On This Day

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 4.

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)

1982: Nottingham Forest striker Nathan Tyson, who has scored seven goals in 12 League One games since his move from Wycombe Wanderers at the turn of the year, is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1983: Uruguayan international attacker Olivera Ruben, who moved to Italy to join Juventus in 2002, is born. (Celebrates 24th birthday)

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

1987: Ipswich Town's young Canadian international midfielder Jaime Peters, who joined the club from Kaiserslautern in January 2005, is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 5.

1976: Aston Villa defender Mark Delaney is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1976: Argentinean international Juan Pablo Sorin, who currently plays for Hamburg in the Bundesliga, is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1980: West Ham United's Israeli international midfielder Yossi Benayoun is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1982: Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Jay Bothroyd is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1984: Coventry City's Trinidad & Tobago international Chris Birchall, who made a name for himself at the World Cup in Germany, is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 6.

1969: Former Ipswich Town player, and now manager at Portman Road, Jim Magilton is born. (Celebrates 38th birthday)

1976: Wigan Athletic's Dutch international midfielder Denny Landzaat is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1986: PSV Eindhoven youngster Manuel Da Costa is born. (Celebrates 21st birthday)

1980: Milan's Sao Paulo-born striker Ricardo Oliveira is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 7.

1974: Fulham's burly defender Ian Pearce is born. (Celebrates 33rd birthday)

1982: Plymouth Argyle's Hungarian international Akos Buzsaky is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1983: Scottish international striker Garry O'Connor, who plays for Lokomotiv Moscow domestically, is born. (Celebrates 24th birthday)

1987: Monaco youngster Serge Gakpe is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 8.

1936: Former Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton, a member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team and brother of Manchester United's Sir Bobby, is born. (Celebrates 71st birthday)

1965: Well travelled Welsh goalkeeper Andy Dibble, now at Accrington Stanley, is born. (Celebrates 42nd birthday)

1973: Southampton defender Chris Makin is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1978: Bayern Munich's experienced Brazil centre-back Lucio is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

1987: Promising West Ham United midfielder Mark Noble is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 9.

1966: Former Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion and Bradford City forward Don Goodman is born. (Celebrates 41st birthday)

1968: Former West Ham United and Liverpool centre-back Neil Ruddock is born. (Celebrates 39th birthday)

1971: Coventry City's ex-Scotland international midfielder Don Hutchison is born. (Celebrates 36th birthday)

1975: Middlesbrough's Dutch midfielder George Boateng is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1978: Monaco's Argentinean defender Leandro Cufre is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 10.

1969: Former Arsenal and Holland forward Dennis Bergkamp is born. (Celebrates 38th birthday)

1970: Experienced Rangers and Scotland centre-back David Weir is born. (Celebrates 37th birthday)

1975: Lyon's ex-Arsenal striker Sylvain Wiltord is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1977: Wigan Athletic's Senegal international attacker Henri Camara is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 11.

1965: Former Norwich City and Wales midfielder Jeremy Goss is born. (Celebrates 42nd birthday)

1974: Sunderland's Premiership bound goalkeeper Darren Ward is born. (Celebrates 33rd birthday)

1984: Spanish international Andres Iniesta, who plays for champions Barcelona in La Liga, is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

1986: Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby is born. (Celebrates 21st birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 12.

1970: Former Portuguese international Carlos Secretario is born. (Celebrates 37th birthday)

1979: Paris Saint Germain midfielder David Hellebuyck is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1980: Espanyol's left-sided player Paulo Peixoto, bought from FC Porto, is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1987: Charlton Athletic youngster Darren Randolph is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

1988: Real Madrid starlet Marcelo is born. (Celebrates 19th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 13.

1976: Aston Villa's Welsh defender Mark Delaney is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1980: Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Alexis Bertin is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1982: Newcastle United's American international defender Oguchi Onyewu, on loan from Standard Liege is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1983: Monaco's Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure, younger brother of Arsenal's Kolo, is born. (Celebrates 24th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 14.

1973: Turkish international Hakan Unsal, who plays for Galatasaray domestically, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1975: Former Arsenal striker Christopher Wreh, cousin of former Fifa World Player of the Year George Weah, is born. (Celebrates 32nd birthday)

1978: Wigan Athletic's Scottish international Lee McCulloch is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

1979: Crystal Palace's Republic of Ireland international striker Clinton Morrison is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday).

1984: West Ham United midfielder and captain Nigel Reo-Coker is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 15.

1970: Twin Dutch internationals Ronald and Frank de Boer, who both played for Rangers, Barcelona and Ajax, are born. (Celebrates 37th birthday)

1976: Former Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Republic of Ireland midfielder Mark Kennedy is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1981: Manchester United's French international left-back Patrice Evra is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 16.

1927: World Cup-winning Brazil defender Nilton Santos, named in Pele's list of the 125 greatest living footballers in 2004, is born. (Celebrates 80th birthday)

1978: Racing Santander and Argentina defender Lionel Scaloni, who joined West Ham on loan in 2006, is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

1981: Porto and Portugal defender Ricardo Costa, who was part of the 2006 World Cup squad that reached the semi-finals, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1986: Ireland Under-21 striker Andrew Keogh, who joined Wolves from Scunthorpe in the January transfer window, is born. (Celebrates 21st birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 17.

1972: Plymouth Argyle's veteran goalscorer Barry Hayles is born. (Celebrates 35th birthday)

1978: Sheffield United and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Paddy Kenny is born. (Celebrates 29th birthday)

1979: Hamburg's Czech Republic midfielder David Jarolim is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1981: Everton midfielder Leon Osman, who scored three Premiership goals for the team this season, is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 18.

1942: Former Manchester United star Nobby Stiles, who was a member of the England World Cup winning squad, is born. (Celebrates 65th birthday)

1969: Retired Holland international Dennis Bergkamp, who won three Premiership titles and four FA Cups with Arsenal, is born. (Celebrates 38th birthday)

1971: Blackburn Rovers and United States goalkeeper Brad Friedel is born. (Celebrates 36th birthday)

1977: Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie, who spent much of the season on loan at Stoke City, is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 19.

1977: Arsenal's reserve goalkeeper Manuel Almunia is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1979: Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan, who moved to Villarreal from Manchester United, is born. (Celebrates 28th birthday)

1980: Real Valladolid's Cameroon international Daniel Kome is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

1987: Newcastle United's emerging young defender David Edgar is born. (Celebrates 20th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 20.

1977: Atletico Madrid's Argentinean goalkeeper Leo Franco is born. (Celebrates 30th birthday)

1981: Real Madrid's Spanish international goalkeeper Iker Casillas is born. (Celebrates 26th birthday)

1982: Czech Republic shot-stopper Petr Cech, who came back from a horrific head injury sustained at Reading this season, is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1986: Queens Park Rangers' former Southampton striker Dexter Blackstock is born. (Celebrates 21st birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 22.

1973: Former Manchester City star Danny Tiatto, currently at Leicester City, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1974: Nigerian striker Garba Lawal, who won the Olympic gold with his country in 1996, is born. (Celebrates 33rd birthday)

1976: Former Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion striker Lee Hughes, imprisoned for causing death by dangerous driving, is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1980: Watford striker Tommy Smith, who joined the club from Derby County at the start of the season, is born. (Celebrates 27th birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 23.

1954: Former Tottenham Hotspur star Gerry Armstrong, who won 63 caps for Northern Ireland, is born. (Celebrates 53rd birthday)

1976: Ex Brazil and Middlesbrough midfielder Ricardinho, now with Besiktas, is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1976: Former Newcastle United midfielder Stephen Glass, who has been on loan at Dunfermline from Hibernian this season, is born. (Celebrates 31st birthday)

1984: Werder Bremen striker Hugo Almeida, who has just joined the club on a permanent deal, after spending the season on loan from Porto, is born. (Celebrates 23rd birthday)

 

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The following players celebrate their birthday on May 24.

1966: Former Manchester United and France forward Eric Cantona, whose name is still sung by the Old Trafford faithful, is born. (Celebrates 41st birthday)

1973: UEFA Champions League winner Vladimir Smicer, now at Bordeaux after leaving Liverpool, is born. (Celebrates 34th birthday)

1982: PSV Eindhoven attacker DaMarcus Beasley, who failed to win a permanent deal at Manchester City after spending the season on loan at Eastlands, is born. (Celebrates 25th birthday)

1989: Young French midfielder Adel Taarabt, who spent the season on loan at Tottenham Hotspur from Lens, is born. (Celebrates 17th birthday)