de Jager]] (78), Dutch football chairman ([[SBV Excelsior]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Peter Lorimer]] (74), footballer ([[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], [[Toronto Blizzard]], [[York City F.C.|York City]], [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984)|Vancouver Whitecaps]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]])
*March 21:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Terry Melling]] (81), footballer ([[Slough Town F.C.|Slough Town]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]], [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]], [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]], [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]])
*March 22: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Frank Worthington]] (72), footballer ([[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], [[England national football team|England]]) and manager ([[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Alan Slough]] (73), footballer ([[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]])
** {{fbicon|NGR}} [[Barnabas Imenger (footballer, born 1975)|Barnabas Imenger]] (45), footballer ([[Lobi Stars F.C.|Lobi Bank]], [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]])
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Alojzy Łysko]] (85), footballer ([[Ruch Chorzów]], [[GKS Katowice]], [[Poland national football team|Poland]]) and manager ([[Ruch Chorzów]], [[GKS Katowice]], [[Zagłębie Lubin]], [[Śląsk Wrocław]], [[Górnik Zabrze]], [[KS Cracovia|Cracovia]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Len Fletcher]] (91), footballer ([[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]) - Death announced on this date
*March 24: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Daniel Guerini]] (19), footballer ([[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Derek Hawksworth]] (93), footballer ([[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]], [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]])
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Enrique Chazarreta]] (73), footballer ([[C.A. San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]], [[AC Avignonnais|Avignon]], [[Olympique Alès]], [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia La Plata]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]])
*March 26: 
** {{fbicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Khodaparast]] (82), footballer ([[Iran national football team|Iran]]), Played at the [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]].
** {{fbicon|JOR}} [[Rateb Al-Awadat]] (50), footballer ([[Al-Faisaly SC|Al-Faisaly]], [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]) and manager ([[Al-Faisaly SC|Al-Faisaly]], [[Al-Sheikh Hussein SC|Al-Sheikh Hussein]])
*March 27: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Derek Ufton]] (92), [[cricket]]er ([[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]), footballer ([[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]), manager ([[Plymouth Argyle]]), and chairman ([[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]) 
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Alex Kiddie]] (93), footballer ([[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]], [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]], [[Brechin City F.C.|Brechin City]])
*March 29: 
** {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Claude Callegari]] (58), football fan ([[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]), former member of [[AFTV]]
** {{fbicon|KOR}} [[Park Kyung-ho (footballer)|Park Kyung-ho]] (90), footballer ([[Counter Intelligence Corps FC]], [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]) and manager ([[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]])
*March 30: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Moretti]] (76), footballer ([[S.P.A.L.|SPAL]])
*March 31: 
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Erwin Piechowiak]] (84), footballer ([[Hamburger SV]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Lee Collins (footballer, born 1988)|Lee Collins]] (32), footballer ([[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]], [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]])
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Diede Lameiro]] (87), manager ([[Associação Ferroviária de Esportes|Ferroviária]], [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Figueirense FC|Figueirense]])

==April==
{{main|Deaths in April 2021}}
*April 1:
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer]] (77), manager ([[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], [[Arminia Bielefeld]], [[KFC Uerdingen 05|Bayer Uerdingen]], [[Borussia Dortmund]])
*April 2: 
** {{fbicon|PER}} [[Víctor Salas Escobar|Víctor Salas]] (86), footballer ([[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario de Deportes]], [[Peru national football team|Peru]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Valentin Afonin]] (81), footballer ([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]) and manager ([[FC SKA-Khabarovsk|SKA-Khabarovsk]])
*April 3: 
** {{fbicon|ROM}} [[Remus Câmpeanu]] (82), footballer ([[Dermata Cluj|Flamura Roșie Cluj]], [[FC Universitatea Cluj|Universitatea Cluj]], [[Romania national football B team|Romania B]])
*April 4: 
** {{fbicon|ECU}} [[Alfonso Quijano]] (78), footballer ([[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]], [[C.S. Emelec|Emelec]], [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]])
** {{fbicon|IDN}} [[Adolf Kabo]] (61), footballer ([[Perseman Manokwari]], [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]])
*April 5: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Victor Dorodnykh]] (85), footballer ([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]])
*April 7: 
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Antonio Calpe]] (81), footballer ([[Levante U.D.|Levante]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Spain national football B team|Spain B]]) and manager ([[Levante U.D.|Levante]])
** {{fbicon|ROM}} [[Paul Popovici]] (72), footballer ([[FC Bihor Oradea (1958)|Crișul Oradea]], [[FC UTA Arad|UTA Arad]], [[FC Bihor Oradea (1958)|Bihor Oradea]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]]) and manager ([[FC Bihor Oradea (1958)|Bihor Oradea]])
*April 8: 
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Ñito]] (81), footballer ([[CD Tenerife|Tenerife]], [[Valencia C.F.|Valencia]], [[Granada C.F.|Granada]])
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Ton van den Hurk]] (88), footballer ([[FC Eindhoven]], [[VVV-Venlo|FC VVV]]) and manager.
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Doug Holden]] (90), footballer ([[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], [[England national football team|England]])
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Horst Trimhold]] (80), footballer ([[Schwarz-Weiß Essen]], [[Eintracht Frankfurt]], [[Borussia Dortmund]], [[FSV Frankfurt]], [[Germany national football team|West Germany]])
*April 9: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Roman Kanafotskyi]] (83), footballer ( [[FC Halychyna Drohobych|Naftovyk Drohobych]], [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]], [[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]]) and administrator ([[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]], [[SC Dnipro-1]])
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Wolfgang Kaniber]] (81), footballer ([[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], [[VfL Osnabrück]], [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|RC Strasbourg]])
** {{fbicon|VEN}} [[Daniel Benítez (Venezuelan footballer)|Daniel Benítez]] (33), footballer ([[Deportivo Táchira F.C.|Deportivo Táchira]], [[Deportivo La Guaira F.C.|Deportivo La Guaira]], [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]])
** {{fbicon|POL}}{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Maryan Bakalarczyk]] (93), footballer ([[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]], [[Standard Liège]])
** {{fbicon|BEL}} [[Julien Van Roosbroeck]] (85), footballer ([[K.F.C. Diest|KFC Diest]], [[K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk|Waterschei THOR]], [[KFC Turnhout]], [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]])
*April 11: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|AZE}} [[Füzuli Javadov]] (70), footballer ([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi Baku]]). Father of former Azerbaijani footballer [[Vagif Javadov]].
** {{fbicon|COL}} [[Guillermo Berrío]] (53), footballer ([[América de Cali]], [[Atlético Huila]], [[Juan Aurich]], [[Deportes Tolima]], [[Deportivo Pereira]]) and manager ([[Atlético Huila]], [[Independiente Medellín]], [[Alianza Petrolera F.C.|Alianza Petrolera]], [[Deportivo Pasto]])
** {{fbicon|WAL}} [[Colin Baker (Welsh footballer)|Colin Baker]] (86), footballer ([[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]])
*April 12: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Peter Goy]] (82), footballer ([[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]])
*April 13: 
** {{flagicon|GBR}} [[George Reynolds (businessman)|George Reynolds]] (84), businessman and football club owner ([[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]])
** {{fbicon|KUW}} [[Jamal Al-Qabendi]] (62), footballer ([[Kazma SC]], [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]]) and manager ([[Kazma SC]])
*April 15: 
** {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Poul Bilde]] (83), footballer ([[Randers Sportsklub Freja|Randers Freja]], [[Vejle Boldklub]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]])
*April 16: 
** {{fbicon|IRN}} [[Nader Dastneshan]] (61), footballer ([[Nassaji Mazandaran F.C.|Nassaji Mazandaran]]) and manager ([[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]], [[Steel Azin F.C.|Steel Azin]], [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]], [[Nassaji Mazandaran F.C.|Nassaji Mazandaran]], [[Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.|Sanat Naft]])
** {{fbicon|IND}} [[Hussain Ahmed (footballer)|Hussain Ahmed]] (88–89), footballer ([[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]], [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]], [[India national football team|India]]), played at the [[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics]]
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Claude Jamet]] (91), footballer ([[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]], [[France national amateur football team|France amateurs]]), and club president ([[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]])
*April 17: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Talkes]] (68), footballer ([[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]])
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Mario Pini]] (82), footballer ([[Montevideo Wanderers F.C.|Montevideo Wanderers]], [[Real Valladolid]], [[R.C.D. Mallorca|Mallorca]], [[CE Sabadell F.C.|Sabadell]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Churkin]] (68), footballer ([[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]], [[FSC Rybinsk]]) and manager ([[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]])
*April 18: 
** {{fbicon|JAM}} [[Tremaine Stewart]] (33), footballer ([[Portmore United F.C.|Portmore United]], [[Aalesunds FK|Aalesunds]], [[Waterhouse F.C.|Waterhouse]], [[Rovaniemen Palloseura|RoPS]], [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Shuvalov]] (97), ice hockey player ([[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]) and footballer ([[VVS Moscow]]). Gold medalist in [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|ice hockey]] at the [[1956 Winter Olympics]], and member of the [[List of Merited Masters of Sports of the USSR and Russia in ice hockey|Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame]].
*April 19: 
** {{fbicon|ROM}} [[Marin Voinea]] (85), footballer ([[FC Progresul București|Progresul București]], [[Siderurgistul Galați]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]]). Uncle of former Romanian footballer [[Marcel Răducanu]].
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Willy van der Kuijlen]] (74), footballer ([[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]], [[MVV Maastricht|MVV]], [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]])
*April 20: 
** {{fbicon|AUT}} [[Alfred Teinitzer]] (91), footballer ([[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]], [[LASK Linz|LASK]], [[Austria national football team|Austria]])
** {{fbicon|IDN}} [[Listianto Raharjo]] (50), footballer ([[Madura United F.C.|Pelita Jaya]], [[Arema F.C.|Arema Malang]], [[Persib Bandung]], [[Madura United F.C.|Pelita Jaya]], [[Persikota Tangerang]],  [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]]) and goalkeeping coach ([[Bogor Raya F.C.|Bogor Raya]])
** {{fbicon|TCH}}{{fbicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Lopata]] (84), footballer ([[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Spartak Plzeň]]) and manager ([[FK Hvězda Cheb|RH Cheb]], [[Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team|Czechoslovakia U-21]], [[Dukla Prague]], [[Bohemians 1905]])
** {{fbicon|GRE}} [[Panagiotis Xoblios]] (25), footballer ([[Veria F.C.|Veria]], [[Panegialios F.C.|Panegialios]], [[Athens Kallithea F.C.|Athens Kallithea]])
*April 21: 
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Marian Kosiński]] (75), footballer ([[Stal Mielec]]) and manager ([[Stal Mielec]], [[Karpaty Krosno]])
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Graciani]] (56), footballer ([[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]], [[Boca Juniors]], [[Racing Club]], [[Atlético Tucumán]], [[Argentinos Juniors]], [[FC Lugano|Lugano]])
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[Gerry Mackey]] (87), footballer ([[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]], [[King's Lynn F.C.|King's Lynn]], [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]], [[League of Ireland XI]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]])
*April 22: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Kress]] (91), footballer ([[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]], [[France national football team|France]])
** {{fbicon|NOR}} [[Roy Strandbakke]] (90), footballer ([[Raufoss IL|Raufoss]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]])
*April 23:
** {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Tuncay Becedek]] (78), footballer ([[Fatih Karagümrük S.K.|Fatih Karagümrük]], [[İstanbulspor]], [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]], [[İzmirspor]], [[Bursaspor]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]])
*April 24: 
** {{fbicon|NOR}} [[Kaare Lindboe]] (81), referee ([[Eliteserien|1. divisjon]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Cataldo Gambino]] (83), footballer ([[A.S.D. Barletta 1922|Barletta]], [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]], [[U.S. Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]], [[Calcio Foggia 1920|Foggia]]
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Walter Borthwick]] (73), footballer ([[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]], [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]], [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]], [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline Athletic]]) and manager ([[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]])
*April 25: 
** {{fbicon|IRN}} [[Hamid Jasemian]] (84), footballer ([[Shahin Tehran F.C.|Shahin]], [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1940)|Ian Hamilton]] (80), footballer ([[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]], [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Peter Gelson]] (79), footballer ([[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]], [[Hillingdon Borough F.C.|Hillingdon Borough]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Michael Greenwood]] (85), footballer ([[Bishop Auckland F.C.|Bishop Auckland]], [[Great Britain Olympic football team|Great Britain]])
*April 28: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Steve Perks]] (58), footballer ([[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]], [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]])
** {{fbicon|TRI}} [[Clyde Leon]] (37), footballer ([[W Connection F.C.|W Connection]], [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]]) 
** {{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Chelato Uclés]] (80), footballer ([[C.D. Atlético Español|Atlético Español]]) and manager ([[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]], [[Real C.D. España|Real España]], [[C.D. Marathón|Marathón]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]], [[Santos Laguna]], [[Belize national football team|Belize]])
*April 29:
** {{fbicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Enhua]] (48), footballer ([[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Wanda FC]], [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], [[China national football team|China]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Frank Brogan (footballer)|Frank Brogan]] (78), footballer ([[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]). Brother of former Scottish international footballer [[Jim Brogan (Scottish footballer)|Jim Brogan]].

==May==
{{main|Deaths in May 2021}}

*May 1: 
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Ricardo Ramírez (footballer)|Ricardo Ramírez]] (48), footballer ([[Racing Club]])
*May 2:
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Możejko]] (72), footballer ([[Widzew Łódź]], [[Kokkolan Palloveikot]])
** {{fbicon|MLT}} [[Lolly Debattista]] (90), footballer ([[Floriana F.C.|Floriana]], [[Malta national football team|Malta]]) and manager ([[Ħamrun Spartans F.C.|Ħamrun Spartans]], [[Valletta F.C.|Valletta]], [[Senglea Athletic F.C.|Senglea Athletic]])
*May 3: 
** {{fbicon|ALG}} [[Kamel Tchalabi]] (74), footballer ([[USM Alger]], [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]) and manager ([[JSM Chéraga]]).
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Rafael Albrecht]] (79), footballer ([[Club Atlético Tucumán|Atlético Tucumán]], [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]], [[C.A. San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]], [[Club León]], [[Atlas F.C.|Atlas]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Nechayev]] (70), footballer ([[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]], [[PFC CSKA Mocsow|CSKA Moscow]], [[FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol|Kolos Nikopol]]) and manager ([[FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol|Kolos/Metalurh Nikopol]], [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Khimik Zhytomyr]], [[FC Enerhiya Pivdennoukrainsk|Enerhiya Pivdennoukrainsk]]).
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[Alan Keely]] (38), footballer ([[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]], [[Dublin City F.C.|Dublin City]], [[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]], [[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]])
*May 4: 
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[Alan McLoughlin]] (54), footballer ([[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]) and manager ([[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town Academy]])
** {{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Julie Chipchase]] (60), women's footballer ([[Sheffield Wednesday L.F.C.|Sheffield]], [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Belles]]), manager ([[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Belles]], [[Leeds United Women F.C.|Leeds United Women]]), and director ([[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Steve Conroy (footballer)|Steve Conroy]] (64), footballer ([[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]], [[Rochdale F.C.|Rochdale]])
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Omar Hugo Gómez]] (65), footballer ([[Quilmes A.C.|Quilmes]], [[Newell's Old Boys]], [[Dallas Tornado]], [[Defensa y Justicia]]) and [[Indoor soccer|indoor footballer]] ([[Wichita Wings]], [[Dallas Tornado]], [[New York Arrows]])
*May 5: 
** {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Bertil Johansson]] (86), footballer ([[IFK Göteborg]], [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]) and manager ([[IFK Göteborg]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Abelardo González]] (76), footballer ([[UP Langreo|Langreo]], [[Valencia C.F.|Valencia]], [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]])
*May 6: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Revault]] (49), French footballer ([[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]], [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]], [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Stade Rennais]], [[Toulouse F.C.|Toulouse]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Guzenko]] (69), footballer ([[FC Spartak Ryazan|Spartak Ryazan]], [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]) and manager ([[FC Zvezda Gorodishche]])
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Timoteo Griguol]] (84), footballer ([[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]], [[Rosario Central]]) and manager ([[Rosario Central]], [[Club Ferro Carril Oeste|Ferro Carril Oeste]], [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata]], [[Real Betis]])
** {{fbicon|USA}} [[David Bulow]] (42), soccer player ([[Cape Cod Crusaders]], [[Limavady United F.C.|Limavady United]], [[Dungannon Swifts F.C.|Dungannon Swifts]], [[Richmond Kickers]]) and manager ([[Richmond Kickers]]).
*May 7: 
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Martín Pando]] (86), footballer ([[Argentinos Juniors]], [[C.A. River Plate|River Plate]], [[C.A. Lanús|Lanús]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]])
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[John Sludden]] (56), footballer ([[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]], [[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]], [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]], [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]]), player-manager ([[Bo'ness United F.C.|Bo'ness United]]), and manager ([[Camelon Juniors F.C.|Camelon Juniors]], [[East Stirlingshire F.C.|East Stirlingshire]])
** {{fbicon|VIE}} [[Lê Thụy Hải]] (75), footballer ([[CLB Đường Sắt]], [[Vietnamese national football team|Vietnam]]), manager ([[Becamex Binh Duong|Binh Duong]], [[Thanh Hóa FC (1962)|Thanh Hóa]], [[Dong A Thanh Hoa|Thanh Hoa]]), and technical director ([[Becamex Binh Duong]], [[Dong A Thanh Hoa|FLC Thanh Hóa]]).
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Antoni Gausí]] (93), Spanish footballer ([[UE Lleida|Lérida]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[RC Celta de Vigo|Celta Vigo]], [[Real Zaragoza]], [[Levante UD|Levante]]) and club president ([[UE Lleida]])
*May 8: 
** {{fbicon|CMR}} [[Sanda Oumarou]] (38), Cameroonian footballer ([[Coton Sport FC de Garoua|Coton Sport]], [[Al Masry SC|Al Masry]])
** {{fbicon|BUL}} [[Georgi Dimitrov (footballer, born 1959)|Georgi Dimitrov]] (62), footballer ([[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]], [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint Étienne]], [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]) and manager ([[FC Marek Dupnitsa|Marek Dupnitsa]]).
*May 9:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[James Dean (footballer)|James Dean]] (35), English footballer ([[Bury F.C.|Bury]], [[Stalybridge Celtic F.C.|Stalybridge Celtic]], [[FC Halifax Town|Halifax Town]], [[Chorley F.C.|Chorley]]) - Body found on this date
*May 10: 
** {{fbicon|IND}} [[Fortunato Franco]] (84), footballer ([[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]], [[India national football team|India]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giosuè Stucchi]] (90), footballer ([[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]])
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Néstor Montelongo]] (66), footballer ([[Colón F.C.|Colón]], [[Montevideo Wanderers F.C.|Montevideo Wanderers]], [[Peñarol]], [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]], [[Racing Club]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]])
** {{fbicon|YEM}} [[Sami Hasan Al Nash]] (64), manager ([[Yemen national football team|Yemen]], [[Al-Ahli Taizz SC|Al-Ahli Ta'izz]])
*May 12: 
** {{fbicon|SUR}} [[Ivanildo Rozenblad]] (24), footballer ([[S.V. Robinhood]], [[Suriname national football team|Suriname]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Vadim Logunov]] (53), footballer ([[FC Metallurg Lipetsk|Metallurg Lipetsk]], [[FC APK Azov|APK Azov]])
** {{fbicon|TCH}}{{fb|CZE}} [[Jiří Feureisl]] (89), footballer ([[FC Slavia Karlovy Vary|Dynamo Karlovy Vary]], [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]])
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[Dixie Hale]] (85), footballer ([[Waterford F.C.|Waterford]], [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]], [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea Town]], [[Barrow A.F.C.|Barrow]], [[Workington A.F.C.|Workington]], [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[League of Ireland XI]])
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Ton Pansier]] (74), footballer ([[XerxesDZB|Xerxes]], [[SV SVV|SVV]])
*May 13: 
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Nelson Marcenaro]] (68), footballer ([[C.A. Progreso|Progreso]], [[Portuguesa F.C.|Portuguesa]], [[Peñarol]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]])
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Jan van 't Hek]] (76), footballer ([[VVV-Venlo|VVV]], [[Fortuna Sittard]])
** {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Eigil Misser]] (87), footballer ([[Boldklubben 1913|B 1913]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]])
*May 14: 
** {{fbicon|NOR}} [[Torkild Brakstad]] (75), footballer ([[Molde FK|Molde]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]]) and manager ([[Molde FK|Molde]], [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]], [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]])
*May 15:
** {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Hüseyin Er]] (36), deaf footballer
*May 16: 
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Rildo da Costa Menezes|Rildo da Costa Menezes (Rildo)]] (79), footballer ([[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]], [[Santos FC|Santos]], [[New York Cosmos]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]) and manager.
** {{fbicon|ALG}} [[Samir Hadjaoui]] (42), footballer ([[ASO Chief]], [[ES Sétif]], [[JS Kabylie]], [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]])
*May 19: 
** {{fbicon|MEX}} [[Guillermo Sepúlveda]] (86), footballer ([[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]], [[C.D. Oro|Oro]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Josep Franch (footballer)|Josep Franch]] (77), footballer ([[CF Badalona|Badalona]], [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[CE Sabadell F.C.|Sabadell]])
** {{fbicon|UKR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Serhiy Ferenchak]] (37), footballer ([[FC Khimik Krasnoperekopsk|Khimik Krasnoperekopsk]], [[FC Sevastopol|Sevastopol]], [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]] [[FC Sevastopol (Russia)|SKChF Sevastopol]])
*May 20: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Eric Winstanley]] (76), footballer ([[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]), caretaker manager ([[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]), and technical director ([[Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team|Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[SuperSport United F.C.|SuperSport United]])
** {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]] (65), referee ([[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]], [[UEFA]], [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA]]). Refereed the [[1994 FIFA World Cup final]] and [[1997 UEFA Champions League final]]
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Chris Chilton]] (77), footballer ([[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]], [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], [[Highlands Park F.C. (1959)|Highlands Park]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Len Badger]] (75), footballer ([[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]])
** {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Faisal Al-Shuhail]] (Age Unknown), buisnessman, president ([[Al-Nahda Club (Saudi Arabia)|Al-Nahda Club]]) and vice-president ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation]])
*May 21:
** {{fbicon|VIN}} [[Dwayne Sandy]] (32), footballer ([[Pastures FC|Pastures United]], [[Avenues United FC|Avenues United]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]])
*May 22: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|KAZ}} [[Mels Kenetaev]] (75), footballer ([[FC Zhenis|Dinamo Tselinograd]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Francesc Arnau]] (46), footballer ([[F.C. Barcelona B|Barcelona B]], [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Málaga C.F.|Málaga]])
*May 23:
** {{fbicon|AUS}} [[Alan Garside]] (94), footballer ([[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]])
*May 25: 
** {{fbicon|ISR}} [[Amichai Shoham]] (99), footballer ([[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]], [[Israel national football team|Israel]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Arturo Gentili]] (85), footballer ([[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]], [[Varese Calcio S.S.D.|Varese]], [[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Alfonso Barasoain]] (63), footballer ([[Gernika Club|Guernica]]) and manager ([[Barakaldo C.F.|Barakaldo]], [[SD Eibar|Eibar]], [[SD Amorebieta|Amorebieta]], [[SD Lemona|Lemona]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[George Patterson (footballer, born 1934)|George Patterson]] (86), footballer ([[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]], [[York City F.C.|York City]], [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]])
*May 26: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Tarcisio Burgnich]] (82), footballer ([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], [[Palermo F.C.|Palermo]], [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]]) and manager ([[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]], [[L.R. Vicenza Virtus|Vicenza]], [[U.S. Cremonese|Cremonese]], [[Calcio Foggia 1920|Foggia]])
** {{fbicon|LUX}} [[Armand Bissen]] (90), footballer ([[F91 Dudelange|Stade Dudelange]], [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]])
*May 27: 
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Karl-Heinz Heddergott]] (94), manager ([[1. FC Köln]], [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]], [[Oman national football team|Oman]])
** {{fbicon|YUG}}{{fbicon|CRO}} [[Zdenko Vukasović]] (79), footballer ([[RNK Split]], [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]], [[K.A.A. Gent|La Gantoise]], [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]], [[K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren]])
*May 28: 
** {{fbicon|KEN}} [[Zablon Amanaka]] (45), footballer ([[F.K. Željezničar Sarajevo|Željezničar]], [[A.F.C. Leopards|AFC Leopards]], [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]], [[La Passe FC|La Passe]], [[Kenya national football team|Kenya]])
*May 30: 
** {{fbicon|NED}} [[Tonnie van As]] (93), Dutch footballer ([[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse]])
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[John Carpenter (referee)|John Carpenter]] (84), footballer ([[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]), and referee ([[League of Ireland]], [[North American Soccer League]] [[UEFA]], [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA]]). Refereed the [[1982 UEFA Cup final]].
*May 31:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Colin Appleton]] (85), footballer ([[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]), player-manager ([[Barrow A.F.C.|Barrow]], [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]]) and manager ([[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]], [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]], [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]], [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]], [[Bridlington Town A.F.C.|Bridlington Town]])

==June==
{{main|Deaths in June 2021}}
*June 1: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|AZE}} [[Samadagha Shikhlarov]] (65), footballer ([[Neftchi Baku PFC|Neftchi Baku]], [[Kapaz PFK|FK Ganca]], [[Soviet Union Olympic football team|Soviet Union Olympics]])
** {{fbicon|LEB}} [[Adnan Al Sharqi]] (79), footballer ([[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]], [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]) and manager ([[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]], [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Silvio Francesconi]] (68), footballer ([[US Massese 1919|Massese]], [[Carrarese Calcio 1908|Carrarese]], [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], [[S.S.D. Sanremese Calcio|Sanremese]]) and manager
*June 2: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Perrino]] (29), footballer ([[S.S. Ebolitana 1925|Ebolitana]], [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]])
** {{fbicon|KAZ}} [[Stanislav Lunin]] (28), footballer ([[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]], [[FC Kairat|Kairat]], [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Odero Gon]] (88), footballer ([[A.C. Palmanova|Palmanova]], [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]])
** {{fbicon|PER}} [[Ottorino Sartor]] (75), footballer ([[Defensor Arica]], [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]], [[Colegio Nacional Iquitos|CNI]], [[Peru national football team|Peru]])
*June 3: 
** {{fbicon|YUG}}{{fbicon|BIH}} [[Murat Šaran]] (71), footballer ([[FK Sarajevo|Sarajevo]], [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]], [[Levante UD|Levante]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Ezio Motta]] (90), referee ([[Serie C]], [[Serie B]], [[Serie A]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Alan Miller (footballer)|Alan Miller]] (51), footballer ([[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]])
*June 4: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Loris Dominissini]] (59), footballer ([[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], [[U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918|Triestina]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]]) and manager ([[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], [[Como 1907|Como]], [[Spezia Calcio|Spezia]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Derlin]] (78), footballer ([[Spezia Calcio]], [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]) and manager.
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Roberto Depietri]] (55), footballer ([[Club Olimpo|Olimpo]], [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia (LP)]], [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]], [[Talleres de Córdoba|Talleres]], [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]])
*June 5: 
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Taberner]] (74), footballer ([[RCD Mallorca|Real Mallorca]], [[RC Celta de Vigo|Celta de Vigo]])
** {{fbicon|NGA}} [[Kelvin Odenigbo]] (20), footballer ([[NAF Rockets F.C.|NAF Rockets]], [[FC Vitebsk|Vitebsk]])
*June 6:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Paul Cahill (English footballer)|Paul Cahill]] (65), footballer ([[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[California Surf]])
*June 7:
** {{fbicon|KOR}} [[Yoo Sang-chul]] (49), footballer ([[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]], [[Yokohama F. Marinos]], [[Kashiwa Reysol]], [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]) and manager ([[Daejeon Hana Citizen|Daejeon Citizen]], [[Jeonnam Dragons]], [[Incheon United F.C.|Incheon United]]). Member of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup All-Star Teams|Team of the Tournament]].
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Fulvio Varglien]] (85), footballer ([[U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918|Triestina]], [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], [[Torino F.C.|Torino]])
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Norbert Thines]] (80), football official
*June 8: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Gennadi Syomin]] (53), footballer ([[FC FShM Torpedo Moscow|SC EShVSM Moscow]], [[FC Asmaral Moscow|Krasnaya Presnya Moscow]], [[FC Fakel Voronezh]], [[FC Rubin Kazan]]) and manager ([[FC Dynamo Voronezh]], [[FC Dynamo Voronezh|FC Dynamo Voronezh-2]], [[FC Fakel Voronezh]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[John Angus (footballer, born 1938)|John Angus]] (82), footballer ([[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], [[England national football team|England]])
*June 9: 
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Diogo Correa de Oliveira]] (38), footballer ([[C.R. Flamengo|Flamengo]], [[Kalmar FF]], [[IFK Norrköping]], [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Consadole Sapporo]], [[Tokushima Vortis]])
*June 10: 
** {{fbicon|POR}} [[Neno (footballer)|Neno]] (59), footballer ([[F.C. Barreirense|Barreirense]], [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória Guimarães]], [[S.L. Benfica]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]])
** {{fbicon|ROM}} [[Gheorghe Staicu]] (85), footballer ([[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]]) and manager ([[FC Olimpia Satu Mare|Olimpia Satu Mare]], [[FC Bihor Oradea (1958)|Bihor Oradea]], [[FC Universitatea Cluj|Universitatea Cluj]], [[Romania Olympic football team|Romania Olympics]], [[Romania women's national football team|Romania women's]])
*June 14:
** {{fbicon|SCO}}{{fbicon|NZL}} [[Jock Aird]] (94), footballer ([[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], [[Gisborne City AFC|Eastern Union]], [[Hakoah Sydney City East FC|Sydney Hakoah]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]])
*June 15: 
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Averyanov (footballer, born 1948)|Aleksandr Averyanov]] (72), footballer ([[MFC Mykolaiv|Sudostroitel Nikolayev]], [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]) and manager ([[FK Andijon|Tekstilshchik Andijan, Pakhtakor Andijan]], [[FC Okean Nakhodka|Okean Nakhodka]], [[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov]], [[FC Orenburg|Orenburg]], [[FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Saint Petersburg]])
*June 17:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Mike Burgess (footballer)|Mike Burgess]] (89), footballer ([[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[AFC Bournemouth|Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic]], [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Kamil Ferkhanov]] (56), footballer ([[CSKA Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]], [[FK Khujand|	Khodzhent Leninabad]], [[Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda|Regar Tursun-Zade]], [[FC Turbostroitel Kaluga|Turbostroitel Kaluga]], [[FC Volga Ulyanovsk|Volga Ulyanovsk]])
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Robert Lima (footballer)|Robert Lima]] (48), footballer ([[Peñarol]], [[Club Olimpia]], [[Sporting Cristal]], [[Cerro Largo F.C.|Cerro Largo]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]])
** {{fbicon|ZAI}}{{fbicon|DRC}} [[Tubilandu Ndimbi]] (73), footballer ([[AS Vita Club]], [[DR Congo national football team|Zaire]])
*June 18: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giampiero Boniperti]] (92), footballer ([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]]), football chairmen ([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]), and politician ([[Forza Italia]])
*June 19: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Spencer Whelan]] (49), footballer ([[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]])
*June 20: 
** {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Lucas Pereira]] (39), footballer ([[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]], [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]], [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]])
** {{fbicon|GDR}}{{fbicon|GER}} [[Peter Rock (footballer)|Peter Rock]] (79), footballer ([[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Motor/CZ Jena]], [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]), bronze medalist at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Luis del Sol]] (86), footballer ([[Real Betis]], [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]]) and manager ([[Real Betis]])
*June 21: 
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Jack Bertolini]] (87), footballer ([[Workington A.F.C.|Workington]], [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]) and manager ([[Whitehawk F.C.|Whitehawk]])
*June 22: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giancarlo Amadeo]] (87), footballer ([[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]], [[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]]) and manager
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Yaroslav Dumanskyi]] (61), footballer ([[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]], [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], [[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Vitaliy Shalychev]] (74), footballer ([[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]], [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]], [[FK Köpetdag Aşgabat|Köpetdag Aşgabat]]) and manager ([[FC Ocean Kerch|Ocean Kerch]], [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Shaposhnikov]] (98), footballer ([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]) and manager ([[SC Odesa|SKA Odesa]], [[SKA Lviv]], [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]], [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]])
*June 23: 
** {{fbicon|BEL}} [[Bart Van Lancker]] (48), assistant manager ([[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]], [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]], [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]]), manager ([[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]]), and physical coach ([[K Beerschot VA|Beerschot]], [[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]], [[Oud-Heverlee Leuven|OH Leuven]])
** {{fbicon|COL}} [[Daniel Vélez]] (47), footballer ([[Once Caldas]], [[Independiente Medellín]], [[Independiente Santa Fe]])
*June 24: 
** {{fbicon|ZIM}} [[Misheck Chidzambwa]] (66), footballer ([[Dynamos F.C.|Dynamos]], [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]]) and manager ([[Chapungu United F.C.|Chapungu United]], [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]])
*June 24: 
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Ludwig Müller (footballer)|Ludwig Müller]] (79), footballer ([[1. FC Haßfurt]], [[1. FC Nürnberg|Nürnberg]], [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], [[Hertha BSC]], [[Germany national football team|West Germany]])
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Keith Rutter]] (89), footballer ([[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]])
** {{fbicon|PER}} [[Eleazar Soria]] (73), footballer ([[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]], [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]], [[Sporting Cristal]], [[Peru national football team|Peru]])
*June 25: 
** {{fbicon|BOL}} [[Marcos Ferrufino]] (58), footballer ([[Club Always Ready|Always Ready]], [[Club Bolívar]], [[The Strongest]], [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]) and manager ([[Club San José|San José]], [[Club Real Potosí|Real Potosí]], [[Nacional Potosí]])
*June 26: {{fbicon|COL}} [[Jhon Mario Ramírez]] (49), footballer ([[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]], [[Independiente Medellín]], [[Deportivo Cali]], [[Independiente Santa Fe]], [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]) and manager
*June 29: 
** {{fbicon|GRE}} [[Petros Leventakos]] (75), footballer ([[Panachaiki F.C.|Panachaiki]], [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]], [[PAS Giannina F.C.|PAS Giannina]]
** {{fbicon|ISR}} [[Vicky Peretz]] (68), footballer ([[Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C.|Maccabi Ramat Amidar]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|RC Strasbourg]], [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Stade Rennais]], [[Israel national football team|Israel]]) and manager
*June 30: 
** {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Inge Danielsson]] (80), footballer ([[Helsingborgs IF]], [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]], [[IFK Norrköping]], [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]])

==July==
{{main|Deaths in July 2021}}
*July 1: 
** {{fbicon|FRA}} [[Christian Bottollier]] (92), footballer ([[F.C. Nancy|Nancy]])
*July 2: 
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giuliano Zoratti]] (73), footballer ([[A.S. Pro Gorizia|Pro Gorizia]]) and manager ([[A.S. Pro Gorizia|Pro Gorizia]], [[F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892|Pro Vercelli]], [[Reggina 1914|Reggina]], [[Novara Calcio|Novara]], [[A.S.D. Itala San Marco Gradisca|Itala San Marco]])
** {{fbicon|USSR}}{{fbicon|UKR}} [[Matviy Cherkasskiy]] (97), footballer ([[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]) and manager
*July 3: 
** {{fbicon|GDR}}{{fbicon|GER}} [[Waldemar Mühlbächer]] (83), footballer ([[Berliner FC Dynamo|BFC Dynamo]], [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]])
*July 4: 
** {{fbicon|GER}} [[Hans-Jürgen Ripp]] (75), footballer ([[Hamburger SV]], [[Lüneburger SK]])
*July 5:
** {{fbicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Obberti]] (75), footballer ([[C.A. Huracán|Huracán]], [[Newell's Old Boys]], [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Gremio]], [[Argentina national football team|Agrentina]])
** {{fbicon|URU}} [[Rubén Israel]] (65), manager ([[Club Sportivo Cerrito]] , [[Rampla Juniors]], [[Club Libertad]], [[Independiente Santa Fe|Santa Fe]], [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]], [[Barcelona SC]], [[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]], [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|LD Alajuelense]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Franco Gallina]] (76), footballer ([[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]], [[Cesena F.C.|Cesena]], [[Montreal Olympique]], [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]) and player-manager ([[Canadian National Soccer League|Montreal Cantalia, Toronto Italia]])
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Jan Caliński]] (72), manager ([[Śląsk Wrocław]])
*July 6:
**  {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Miguel González Pérez]] (94), footballer ([[Atlético Madrid]], [[Real Zaragoza]], [[Real Murcia]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]]) and manager ([[Atlético Madrid]], [[Real Betis]], [[Hércules CF]])
*July 7: 
** {{fbicon|ALG}} [[Smaïn Ibrir]] (89), footballer ([[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]], [[FLN football team|FLN]]) and manager.
** {{fbicon|POL}} [[Józef Gałeczka]] (82), footballer ([[Piast Gliwice]], [[Zagłębie Sosnowiec]], [[US Boulogne]], [[Poland national football team|Poland]]) and manager ([[Zagłębie Sosnowiec]])
** {{fbicon|POR}} [[Henrique Evaristo da Efigénia]] (83), footballer ([[S.C. Olhanense|Olhanense]])
** {{fbicon|EQG}} [[Christian Bon]] (32), footballer ([[Panthère Sportive du Ndé FC|Panthère du Ndé]], [[Racing Club de France Football|Racing Paris]], [[AS La Châtaigneraie|La Châtaigneraie]], [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]])
*July 8: 
** {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Max Griggs]] (83), English footwear and football executive ([[Rushden Town F.C.|Rushden Town]], [[Irthlingborough Diamonds F.C.|Irthlingborough Diamonds]], [[Rushden & Diamonds F.C.|Rushden & Diamonds]])
*July 9: 
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Paul Mariner]] (68), footballer ([[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[England national football team|England]]) and manager ([[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], [[Toronto FC]])
*July 10:
** {{fbicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Gabriel]] (80), footballer ([[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], [[AFC Bournemouth|Bournemouth]], [[Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)|Seattle Sounders]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]) and manager ([[Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)|Seattle Sounders]], [[San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988)|San Jose Earthquakes]], [[Seattle Storm (soccer)|Seattle Storm]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Natale Nobili]] (85), footballer ([[US Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]], [[Inter Milan]], [[SPAL]], [[FC Pro Vercelli 1892|Pro Vercelli]]) and manager ([[US Folgore Caratese ASD|Caratese]], [[ASD AVC Vogherese 1919|Vogherese]], [[USD Novese|Novese]], [[FC Pro Vercelli 1892|Pro Vercelli]])
** {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Attilio Prior]] (86), footballer ([[LR Vicenza|Lanerossi Vicenza]], [[Canadian National Soccer League|Toronto Italia]])
*July 11:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Dave Dunmore]] (87), footballer ([[York City F.C.|York City]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]], [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]])
** {{fbicon|IRL}} [[Charlie Gallagher (footballer, born 1940)|Charlie Gallagher]] (80), footballer ([[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]). Member of the [[Lisbon Lions]]. Cousin of footballer [[Pat Crerand]].
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Ernie Moss]] (71), footballer ([[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]], [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]], [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]], [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]], [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]]) and manager ([[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]], [[Leek Town F.C.|Leek Town]], [[Matlock Town F.C.|Matlock Town]], [[Belper Town F.C.|Belper Town]]) 
*July 12:
** {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Mick Bates (English footballer)|Mick Bates]] (73), footballer ([[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]], [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]])
** {{fbicon|POR}} [[Francisco Caló]] (74), footballer ([[Sporting CP]], [[U.F.C.I. Tomar|União Tomar]], [[Atlético Clube de Portugal]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]])
** {{fbicon|AUT}} [[Erich Hasenkopf]] (86), footballer ([[Wiener Sport-Club]], [[Austria national football team|Austria]])
** {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Wilson Jones (footballer, born 1934)|Wilson Jones]], footballer ([[UE Lleida|Lérida]], [[Deportivo Alavés]], [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], [[Real Zaragoza]], [[Racing de Santander]], [[CD Ourense|Ourense]])
** {{fbicon|IRN}} [[Mahmoud Shakibi]] (98–99), footballer ([[Shahin Tehran F.C.|Shahbaz F.C.]], [[Shahin Tehran F.C.|Shahin F.C.]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]])
*July 13:
** {{fbicon|KOR}} [[Cha Gi-suk]] (34), footballer ([[Jeonnam Dragons]], [[Gyeongju Citizen FC|Gyeongju Citizen]], [[Bucheon FC 1995]], [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]])
** {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alberto Dualib]] (101), businessman, football executive, and club chariman ([[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]])

==August==
{{main|Deaths in August 2021}}
August 2: 
** {{fbicon|MEX}}[[Antonio de la Torre Villalpando]], footballer ([[Club Universidad Nacional|Pumas UNAM]], [[Club América]], [[Club Puebla]], [[Club Atlas|Atlas]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]])

==September==
{{main|Deaths in September 2021}}

==October==
{{main|Deaths in October 2021}}

==November==
{{main|Deaths in November 2021}}

==December==
{{main|Deaths in December 2021}}

==Related pages==
*[[2021 in association football]]

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[[Category:2021 deaths]]