November16: Arie Haan ๐ณ๐ฑ . The midfielder from #Holland played in 2 WorldCups, and lost in both the final, in 1974 against West Germany ๐ฉ๐ช and in 1978 against Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท. As a manager #Haan ๐ won the Belgian First Divison with #Anderlecht and also coached #vfbstuttgart ๐ฉ๐ช
November15: Paulo #Dybala ๐ฆ๐ท. The forward from #Argentina was present at the WorldCup 2018, where he played 22 minutes against Croatia ๐ญ๐ท. He is included in this yearโs squad and surely he will have a bigger impact at the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022, where ๐ฆ๐ท in a group with ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฑ
November13: ลฝeljko Petroviฤ. He represented #Yugoslavia in 1998 and played for clubs as #Sevilla ๐ช๐ธ, #PSV ๐ณ๐ฑ and #urawareds ๐ฏ๐ต. Since 2006 he is a football coach, and he travelled the world with jobs in ๐ต๐น ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ท๐บ ๐ฆ๐ช ๐ท๐ธ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ถ. #Petrovic is now without club ๐
November12: Benny McCarthy ๐ฟ๐ฆ. The forward from #SouthAfrica scored at the WorldCup 2002 against ๐ช๐ธ, was part of the 2006 squad but missed out on the tournament in his own country due to being overweight. He won the #Eredivisie ๐ณ๐ฑ with #Ajax and the #PrimeiraLiga ๐ต๐น with #Porto
November11: Georginio Wijnaldum ๐ณ๐ฑ. He picked up a bronze medal ๐ฅ during the WorldCup 2014 with #Holland, failed to qualify for 2018 and will be absent this year due to injury. #Wijnaldum won the #PremierLeague and #ChampionsLeague with #Liverpool ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, and the #Ligue1 with #PSG.
November10: Faustino Asprilla ๐จ๐ด. The winger from #Colombia played at the WorldCup 1994 and 1998, but didnโt score in the tournament. In total #Asprilla scored 20 goals in 57 matches for his country, and he played for #Parma ๐ฎ๐น and #NewcastleUnited ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, but also in ๐ง๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐จ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ท
November09: Alessandro Del Piero ๐ฎ๐น. The forward from #Italy played at the WorldCups of 1998, 2002 and 2006, when he won the tournament ๐. With #Juventus he won the #SerieA 6 times, the #ChampionsLeague and even the #SerieB in 2006-07. He also played for #Padova and #SydneyFC ๐ฆ๐บ
November08: Joe Cole ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ. Who doesnโt remember his amazing goal at the WorldCup 2006 against Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐. The winger was also present in 2010, but with limited playing time. He won the #PremierLeague and #FACup with #Chelsea, and also the #Intertoto Cup with #WestHamUnited ๐ ๐
November07: David de Gea ๐ช๐ธ. The goalkeeper from #Spain was part of the 2014 WorldCup, but was the only squad member not to feature at that WorldCup. He played all matches in 2018 when Spain lost the penalty shootout against Russia ๐ท๐บ. He has only played for #Atletico and #ManUtd
November06: Kjetil Rekdal ๐ณ๐ด. The midfielder from #Norway played at the WorldCups 1994 and 1998, and he scored once at each tournament making him the highest scoring Norwegian in WorldCup history. #Rekdal played in ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ง๐ช ๐ซ๐ท is now the manager of #Rosenborg
November05: Uwe Seeler ๐ฉ๐ช. The striker from #Germany played his whole career for #HSV, except for 1 match for #CorkCeltic ๐ฎ๐ช. He won ๐ฅ in 1966 and ๐ฅ in 1970 at the WorldCup, was German Champion with #HSV in 1959-60 and won the #DFBPokal in 1962-63. #Seeler passed away in July
October04: Luis Figo ๐ต๐น. Part of the โgolden generationโ along with Rui Costa and Paulo Sousa, the midfielder from #Portugal played at the 2002 and 2006 WorldCups, reaching the semifinals in 2006. He played for #Sporting ๐ต๐น, #Barcelona AND #RealMadrid ๐ช๐ธ and at #Inter ๐ฎ๐น
November02: Diego Lugano ๐บ๐พ. The centre back from #Uruguay was part of the 2010 and 2014 WorldCup. He played in ๐น๐ท ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ธ๐ช ๐ต๐พ and won national titles with #Nacional ๐บ๐พ, #SaoPaulo ๐ง๐ท and #Fenerbahce ๐น๐ท, and the #CopaAmerica with Uruguay in 2011 ๐ฅ. #Lugano retired in 2017
November01: Edmond Delfour ๐ซ๐ท. The midfielder from #France got 41 caps and participated at three edition of the WorldCup in 1930, 1934 and 1938, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups. He later became a manager in ๐ง๐ช for #Gent and in ๐น๐ณ
October11:Dunga ๐ง๐ท. The midfielder from #Brazil won the WorldCup in 1994 ๐ฅ , and lost the final in 1998 ๐ฅ. He won the #CopaAmerica twice as player and once as manager. #Dunga won the #JLeague ๐ฏ๐ต with #JubiloIwata in 1997 and played in ๐ฎ๐น for #Fiorentina and in ๐ฉ๐ช for #Stuttgart
October30: Diego Maradona ๐ฆ๐ท. The midfielder from #Argentina sadly passed away in 2020, but this would have been his 62th birthday. He played at 4 WorldCups and won the tournament in 1986, with the famous โhand of godโ and solo against ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ in the quarter final. #Maradona was ๐คฉ
October29: Edwin van der Sar ๐ณ๐ฑ. The goalkeeper from #Holland was part of the 1994, 1998 and 2006 Dutch squads. In 1998 #VanderSar confronted #Ortega ๐ฆ๐ท, and the Argentine was eventually sent of for headbutting Van der Sar. Holland reached the semifinals but lost to Brazil ๐ง๐ท