The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1971 throughout the world.
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January
- January 1 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer and coach
- January 2 – Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
- January 5 – Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
- January 8 – Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
- January 10 – Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
- January 14 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
- January 14 – Antonis Nikopolidis, Greek goalkeeper
- January 16 – Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
- January 18 – Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
- January 26 – Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
- January 29 – Jörg Albertz, German footballer
- January 31 – Georgios Karathanasis, Swedish former professional footballer[4]
September
- September 1
- September 3 – Ángel Lemus, Mexican footballer
- September 3 – Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer
- September 9 – Mikel Lasa, Spanish footballer
- September 9 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
- September 13 – Mladen Dabanovič, Slovenian footballer
- September 17 – Edílson, Brazilian footballer
- September 18 – Filip Apelstav, Swedish footballer
- September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
- September 29 – Miguel Fuentes, Mexican footballer
- September 29 – Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer
October
- October 4 – Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
- October 5 – Bertrand Crasson, Belgian footballer
- October 7 – Ismael Urzaiz, Spanish footballer
- October 8 – Miran Pavlin, Slovenian footballer
- October 13 – André Bergdølmo, Norwegian footballer
- October 15 – Andy Cole, English footballer
- October 15 – Niko Kovač, Croatian footballer
- October 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
- October 18 – Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer
- October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer
- October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
- October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer
- October 27 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
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"Conny Rosén". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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"Aguilar". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
"Jérôme Sykora". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
"Mariusz Luncik". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
"Valeri Smolkov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
"Oswald Snip". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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"Florent Delay". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
"Jamie Murphy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
"Vladimir Shutov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.