The following are the association football events of the year 1980 throughout the world.
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- January 6 – Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer
- January 12 – Michael Niedrig, German former footballer[1]
- January 14 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese international
- January 22 – Ibón Larrazábal, Spanish retired footballer[2]
- January 25 – Xavi, Spanish footballer
- February 1
- February 6 – Shaun Hadley, English former professional footballer[3]
- February 9 – Jean-Reck Ah Fok, Mauritian footballer
- February 15 – Elvis Marecos, Paraguayan footballer
- February 20
- February 28 – Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
- March 4 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
- March 8 – Aridani Arbelo, Spanish footballer[4]
- March 13 – Dani Ferron, Andorran footballer[5]
- March 14 – Aaron Brown, English footballer
- March 15 – Hugo Notario, Argentine footballer
- March 20 – Thomas Levaux, French professional footballer[6]
- March 21
- March 31
- April 3 – Marcin Makuch, Polish footballer[7]
- April 7 – Jérémie Peiffer, Luxembourgian footballer[8]
- April 17 – Leonid Lazaridi, former Russian footballer[9]
- April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
- May 5 – Youssou Diop, Senegalese retired footballer[10]
- May 14 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
- May 18 – Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
- May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- June 2 – Abby Wambach, American women's soccer player[11]
- June 10
- June 12
- June 26 – Michael Jackson, English club footballer
- June 30
- July 8 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
- August 6
- August 7 – Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer
- August 12 – Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
- September 6
- September 7 – Zakhele Manyatsi, Swaziland international footballer[15]
- September 9 – Steeve Theophile, French footballer
- September 10 – Willy Eras, Costa Rican professional footballer[16]
- September 17 – Mikhail Nekrasov, former Russian professional footballer[17]
- September 18 – Marco Antonio Mendoza, Mexican footballer[18]
- September 29 – Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian international
- October 3 – Dalibor Mitrović, Serbian footballer[19]
- October 4 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech international
- October 5 – Lartee Jackson, Liberian former footballer[20]
- October 9
- October 23 – Scott Parker, English international
- October 27 – Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, Indian club footballer (d. 2019)
- October 28 – Alan Smith, English international
- October 29 – Arthur (Arthur Teixeira Viégas), Brazilian footballer[21]
- November 2 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
- November 3 – Bernard Morreel, Belgian retired footballer[22]
- November 4 – Tuda Murphy, Caymanian footballer[23]
- November 5 – Christoph Metzelder, German international
- November 18 – Luke Chadwick, English youth international
- November 22 – David Artell, English club footballer and manager
- November 26 – Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev, former Russian professional footballer[24]
- December 6 – Steve Lovell, English club footballer
- December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
- December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
- December 31 – Beto Gonçalves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international
- Date unknown
February
- February 22 – Pierre Korb, French international footballer (born 1908)
March
- March 1 – Dixie Dean, English international footballer (born 1907)
"Michael Niedrig". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
"Larrazábal". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
"Shaun Hadley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
"Aridani". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
"Dani Ferrón". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
"Thomas Levaux". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
"Marcin Makuch". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
"Jérémie Peiffer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
"Leonid Lazaridi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
"Youssou Diop". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
"Edgard Lima". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
"Mohammed Usman". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
"Zakhele Manyatsi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
"Willy Eras". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
"Dalibor Mitrović". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
"Lartee Jackson". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
"Bernard Morreel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
"Tuda Murphy". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.