2024 deaths in association football

This is a list of people related to association football (players, managers, etc.) who have died in 2024:

## January

- January 1:
    - Mario Boljat (72), footballer (Hajduk Split, Schalke 04, Yugoslavia).
    - Ries Coté (77), footballer (Elinkwijk, FC Utrecht).
    - Óscar Ortubé (79), referee (Bolivian Primera División, Copa Libertadores, Copa América).
- January 2:
    - Ángel Castellanos (71), footballer (Sabadell, Granada, Valencia).
    - Alberto Festa (84), footballer (Tirsense, FC Porto).
    - Bobby Hoy (73), footballer (Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, York City, Rochdale).
- January 3:
    - Sebastian Brodrick (85), footballer (Lagos ECN, Bendel Insurance, Nigeria).
    - Bernard Ducuing (73), footballer (Red Star, Stade de Reims, Montpellier).
- January 4:
    - Keith Lamb (77), chartered accountant and football Chief Executive (Middlesbrough).
    - Leonid Tkachenko (70), footballer (Baltika Kaliningrad, Spartak Zhytomyr, Metalist Kharkiv) and manager (Metalist Kharkiv, Ukraine, Temp Shepetivka, Baltika Kaliningrad, Sokol Saratov, Anzhi Makhachkala, Dynamo Saint Petersburg, Petrotrest St. Petersburg, Sever Murmansk, Volga Tver).
    - Tomonobu Yokoyama (38), footballer (Kawasaki Frontale, Cerezo Osaka, Omiya Ardija, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo).
- January 5:
    - Vinod Patel (84), businessman, politician, and football administrator (Ba F.C.).
    - Mário Zagallo (92), footballer (Flamengo, Botafogo, Brazil) and manager (Botafogo, Brazil, Fluminense, Flamengo, Kuwait, Al-Hilal, Vasco da Gama, Saudi Arabia, Bangu, United Arab Emirates). Won the FIFA World Cup four times.
- January 6:
    - Zahirul Haque (89), footballer (Police AC, Mohammedan SC, East Pakistan, Pakistan).
- January 7:
    - Franz Beckenbauer (78), footballer (Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos, Hamburger SV, West Germany) and manager (West Germany, Olympique Marseille, Bayern Munich). 2-time FIFA World Cup winner and 2-time Ballon d'Or winner.
    - Bohdan Shershun (42), footballer (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Moscow, Arsenal Kyiv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Volyn Lutsk, Ukraine) and assistant manager.
- January 8:
    - Frans Janssens (78), footballer (Turnhout, Lierse, Belgium).
- January 9:
    - Vazgen Manasyan (65), footballer (Pamir Dushanbe, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Vorskla Poltava, Tajikistan), assistant manager (Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok, Tajikistan), and manager (Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok, Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Lokomotiv Tashkent).
- January 10:
    - Peter Johnson (84), businessman, football investor (Tranmere Rovers), chariman (Everton), and club president (Tranmere Rovers).
- January 11:
    - Mel Blyth (79), footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Cape Town City, Millwall, Bulova SA).
    - Salvatore Mazzarano (58), footballer (Fasano, Casarano, Ancona, Taranto, Castrovillari).
- January 12:
    - Luis (77), footballer (Deportivo La Coruña, Getafe Deportivo).
    - Azzedine Meguellatti (63), manager (FCM Aubervilliers, Istres, Red Star, AS Poissy, Racing Club de France) and scout (Toulouse).
- January 13:
    - Keith Davies (90), footballer (Tranmere Rovers).
    - Tony Formosa (86), footballer (St. Patrick FC) and manager (Hamrun Spartans, Malta, Valletta, Floriana, Sliema Wanderers).
    - Bertin Ollé Ollé (62), footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, RC Bafoussam, Cameroon).
    - Laureano Rubial (76), footballer (Langreo, Plus Ultra, Pontevedra, Real Zaragoza, Terrassa).
- January 14:
    - Ricardo Alós (92), footballer (Valencia Mestalla, Sporting Gijón, Valencia, Real Murcia, Spain B).
    - Denis Connaghan (79), footballer (Celtic, St Mirren, Baltimore Bays, Morton, Clyde). Father of former Scottish footballer Denis Connaghan.
- January 15:
    - Georgios Darivas (97), footballer (Olympiacos, Greece) and manager (Olympiacos, Fostiras, Vyzas, Ilisiakos, Apollon Kalamarias, Panegialios, Trikala).
    - Jorge Griffa (88), footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, Argentina).
    - Dror Kashtan (79), footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Israel) and manager (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Lod, Israel U-21, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Israel, Bnei Yehuda).
- January 16:
    - Klaus Wunder (73), footballer (Arminia Hannover, MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, Hannover 96, SV Werder Bremen, West Germany).
- January 17:
    - Bennie Muller (85), footballer (Ajax, Holland Sport, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Netherlands).
    - Alex South (93), footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool, Halifax Town).
- January 18:
    - Ray Henderson (86), footballer (Middlesbrough, Hull City, Reading) and manager (Halifax Town, Southport).
    - John Hurst (76), footballer (Everton, Oldham Athletic), coach (Everton), and scout (Manchester City).
    - Giuseppe Ticli (44), footballer (Internazionale, Padova, Arezzo, Reggiana, San Marino Calcio, Monza, AC Milan, Lanciano, Pro Patria).
- January 19:
    - Len Choules (91), footballer (Crystal Palace, Romford).
    - Toru Kawashima (53), footballer (Gamba Osaka, Otsuka Pharmaceutical).
- January 20:
    - Eugeniusz Lerch (84), footballer (Ruch Chorzów, ROW Rybnik, Maribyrnong Polonia), assistant manager (Ruch Chorzów) and manager.
- January 21:
    - Moktar Hasni (71), footballer (US Silana, EM Mahdia, UBS Auvelais, La Louviéroise, RRC Tournai, Calais RUFC, ROC Charleroi, Tunisia).
- January 22:
    - Tommy Baldwin (78), footballer (Arsenal, Chelsea, Millwall, Manchester United, Seattle Sounders, Brentford).
    - Gigi Riva (79), footballer (Legnano, Cagliari, Italy) and technical director (Italy).
    - Per Sønstabø (82), footballer (Vard, Norway).
- January 23:
    - Giuliano Musiello (70), footballer (SPAL, Atalanta, Juventus, Avellino, AS Roma, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Foggia, Novara, Ravenna, Cuneo, Savona).
    - Jean Petit (74), footballer (AS Monaco, France), assistant manager (AS Monaco), and caretaker manager (AS Monaco).
- January 24:
    - Serhiy Rozhok (38), footballer (Dynamo-2 Kyiv, CSKA Kyiv, Kharkiv, Desna Chernihiv, Obolon Kyiv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Chornomorets Odesa, Minsk, Belshina Bobruisk, Neman Grodno, Vitebsk, Gomel). Died in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- January 25:
    - Deodoro (74), footballer (Portuguesa, Juventus-SP, Vasco da Gama, Guarani, Coritiba, Nacional) and manager (São Caetano).
- January 26:
    - Iosif Lereter (90), footballer (Energia Oțelu Roșu, Politehnica Timișoara, UTA Arad, Romania) and manager (Constructorul Timișoara, CSP UM Timișoara).
- January 27:
    - Stuart Gray (50), footballer (Celtic, Greenock Morton, Reading, Rushden & Diamonds, Oxford United) and actor (The Damned United). Son of former Scottish footballer (Eddie Gray, nephew of former Scottish footballer Frank Gray, and cousin of Scottish footballer Andy Gray.
- January 28:
    - Víctor Luna (64), footballer (Atlético Nacional, América de Cali, Colombia) and manager (Once Caldas, Independiente Medellín, Barcelona Guayaquil, Macará).
    - Lenny Piper (46), footballer (Wimbledon, Gillingham, St Albans City, Farnborough, Dagenham & Redbridge, Fisher Athletic, Beckenham Town) and caretaker manager (Fisher Athletic).
    - Luis Tejada (41), footballer (Tauro, Plaza Amador, Deportes Tolima, Envigado, Al Ain, Once Caldas, Real Salt Lake, América de Cali, Millonarios, Juan Aurich, Deportivo Toluca, Veracruz, Universidad César Vallejo, Universitario, Sport Boys, San Francisco, Panama).
- January 29:
    - Héctor Sanabria (78), footballer (UNAM Pumas, Mexico) and manager (UNAM Pumas, Deportivo Toluca, Veracruz).
    - Ally Shewan (83), footballer (Aberdeen, Elgin City) and manager (Elgin City).
- January 30:
    - Orazio Schena (82), footballer (Anderlecht, RFC Liège, Tilleur, RAAL La Louvière).
- January 31:
    - Leif Eriksen (83), footballer (Vålerenga, Eidsvold Turn, Norway) and manager (Eidsvold Turn, Vålerenga, Jevnaker IF, Skeid).
    - Heinz Simmet (79), footballer (Borussia Neunkirchen, Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Köln, West Germany B).
    - Alexey Spirin (72), referee (Soviet Top League, UEFA, FIFA).