In Memory

Those that passed away in 2007

Antonio Puerta (Sevilla)(26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007)
Phil O Donnell (Motherwell) (25 March 1972 – 29 December 2007)
Mpho Gift Leremi (Mamelodi Sundowns) (October 13, 1984 – September 3, 2007)
Jairo Nazareno (Chimborazo/Ecuador) age 21
Salou Tadjou (Togo) (24 December 1974 - 2 April 2007)
Patrick Allotey (Feyernoord/Ghana) (December 13, 1978 – June 27, 2007)
Edy Vazquez (Honduran) age 23


Nils Liedholm (Former AC Milan) (October 8, 1922 – November 5, 2007)
Jupp Derwall (West Germany Manager 1978-1984) (10 March 1927 - 26 June 2007)
Georg Buschner (East Germany) (26 December 1925 – 12 February 2007)
Helmut Senekowitsch (Austria 57-68) (October 22, 1933 – September 9, 2007)
Ian Porterfield (Sunderland 67-77) (11 February 1946 – 11 September 2007)
Yemi Tella (Cameroon)
Alan Ball (Everton/Arsenal/England) (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007)
Florea Dumitrache (Romania 68-74) (May 22, 1948 – April 26, 2007)
Nicolae Dobrin (Romania 66-80) (August 26, 1947 – October 26, 2007)
Andrej Kvasnak (Czechoslovakia 62-70) (May 19, 1936 – April 18, 2007)
Raymond Kaelbel (France 54-60) (January 31, 1932 – April 17, 2007)
Mariano Gonzalvo (Barcelona/Spain 42-55) (March 22, 1922 - April 7, 2007)
Manuel Bento (Benfica/Portugal 72-86) (25 June 1948 - 1 March 2007)
Sandro Salvadore (AC Milan/Juventus/Italy 58-70) (November 29, 1939 – January 4, 2007)

18YB would like to pay tribute to all lovers of the beautiful game who left us in 2007.