The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1930 throughout the world.
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- January 9 – Igor Netto, Soviet international footballer (died 1999)
- January 27 – Carlos Cecconato, Argentinian footballer (died 2018)
- March 7 – Harold Greetham, English professional footballer (died 2018)[2]
- March 14 – Hugh Baird, Scottish international footballer (died 2006)
- March 14 – Bora Kostić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2011)
- March 26 – Sigge Parling, Swedish international footballer (died 2016)
- April 7 – William Freeburn, Scottish footballer (died 2019)[3]
- April 29 – Henri Coppens, Belgian international footballer and coach (died 2015)
- May 18 – Shyqyri Rreli, Albanian international footballer and manager (died 2019)
- May 28 – Brian Johnson, English professional footballer (died 2013)[4]
- June 7 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
- June 25
- June 26 – Tan Ling Houw, Indonesian Olympicfootballer
- June 28 – José Artetxe, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
- July 3
- July 7 – Tadao Kobayashi, Japanese football player and manager
- July 9 – Stuart Williams, Welsh international footballer (died 2013)
- July 10 – Tommy Ritchie, Northern Irish professional footballer (died 2017)[5]
- July 15 – Alberto Michelotti, Italian football player and referee (died 2022)
- August 22 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian international footballer (died 2013)
- August 23 – Luís Morais, Brazilian football international footballer (died 2020)
- September 7 – Julio Abbadie, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2014)
- October 19 – Denys Jones, Welsh footballer (died 2003)[6]
- October 28 – Svatopluk Pluskal, Czech international footballer (died 2005)
- November 5 – Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch international footballer (died 2016)
- November 8 – Suat Mamat, Turkish international footballer (died 2016)
- November 26 – Jacques Foix, French international footballer (died 2017)
- December 17 – Gerard Kerkum, Dutch footballer and club chairman (died 2018)
- December 19 –
30 July: Joan Gamper (Hans Max Gamper-Haessig), Swiss athlete and founder of FC Barcelona, 52 (suicide)[8]
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