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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Tributes-Part 15

Tributes:      Ronald Cocks  (August 1, 1943 – May 16, 2017)
                   Raúl Córdoba Alcalá (March 13, 1924 – May 17, 2017)
Todor Veselinović (October 22, 1930 – May 17, 2017)
Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo (August 23, 1935 – June 5, 2017)
Giuliano Sarti (October 2, 1933 – June 5, 2017)
Cheick Ismaël Tioté (June 21, 1986 – June 5, 2017)
Sergei Kutivadze  (October 16, 1944 – June 8, 2017)
Jan Martin Gerardus Notermans (July 29, 1932 – June 8, 2017)
Jacques Foix (November 26, 1930 – June 14, 2017)
Frode Larsen (June 16, 1949 − June 20, 2017)
Anthonie ‘Tonny’ van der Linden (November 19, 1932 –  June  23, 2017)
José Manuel Mourinho Félix (February 12, 1938 – June 25, 2017)
Stéphane Paille (June 27, 1965 – June 27, 2017)
Louis Nicollin (June 29, 1943 – June 29, 2017)
László Kovács (April 24, 1951 – June 30, 2017)
Ayan Faikov Sadakov  (September 26, 1961 – July 1, 2017)
John Archibald McKenzie (September 4, 1925 – July 5, 2017)
Heinz Schneiter (April 12, 1935 – July 6, 2017)
Josef Hamerl (January 22, 1931 – July 15, 2017)
Marcel Kunz (May 24, 1943 – July 22, 2017)
Waldir Peres de Arruda (January 2, 1951 – July 23, 2017)
Perivaldo Lúcio Dantas (July 12, 1953 – July 27, 2017)
Abdelmajid Dolmy (April 19, 1953 – July 27, 2017)
Valeri Pavlovich Maslov (April 28, 1940 – July 27, 2017)
Ely Tacchella (May 25, 1936 – August 2, 2017)
Joseph Cilia (October 22, 1937 – August 5, 2017)
Tor Røste Fossen (June 19, 1940 – August 7, 2017)
Beethoven Alberto Javier Silva (June 20, 1947 – August 9, 2017)
Pertti Johannes Alaja (February 18, 1952 – August 18, 2017)
Élmer Ángel Acevedo (January 27, 1949 – August 30, 2017)
Piet Ouderland (March 17, 1933 – September 3, 2017) 
Nicolae Lupescu (December 17, 1940 – September 6, 2017) 
Humberto Jorge Rosa (April 8, 1932 – September 8, 2017)
Robert Johnston McCann (October 15, 1932 – September 12, 2017) 
Eugenio Bersellini (June 10, 1936 – September 17, 2017)
Jean Plaskie (August 24, 1941-September 18, 2017)
Paul Wilson (November 23, 1950 – September 18, 2017)  
Richard Boucher (March 1, 1932 – September 26, 2017) 
Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin (October 13, 1970 − September 28, 2017) 
Gunnar Thoresen (July 21, 1920 – September 30, 2017) 
Olivier Baudry (June 12, 1973– October 1, 2017)
Roberto Anzolin (April 18, 1938 – October 6, 2017)
József Tóth (May 16, 1929 – October 9, 2017)
Sergei Grigoryevich Prigoda (November 4, 1957  – October 9, 2017)
Pierre Hanon (December 29, 1936 – October 13, 2017)
Marino Perani (October 27, 1939 – October 18, 2017)
Miguel Ángel Loayza Ríos (June 21, 1940 – October 19, 2017)
Ebrahim Ashtiani (January 1942– October 24, 2017)
Johan Hendrik ‘Hans’ Kraay (October 14, 1936 – October 27, 2017)
Manuel Sanchís Martínez (March 26, 1938 – October 28, 2017)
Eugène Parlier (February 13, 1929 – October 30, 2017)
Abubakari Yakubu (December 13, 1981 – October 31, 2017)






Ronald Cocks

Ronald Cocks was a Malta International from the 1960s-70s.
He notably had two spells at Sliema Wanderers.
He earned 21 caps between 1966 and 1978.
He passed away on May 16th, aged 73.


Raúl Córdoba Alcalá 

Raúl Córdoba Alcalá was a Mexican International goalkeeper from the 1950s.
He played for Atlas, Leon, Oro and Toluca among others.
He was on Mexico’s 1950 World Cup squad.
He passed away on May 17th, aged 93.


Todor Veselinović 

Todor Veselinović was a Yugoslavian International striker and later Manager.
He had spells at Vojvodina and later abroad at Sampdoria, First Vienna among others.
He also had a long career as a Manager in South America and Europe.
He managed the Yugoslavian National Team, though it ended in disappointment at the 1984 Euros.
He earned 37 caps between 1953 and 1961.
He passed away on May 17th, aged 86.

Photo From: Campeonato Mundial de Futbol, 1958 Suecia
(Todor Veselinović )

Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo 

Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo was a Colombian midfielder from the 50s and 60s.
He played for Deportes Tolima in two spells and also represented America Cali.
He represented Colombia in the 1962 World Cup.
He earned 11 caps between 1956 and 1962.
He passed away on June 5th, aged 81.

Photo From: Campeonato Mundial de Futbol, 1962 Chile
(Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo)


Giuliano Sarti 

Giuliano Sarti was an Italian goalkeeper from the 50s and 60s.
He is remembered as the goalkeeper of ‘Grande Inter’ of the 1960s.
He also had a long spell at Fiorentina and a short one at Juventus.
He earned 8 caps between 1959 and 1967.
He passed away on June 5th, aged 83.


Photo From: Ferrero 67-68
(Giulliano Sarti)

Cheick Ismaël Tioté 

Cheick Ismaël Tioté was an Ivory Coast International Midfielder from the last decade.
He had spells at Anderlecht, Roda JC Kerkrade, Twente Enschede and Newcastle United before joining the Chinese League.
He earned 52 caps between 2009 and 2015.
He passed away on June 5th, aged just 30 while training with his club.


Photo From:  panini wc 2014
(Cheick Ismaël Tioté)

Sergei Kutivadze 

Sergei Kutivadze was a Georgian midfielder from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Torpedo Kutaisi and Dinamo Tblissi.
He earned a solitary cap for the USSR in 1965.
He passed away on June 8th, aged 72.

Jan Martin Gerardus Notermans

Jan Martin Gerardus Notermans was a Dutch midfielder from the 50s and 60s.
He served Ajax Fortuna’54 and Sittardia.
He earned 25 caps between 1956 and 1960.
He also managed teams at home and West Germany in the late 60s into the early 80s.
He passed away on June 8th, aged 84.

Photo From:  de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Jan Notermans)


Jacques Foix 

Jacques Foix was a French striker from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at RC Paris, Saint Etienne, OGC Nice and Toulouse.
He earned 7 caps between 1953 and 1956.
He passed away on June 14th, aged 86.



Photo From:  Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960
(Jacques Foix)  

Photo From:  Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960
(Jacques Foix and Brigitte Bardot)  

Frode Larsen 

Frode Larsen was a Norwegian player from the 60s and 70s.
He played for Brann for over a decade.
He earned 7 caps in 1975.
He passed away on June 20th, aged 68.


Anthonie ‘Tonny’ van der Linden 

Anthonie ‘Tonny’ van der Linden  was a Dutch striker from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at DOS and Elinkwijk.
He earned 24 caps between 1957 and 1963.
He passed away on June 23rd, aged 84.


Photo From:  de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Anthonie ‘Tonny’ van der Linden)



José Manuel Mourinho Félix

José Manuel Mourinho Félix was a Portuguese goalkeeper from the 50s into the 70s.
He had spells at Setubal and Belenenesses. He also had a long career as Manager from the 70s onwards.
He earned a spolitary cap in 1972.
He passed away on June 25th, aged 79.

 
Photo From:  68-69 - Vedetas do Futebol - Confeitaria Alex
(José Manuel Mourinho Félix)


Stéphane Paille 

Stéphane Paille was a French striker from the 80s and 90s.
He rose to prominence in  the 80s as part of France’s 1988 U-21 winning squad, where he formed an effective partnership with his friend Eric Cantona.
The duo were signed at Montpellier together in 1989 but did not succeed.
After starting out at Sochaux, he joined Montpellier before spells at Porto and Caen among others before ending up in Scotland at Hearts in the 90s.
He earned 8 caps between 1986 and 1989.
He passed away on June 27th, aged only 52 on his birthday.


Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 1, February 1989
(Stephane Paille)



Louis Nicollin 

Louis Nicollin was a French businessman who took over French club Montpellier in the 70s and was responsible for its rise in French soccer in the 80s and 90s with Laurent Blanc amongst one of his star players.
He was colorful and sometimes controversial character through his outspokenness.
He had a love-hate relationship with Michel Mezy with whom he collaborated many times.
Under Nicollin Montpellier won the French Cup in 1990 and the League title in 2012.
He passed away on June 29th, aged 74 on his birthday.


Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 91, August 1996
(Louis Nicollin)


László Kovács 

László Kovács was a Hungarian goalkeeper from the 70s and 80s.
He had spells at Viedoton and Raba Eto.
He was a member of Hungary’s 1978 World Cup squad.
He earned 80 caps between 1981 and 1991.
He passed away on June 30th, aged 66.

Photo From: World Cup 78, by Phil Soar
(Laszlo Kovacs)


Ayan Faikov Sadakov 

Ayan Faikov Sadakov was a Bulgarian midfielder from the 70s into the 90s.
He had two separate spells at Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
He represented Bulgaria in the 1986 World Cup.
He earned 58 caps between 1976 and 1988.
He passed away on July 1st,  aged 55.

Photo From: panini wc 86
(Ayan Faikov Sadakov)



John Archibald McKenzie 

John Archibald McKenzie was a Scottish International winger from the 40s into the 60s.
He played for a number of teams including Patrick Thistle and Fulham.
He earned 9 caps between 1953 and 1955.
He passed away on July 5th,  aged 91.


Heinz Schneiter 

Heinz Schneiter was a Swiss defender from the 50s and 60s.
He played mainly for Young Boys Bern and later managed the side in the 70s.
He was a member of Switzerland’s 1962 and 1966 World Cup squads.
He earned 44 caps between 1957 and 1966.
He passed away on July 6th, aged 82.


Photo From: Die Weltmeisterschaft 1966 in England
(Heinz Schneiter)



Josef Hamerl 
Josef Hamerl was an Austrian striker from the 50s and 60s.
He mostly represented clubs in Vienna such as Wiener SC and Admira Wien.
He was a member of Austria’s 1958 World Cup squad.
He earned 9 caps between 1958 and 1962.
He passed away on July 15th,  aged 86.


Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger
(Josef Hamerl)


Marcel Kunz 

Marcel Kunz was a Swiss goalkeeper from the 60s and 70s.
He represented Basel for over a decade.
He earned 14 caps between 1967 and 1971.
He passed away on July 22nd, aged 74.


Waldir Peres de Arruda 

Waldir Peres de Arruda was a Brazilian goalkeeper from the 70s and 80s.
The Sao Paulo goalkeeper is remembered as Brazil’s goalkeeper in the glorious 1982 side managed by Tele Santana.
In some circles he was looked upon as one of the scapegoats for Brazil’s failure, despite being a fine goalkeeper.
He later managed many teams in Brazil in short spells.
He earned 39 caps between 1975 and 1982.
He passed away on July 23rd, aged 66.

Photo From: World Soccer, January 1983
(Waldir Peres)


Perivaldo Lúcio Dantas 

Perivlado was a Brazilian defender from the 70s and 80s.
His best spell was at Botafogo in the late 70s into the early 80s.
He earned 2 caps between 1981 and 1982 under Tele Santana.
He passed away on July 27th, aged 64 from Pneumonia.


Photo From: Placar, Issue 583, July 17, 1981
(Perivaldo, July 8, 1981, Brazil 1-Spain 0)


Abdelmajid Dolmy 

Abdelmajid Dolmy was a Moroccan midfielder from the 70s into the 90s.
He mainly represented Raja Casablanca.
He was a member of Morocco’s 1986 World Cup squad.
He earned 140 caps between 1973 and 1991.
He passed away on July 27th, aged 64.


Photo From: 86 - Flash - Campionato Del Mondo Mexico
(Abdelmajid Dolmy)



Valeri Pavlovich Maslov 

Valeri Pavlovich Maslov was a Soviet midfielder from the 60s and 70s.
He had a notable spell at Dinamo Moscow.
He earned 8 caps between 1964 and 1967.
He passed away on July 27th, aged 77.


Ely Tacchella 

Ely Tacchella was a Swiss International from the 60s.
He was a member of the 1962 and 1966 World Cup squads.
He earned 42 caps for his Nation.
He passed away on August 2nd, aged 81.

Photo From: Die Weltmeisterschaft 1966 in England
(Ely Tacchella)



Joseph Cilia 

Joseph Cilia was a Malta defender from the 50s into the 70s.
He had a notable spell at Valetta FC.
He earned 9 caps between 1957 and 1962.
He passed away on August 5th, aged 79.


Tor Røste Fossen 

Tor Røste Fossen was a Norwegian goalkeeper from the 60s.
He spent his career at Rosenborg Trondheim.
Hr later became a Manager and managed his Nation from 1978 to 1987.
He passed away on August 7th, aged 77.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 138, June 1987
(Tor Røste Fossen)




Beethoven Alberto Javier Silva 

Beethoven Javier was a Uruguay player from the 60s and 70s.
He had spells at Nacional and Defensor Sporting, among others.
He earned 5 caps between 1976 and 1977.
He passed away on August 9th, aged 70.

Pertti Johannes Alaja 

Pertti Johannes Alaja was a Finnish goalkeeper from the 70s and 80s.
He played for a number of local sides before joining the Edmonton Drillers and Malmo in Sweden.
He was also the President of Finland Football Federation.
He earned 29 caps for his Nation.
He passed away on August 18th, aged 65.

Élmer Ángel Acevedo 

Élmer Ángel Acevedo was an El Salvador International striker from the 60s and 70s.
He spent his career at local side FAS.
He was a member of El Salvador’s 1970 World Cup squad.
He passed away on August 30th, aged 68.

Photo From: Mexico 70 World Cup
(Élmer Ángel Acevedo)


Piet Ouderland 

Piet Ouderland was a Dutch International from the 50s and 60s.
He had a long spells at Ajax , also played for AZ’67 among others.
He was also a Dutch International at Basketball.
He earned 7 caps between 1962 and 1963.
He passed away on September 3rd, aged 84.

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Piet Ouderland)



Nicolae Lupescu 

Nicolae Lupescu was a Romanian defender from the late 50s into the 70s.
He had spells at Rapid Bucharest and later at Admira Wacker in Austria.
He was a member of Romania’s 1970 World Cup squad. He was also the father of 90s International Ion Lupescu.
He also managed Rapid Bucharest on a number of occasions.
He earned 21 caps between 1964 and 1972.
He passed away on September 6th, aged 76.

Photo From: Mexico 70 World Cup
(Nicolae Lupescu)



Humberto Jorge Rosa 

Humberto Jorge Rosa was an Argentinean-born midfielder who spent several years in the Italian League in the 50s and 60s.
He joined Sampdoria from Rosario Central and later had spells at Padova, Juventus and Napoli.
He also managed a number of Teams in Italy.
He passed away on September 8th, aged 85.

Photo From:  61-62 - CALCIATORI PANINI
(Humberto Jorge Rosa)


Robert Johnston McCann 

Robert Johnston McCann was a Scottish International from the 50s and 60s.
He had spells at Dundee United, Queen’s Park, Motherwell and Hamilton.
He earned 5 caps between 1959 and 1961.
He passed away on September 12th, aged 84.

Eugenio Bersellini 

Eugenio Bersellini was an Italian midfielder from the 50s and 60s.
He had an undistinguished playing career, it was really as a Manager that he made his mark.
He managed a multitude of clubs such as Inter, Sampdoria, Torino and Fiorentina among others.
He passed away on September 17th, aged 81.

Photo From:  Calcio 2000, Issue 18, April 1999
(Eugenio Bersellini)



Jean Plaskie 
Jean Plaskie was a Belgian player from the late 50s into the early 70s.
He spent his career at Anderlecht.
He earned 33 caps between 1964 and 1971.
He passed away on September 18th, aged 76.

Photo From:  Football Magazine, Issue 56, September 1964
(Jean Plaskie)




Paul Wilson 
Paul Wilson was a Scottish midfielder from the 60s and 70s.
He spent over a decade at Celtic Glasgow.
He earned a solitary cap in 1975.
He passed away on September 18th, aged 66.

Richard Boucher 

Richard Boucher  was a French defender from the 50s and 60s.
He had played at Toulouse for a decade and also spent a season at Olympique Marseille. He would later manage Touloue.
He earned 3 caps between 1957 and 1961.
He passed away on September 26th, aged 85.

Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin

Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin was a Russian defender from the late 80s into the early 2000s.
He spent over a decade at Lokomotiv Moscow.
He earned a solitary cap in 1998.
He passed away on September 28th, aged only 46.

Gunnar Thoresen 

Gunnar Thoresen was a Norway player from late 30s into the early 60s.
He spent his career at Larvik Turn. He was the father of 70s-80s International Hallvar Thoresen.
He earned 64 caps between 1946 and 1959.
He passed away on September 30th, aged 97.


Olivier Baudry 
Olivier Baudry was a French midfielder from the late 90s into the early 2000s.
He had spells at Sochaux, Lausanne, St Etienne among others.
He passed away on October 1st, aged only 44 after a long illness.

Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 61, February 1994
(Olivier Baudry)


Roberto Anzolin

Roberto Anzolin was an Italian goalkeeper from the late 50s into the 70s.
He had a long spell at Juventus.
He earned a solitary cap in 1966.
He passed away on October 6th, aged 79.

Photo From:   61-62 - CALCIATORI PANINI
(Roberto Anzolin)


József Tóth

József Tóth was a Hungarian striker from the late 40s into the early 60s.
He represented Csepel for over a decade.
He was part of Hungary’s ‘Magic Magyars’ side of the 1954 World Cup.
He earned 12 caps between 1953 and 1957.
He passed away on October 9th, aged 88.

Sergei Grigoryevich Prigoda 

Sergei Grigoryevich Prigoda was a Soviet defender from 70s into the early 90s.
He represented Torpedo Moscow for over a decade. He later managed in Sweden.
He earned 19 caps between 1977 and 1979.
He passed away on October 9th, aged 59.

Pierre Hanon 

Pierre Hanon was a Belgian player from the late 50s into the 70s.
He spent his most of career at Anderlecht, followed by spells at Cercle Brugge and Mons.
He earned 48 caps between 1956 and 1969.
He passed away on October 13th, aged 80.

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 56, September 1964
(Anderlecht’s Pierre Hanon)



Marino Perani 
Marino Perani  was an Italian forward from the late 50s into the 70s.
He spent his most of career at Bologna with spells at Atalanta and Padova among others.
He earned 4 caps in 1966.
He passed away on October 18th, aged 77.

Photo From:  FERRERO 1966-67 04
(Marino Perani)


Miguel Ángel Loayza Ríos 

Miguel Ángel Loayza Ríos  was a Peruvian midfielder from the late 50s into the early 70s.
He spent his most of career in Argentina with clubs such as Boca Juniors, River Plate, Huracan, Rosario Central.
He earned 7 caps in 1959.
He passed away on October 19th, aged 77.

Ebrahim Ashtiani 

Ebrahim Ashtiani  was an Iranian defender from the 60s.
He spent his most of career at Shahin and later at Perspolis.
He earned 35 caps between 1968 and 1974.
He passed away on October 24th, aged 75.

Johan Hendrik ‘Hans’ Kraay 

Hans Kraay was a Dutch defender from the 50s and 60s.
He spent his career at DOS and Feyenoord.
He later had a long career as a Manager.
He earned 35 caps between 1968 and 1974.
He passed away on October 24th, aged 75.

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Hans Kraay)


Manuel Sanchís Martínez 

Manuel Sanchís Martínez was a Spanish defender from the 50s into the early 70s.
He is remembered for his spell at Real Madrid in the 60s. His son (also named Manuel Sanchis) was also a Real Madrid defender (80s into the early 2000s).
He earned 11 caps between 1965 and 1967.
He passed away on October 28th, aged 79.

Photo From: Don Balon, Edicion Chile, January 9-15, 1996
(Manuel Sanchis Martinez)



Eugène Parlier 

Eugène Parlier was a Swiss goalkeeper from the 40s into the 60s.
He played for a number of clubs such as Neuchatel Xamax, Servette, Urania and Lausanne.
He was a member of Switzerland’s 1954 World Cup squad.
He earned 21 caps between 1952 and 1960.
He passed away on October 30th, aged 88.

Abubakari Yakubu 

Abubakari Yakubu was a Ghanaian midfielder from the 2000s.
He played for Ajax and Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie.
He earned 16 caps between 2002 and 2006.

He passed away on October 31st, aged just 35.

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