On This Day

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 9.

1968: Former Manchester City man Ian Brightwell is born. (Celebrates 39th birthday)

1975: Liverpool frontman Robbie Fowler, dubbed the 'best finisher in the Premiership', is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1979: Bournemouth striker James Hayter, scorer of the fastest hat-trick in Football League history, is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1981: Polish international Ireneusz Jelen, who plays for Auxerre domestically, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 11.

1974: Charlton Athletic's Republic of Ireland Matt Holland is born. (Celebrates 33rd birthday)

1980: Lyon's former Monaco defender Sebastien Squillaci is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1979: Middlesbrough striker Malcolm Christie is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1982: Japanese international Keiji Tamada, who plays for Nagoya Grampus Eight domestically, is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 12.

1969: Former Leeds and South Africa defender Lucas Radebe is born. (Celebrates 38th birthday)

1973: Roma defender Christian Panucci, present in the backline that conceded seven goals in the UEFA Champions League at Manchester United on Tuesday night, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1981: Argentina international Nicolas Burdisso, who plays for runaway Serie A leaders Internazionale, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1982: Serbia's former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman, now at Fenerbahce, is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1982: Celtic's Scotland international Gary Caldwell is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1988: Blackburn Rovers striker Joe Garner, currently on loan at Carlisle United, is born. (Celebrates 19th birthday)

The late great 1966 England World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore was also born on this day.

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 13.

1956: West Ham United great Alan Devonshire is born. (Celebrates 51st birthday)

1964: Former Rangers and Scotland goalkeeper Andy Goram is born. (Celebrates 43rd birthday)

1970: Ex-Nottingham Forest, Derby and Villa defender Gary Charles is born. (Celebrates 37th birthday)

1978: Barcelona captain Carles Puyol, a Spanish international who led his team to Liga and UEFA Champions League glory last season, is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

1988: PSV Eindhoven youngster Dirk Marcellis is born. (Celebrates 19th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 15.

1971: Ex-Nigeria international winger Finidi George is born. (Celebrates 35th birthday)

1973: Swedish international Teddy Lucic, who represented his country at the World Cup in the summer, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1980: CS Cartagines' Costa Rican international Victor Nunez is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1980: Paris Saint Germain forward Pierre-Alain Frau is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1982: Wrexham striker Lee McEvilly is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 16.

1970: Wigan Athletic's veteran defender Arjan de Zeeuw is born. (Celebrates 37th birthday)

1977: Arsenal's Swedish international attacker Fredrik Ljungberg is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1985: Nigerian international Taye Taiwo, who plays for Marseille in Ligue 1, is born. (Celebrates 22nd birthday)

1987: Tottenham Hotspur's rising England international winger Aaron Lennon is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 17.

1972: Finnish midfielder Jarkko Wiss is born. (Celebrates 35th birthday)

1977: Former Norwich City striker Zema Abbey, now playing for Forest Green Rovers, is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1982: Nantes' Guinean international frontman Mamadou Diallo is born.(Celebrates 25th birthday)

1984: Juventus forward Raffaele Palladino is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

1986: Hearts youngster Jamie MacDonald is born. (Celebrates 21st birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 18.

1967: QPR's well-travelled goalkeeper Paul Jones, formerly of Southampton, Liverpool and Wolves, is born. (Celebrates 40th birthday)

1969: Former Sweden international Stefan Schwarz, who includes Arsenal and Sunderland amongst his former clubs, is born. (Celebrates 38th birthday)

1979: West Ham's January signing from Birmingham Matthew Upson is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1983: Lyon's French full-back Francois Clerc is born. (Celebrates 24th birthday)

1987: Liverpool youngster Danny Guthrie, currently on loan at Southampton, is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 19.

1972: Olympiakos star Rivaldo, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002, is born. (Celebrates 35th birthday)

1975: Bolton and Finland keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1978: Manchester United's Argentinian defender Gabriel Heinze, formerly of Paris Saint Germain, is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

1987: Manchester City's promising young goalkeeper Joe Hart is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 23.

1976: Norwich City attacker Darren Huckerby is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1977: Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean Lee Young-pyo is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1988: Everton's young forward Victor Anichebe is born. (Celebrates 19th birthday)

1990: Up and coming Arsenal starlet Rui Fonte is born. (Celebrates 17th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 24.

1962: Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce, known as 'Psycho' in his playing days, is born. (Celebrates 45th birthday)

1966: Milan's veteran defender Alessandro Costacurta is born. (Celebrates 41st birthday)

1972: Leicester City's Scottish international Robert Douglas is born. (Celebrates 35th birthday)

1976: Liverpool and Republic of Ireland full-back Steve Finnan is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 25.

1976: Hertha Berlin's Brazilian international midfielder Gilberto is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1981: Former Preston and Reading midfielder Omar Daley, now of Bradford, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1981: Swansea City's former Sunderland trainee Thomas Butler is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1983: Dynamo Kiev star and Ukraine international Oleg Gusev is born. (Celebrates 24th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 26.

1973: Former Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon defender Chris Perry, now at West Bromwich Albion, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1980: Watford striker Marlon King, who was the Hornets' leading goal-scorer en route to the Premiership, is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1977: Hamburg's Swiss international Raphael Wicky is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1986: Southampton Women's starlet Alex Wyatt is born. (Celebrates 21st birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 27.

1945: Ex-England and Tottenham Hotspur frontman Martin Chivers is born. (Celebrates 62nd birthday)

1976: Former Birmingham City striker Walter Pandiani, now playing at Espanyol, is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1980: Benfica centre-back Anderson is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1982: Spanish goalkeeper Jordi Codina, currently at Real Madrid, is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 28.

1970: Argentinean midfielder Diego Simeone, flicked by David Beckham's stray boot to earn the Manchester United midfielder a red card in the 1998 World Cup, is born. (Celebrates 37th birthday)

1973: Paris Saint-Germain's Portuguese striker Pauleta is born. (Celebrates 33rd birthday)

1975: Former Manchester United youngster Chris Casper, whose career was cut short by injury leading to him becoming manager at Bury, is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1980: Preston North End attacker Chris Sedgwick is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 29.

1974: Former Arsenal centre-back Pascal Cygan, now at Villarreal with ex-Gunners team-mate Robert Pires, is born. (Celebrates 33rd birthday)

1976: Gillingham's Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Kelvin Jack is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1977: Fulham's Danish international midfielder Claus Jensen is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1979: Middlesbrough's South Korean striker Lee Dong-gook, who was at the centre of penalty controversy at Old Trafford when fouled by John O'Shea, is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1981: Northern Ireland defender George McCartney, who plays for West Ham United in the Premiership, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on April 30.

1965: Former England and Manchester United centre-back Gary Pallister is born. (Celebrates 42nd birthday)

1967: Ex-Coventry City defender David Busst, forced to retire after breaking his leg horrifically at Old Trafford, is born. (Celebrates 40th birthday)

1981: Manchester United's versatile Republic of Ireland defender John O'Shea, who scored the crucial first goal in the 4-2 comeback at Everton on Saturday, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1984: Bradford City's Liverpudlian midfielder Steven Schumacher is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 1.

1973: Experienced Borussia Monchengladbach striker Oliver Neuville, who is Switzerland-born but represents Germany internationally, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1975: Fulham's Russian international midfielder Alexei Smertin is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1981: Arsenal's Belarussian midfielder Alexander Hleb is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1982: Shakhtar Donetsk's Croatian international Dario Srna is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1989: Liverpool's young Spanish defender Emiliano Insua, who made his Premiership debut in the defeat against Portsmouth on Saturday, is born. (Celebrates 18th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 2.

1958: Ex-Aston Villa manager David O'Leary, who was a Republic of Ireland and Arsenal defender in his pomp, is born. (Celebrates 49th birthday)

1975: Former England captain and Manchester United starlet David Beckham, who will join Los Angeles Galaxy from Real Madrid in the summer, is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1981: Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, who made his England debut against Greece, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1984: Leicester City's former Wales midfielder Andy Johnson is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 3.

1961: England coach and former Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren is born. (Celebrates 46th birthday)

1973: Ex-Boro full-back Michael Reiziger, who has since returned to Holland with PSV Eindhoven, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1981: Former Manchester United midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba, currently on loan at Burnley after joining the club on loan from Aston Villa, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1987: Arsenal's promising Spanish international midfielder Cesc Fabregas is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)