The following are the association football events of the year 1997 throughout the world.
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- January 1
- January 5 – Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer
- January 7 – Izzy Brown, English footballer
- January 8 – Fran Brodić, Croatian footballer
- January 10 – Davide Ramponi, Italian footballer[3]
- January 13
- January 16
- January 26 – Gedion Zelalem, American soccer player
- January 31 – Arnaut Danjuma, Dutch footballer
- February 3
- February 6 – Gogi Shoniya, Russian former footballer[7]
- February 10
- February 12 – Tomi Mikkelsson, Finnish footballer[8]
- February 14 – Severin Buchta, German footballer[9]
- February 26 – Malcom, Brazilian footballer
- March 3
- March 6 – Daniel De Silva, Australian youth international
- March 7 – Laurent Lopes, French Guianan professional footballer[10]
- March 12
- March 19 – Adam Lipčák, Slovak footballer[11]
- March 29 – Ezequiel Ponce, Argentine footballer
- April 2 – Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
- April 5 – Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
- April 9 – Omar Mbapandza, Comoran international footballer[12]
- April 10 – Claudio García, Peruvian footballer[13]
- April 13
- April 17 – Jorge Meré, Spanish footballer
- April 18 – Donny van de Beek, Dutch footballer
- April 21 – Henrique Brito, Portuguese professional footballer[15]
- April 22 – Jill Roord, Dutch footballer
- April 24 – Francisco Afonso, Portuguese footballer[16]
- April 27 – Josh Onomah, English footballer
- May 7 – Orlande Kpassa, Ivorian professional footballer[17]
- May 12
- May 14 – Rúben Dias, Portuguese footballer
- May 15 – Rune Alvarado, United States Virgin Islands international footballer[19]
- May 16 – Vadim Bejenari, Moldovan professional footballer[20]
- May 17
- June 1 – Amimu Nahimana, Burundian footballer[21]
- June 2 – Sandy Sauber, former Luxembourgish footballer[22]
- June 10 – Achraf Akhamrane, Dutch footballer[23]
- June 11 – Giuseppe Altea, Italian footballer[24]
- June 12 – Feras Dahboor, Qatari born-Syrian footballer[25]
- June 16 – Jean-Kévin Augustin, French footballer
- June 22 – Gabriel Rojas, Argentine footballer
- July 2 – Charles (José Charles Soares Matos), Brazilian footballer[26]
- July 3 – Filip Sachpekidis, Swedish footballer
- July 4 – Juan Izquierdo, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2024)[27]
- July 7 – Di Livio Jungschleger, Dutch professional footballer[28]
- July 11
- July 14 – Cengiz Ünder, Turkish footballer
- July 17 – Amadou Diawara, Guinean footballer
- July 23 – Matija Sarkic, English-born Montenegrin footballer (d. 2024)[30]
- July 25 – Louis Reed, English footballer
- July 30 – Diego Garcia, Portuguese professional footballer[31]
- August 2 – Ivan Šaponjić, Serbian footballer
- August 3
- August 4 – Cinzia Zehnder, Swiss footballer
- August 6
- August 9 – Leon Bailey, Jamaican international
- August 12 – Taiwo Awoniyi, Nigerian footballer
- August 13 – Manuel Manari, Italian footballer[33]
- August 19 – Bartłomiej Drągowski, Polish footballer
- August 22 – Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
- August 29 – Ainsley Maitland-Niles, English footballer
- September 15 – Jeisson Vargas, Chilean footballer
- September 16 – Zsanett Kaján, Hungarian women's international[34]
- September 19 – Luca Buongiorno, Italian footballer[35]
- September 23 – Luis Corredor, Venezuelan footballer[36]
- October 2 – Tammy Abraham, English international
- October 6 – Kasper Dolberg, Danish international[37]
- October 9 - Samuel Leach Holm, Swedish-Israeli professional footballer[38]
- October 12 – Xhon Marinaj, Albanian professional footballer[39]
- October 17 – Václav Černý, Czech footballer
- October 19 – René Beltrán, Mexican footballer[40]
- October 22 – Jodi Jones, Maltese footballer[41]
- October 24 – Fabian (Fabian Maria Lago Vilela de Abreu), Brazilian footballer[42]
- October 26 – Fortuné Oré, Beninese professional footballer[43]
- November 1 – Nordi Mukiele, French footballer
- November 5 – Abdoulie Bah, Gambian footballer[44]
- November 13 – Evraim Toncy Awes, Indonesian professional footballer[45]
- November 14 – Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
- November 18
- November 19 – Mattia Sanzone, Italian footballer[46]
- November 25 – Mohamed Amelhaf, French footballer[47]
- November 26 – Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English footballer
- December 6 – Arenc Palluqi, Albanian professional footballer[48]
- December 7 – Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer[49]
- December 11 – Konstantinos Mavropanos, Greek footballer
- December 15
- December 18 – Joan Monterde, Spanish professional footballer[52]
- December 22 – Devaughn Williamson, Bahamian footballer[53]
- December 26 – Bruno Gaúcho, Brazilian footballer[54]
- December 27 – Alessandro Durante, Italian footballer[55]
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"Amr Yehia". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
"Davide Ramponi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
"Anton Maikkula". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
"Tomi Mikkelsson". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
"Laurent Lopes". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
"Adam Lipčák". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
"Omar Mbapandza". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
"Claudio García". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
"Theodoros Lampiris". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
"Henrique". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
"Francisco Afonso". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
"Orlande Kpassa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
"Connor Ellis". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
"Vadim Bejenari". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
"Amimu Nahimana". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
"Sandy Sauber". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
"Achraf Akhamrane". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
"Giuseppe Altea". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
"Charles". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
"Ryan Hok-A-Hin". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
"Diego Garcia". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
"Rick Sena". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
"Manuel Manari". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
"Luca Buongiorno". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
"Luis Corredor". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
"Xhon Marinaj". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
"René Beltrán". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
"Fabian". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
"Fortuné Oré". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
"Abdoulie Bah". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
"Evraim Toncy". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
"Mattia Sanzone". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
"Arenc Palluqi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
"Rui Neves". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
"Oskari Qvick". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
"Monterde". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
"Bruno Gaúcho". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 June 2024.