Sportsman born #OnThisDay! Fans wish Happy Birthday! 🎉

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Marc André ter Stegen who turns 31 today!

530 games
211 clean sheets
4x La Liga
5x Copa del Rey
3x Supercopa de España
1x UEFA Champions League
1x UEFA Super Cup
1x FIFA Club World Cup
1x FIFA Confederations Cup

kicker Goalkeeper of the Year (2011/12)
2x UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
UEFA Save of the Season (2014/15)
UEFA Team of the Year (2018)
3x ESM Team of the Year

Barça Goalkeeper with most clean-sheets in a single La Liga season (24).

Very impressive.

[Samuel]

David Beckham turns 48 today.

A footballing icon on and off the pitch

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best midfielders in history of football, Cesc Fabrigas who turns 36 today!

845 games
140 goals
250 assists
390 goal contributions
1x World Cup
2x Euro champions
1x Club World Cup
2x PL Champions
1x Spanish Champions
1x UEFA SuperCup
1x Europa League
2x FA Cup
1x Spanish Cup
1x English league cup
2x English Super Cup

2006 golden boy
07/08 PFA young player of the year
2x UEFA TOTY

What a Player.

[Samuel]

It is Dennis Bergkamp’s 54th birthday today, and to celebrate we thought we’d create a thread of some of the best goals, moments and quotes of his career.

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid’s Champions League final hero of last season

[Samuel]

Andres Iniesta is the only player to have been named Man of the Match in:

Euros final
World Cup final
Champions League final

The midfield maestro turns 39 today!

[Samuel]

Real Madrid’s most decorated player with 25 trophies, Marcelo celebrates his 35th birthday today:

Champions League (5)
La Liga (6)
Club World Cup (4)
UEFA Super Cup (3)
Copa del Rey (2)
Spanish Super Cup (5)

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of greatest Left-back of all time, Marcelo Vieira who turns 35 today!

648 games
54 goals
111 assists
6x La Liga
2x Copa del Rey
5x Supercopa de España
5x UEFA Champions League
3x UEFA Super Cup
4x FIFA Club World Cup
1x Campeonato Carioca
FIFA Confederations Cup (2013)

3x UEFA Team of the Year
6x FIFA FIFPro World XI
4x UCL Squad of the Season

GREATNESS

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best midfielders in the world, Frenkie de Jong who turns 26 today!

267 games
1x Eredivisie
1x KNVB Cup
1x Copa del Rey
1x Supercopa de España

Eredivisie Player of the Season: (2018/19)
Eredivisie Team of the Season: (2018/19)
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: (2018/19)
UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season (2018/19)
Johan Cruyff Trophy (2018/19)
UEFA Nations League Finals YPOTT (2019)
IFFHS Men’s World Team (2019)

Midfield Maestro.

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best midfielder in history of football, Yaya Toure who Turns 40 today!

718 games
122 goals
85 assists
1x Alpha Ethniki
1x Greek Football Cup
2x La Liga
1x Copa del Rey
1x Supercopa de España
1x UEFA Champions League
1x UEFA Super Cup
1x FIFA Club World Cup
3x Premier League
1x FA Cup
2x Football League Cup
1x FA Community Shield
1x China League One
1x Africa Cup of Nations

4x African Footballer of the Year
7x CAF Team of the Year
2x BBC African Footballer of the Year
1x Manchester City Player of the Year

LEGEND!

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best defenders in the world right now, Ruben Dias who turns 26 today!

1x Primeira Liga
1x Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
2x Premier League
1x EFL Cup
1x UEFA Nations League

1x Premier League Player of the Season
1x UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season
1x FWA Footballer of the Year
1x Primeira Liga Best Young Player of the Year
1x UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament
1x Primeira Liga Team of the Year
1x PFA Premier League Team of the Year
1x Manchester City Player of the Year

“I’m a defender. I’m there to defend. If not me, then who else will take pride from defending? It gives me pleasure to make the other team feel powerless”

Very Impressive.

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best wingers in the world, Ousmane Dembele who turns 26 today!

294 games
66 goals
71 assists
1x DFB-Pokal
3x La Liga
2x Copa del Rey
2x Supercopa de España
1x FIFA World Cup

Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year (2015/16)
UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI (2016)
Bundesliga Rookie of the Season (2016/17)
Bundesliga Team of the Season (2016/17)

Xavi — ‘Dembele, at his position, with hard work, he can be the best footballer in the world.’

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best coach in the world, Lionel Scaloni who turns 45 today!

FIFA World Cup
Copa América
Finalissima
Copa America third place

IFFHS Men’s World’s Best National Coach (2022)
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach (2022)

Messi — "Scaloni had said it - he knows how to suffer when he must suffer, read the games, when to withdraw and when to press. He is a very good coach who leaves nothing to chance.”

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the greatest box-to-box midfielders of all time, Arturo Vidal who turns 36 today!

812 games
144 goals
90 assists
234 goal contributions

3x Primera División de Chile
5x Serie A
2x Coppa Italia
3x Supercoppa Italiana
3x Bundesliga
1x DFB-Pokal
2x DFL-Supercup
1x La Liga
1x Supercopa de España
1x Copa do Brasil
1x Copa Libertadores
2x Copa América
FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up (2017)
Champions League runner-up (2014/15)

2x Bundesliga Team of the Season
Best Chilean Player Abroad (2011)
Juventus Player of the Year (2012/13)
2x Serie A Team of the Year
1x ESM Team of the Year
3x Copa América Team of the Tournament
Chilean Footballer of the Year (2016)

The Warrior.

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to Argentine warrior Rodrigo De Paul, who turns 29 today!

437 games
52 goals
63 assists
115 goal contributions
1x FIFA World Cup
1x Copa América
1x Finalissima
Copa América Team of the Tournament (2021)

— “I’d go to war for Messi if he asked me to.”

He conquered America, Europe and The World for his captain and his country.

An incredible midfielder.

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the best young players in the world, Phil Foden who turns 23 today!

237 games
63 goals
49 assists
5x Premier League
1x FA Cup
4x EFL Cup
2x FA Community Shield

2x Premier League Young Player of the Season
2x PFA Young Player of the Year

Incredible.

[Samuel]

Celebrate Sergio Agüero’s 35th birthday with these throwbacks of Argentina winning gold at the 2008 Olympics

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the Best striker of all time, Sergio Aguero who turns 35 today!

786 games
426 goals
138 assists
564 goal contributions
1x UEFA Europa League
1x UEFA Super Cup
5x Premier League
1x FA Cup
6x Football League/EFL Cup
3x FA Community Shield
1x Copa América
FIFA World Cup runner-up (2014)
UCL runner-up (2020/21)

Golden Boy (2007)
World Soccer Young Player of the Year (2009)
Premier League Golden Boot (2014/15)
2x Manchester City Player of the Year
Premier League Hall of Fame (2022)
7x Premier League Player of the Month
2x PFA Team of the Year
South American Team of the Year: (2005)
IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade (2011–2022)

LEGEND!

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to the World Champion Mario Gotze, who turns 31 today!

521 games
119 goals
123 assists
1x World Cup
5x Bundesliga
1x UEFA SuperCup
4x DFB-Pokal
1x Club World Cup
1x DFB Super Cup
1x KNVB Cup
1x Johan Cruyff Shield

Golden Boy (2011)
Bundesliga Young Player of the Year (2010/11)
Ballon d’Or: 2014 (15th place)

Very impressive.

[Samuel]

Happy birthday to one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, Javier Mascherano, who turns 39 today!

740 games
3x FIFA Club World Cup winner
2x Champions League winner
5x Spanish champion
1x UEFA Super Cup winner
5x Spanish Cup winner
3x Spanish Super Cup winner
1x Brazilian champion
1x Under-20 South American Championship winner
1x Argentinian champion
2x Olympic medalist

A warrior, fighter & football legend!