WorldCupBirthday

Every Day a player who was included in a World Cup Squad and who celebrates his birthday today 🥳 🎂 🎉

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November17: Dylan Levitt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. The midfielder is included in the WorldCup squad of #Wales for the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022. #Levitt played 1 match for #ManchesterUnited 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the #EuropaLeague and has played for #Charlton, #Istra1961 🇭🇷 and #DundeeUnited 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Enjoy the cake 🍰 in 🇶🇦

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November16: Arie Haan 🇳🇱 . The midfielder from #Holland played in 2 WorldCups, and lost in both the final, in 1974 against West Germany 🇩🇪 and in 1978 against Argentina 🇦🇷. As a manager #Haan 🐔 won the Belgian First Divison with #Anderlecht and also coached #vfbstuttgart 🇩🇪

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November15: Paulo #Dybala 🇦🇷. The forward from #Argentina was present at the WorldCup 2018, where he played 22 minutes against Croatia 🇭🇷. He is included in this year’s squad and surely he will have a bigger impact at the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022, where 🇦🇷 in a group with 🇸🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇱

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November14: Thomas #Vermaelen 🇧🇪. The defender from #Belgium played at the 2014 and 2018 WorldCup, picking up a bronze medal 🥉 in the latter. He won the #Eredivisie 🇳🇱 with #Ajax, the #FACup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with #Arsenal , #LaLiga 🇪🇸 with #Barcelona and the #EmperorsCup 🇯🇵 with #VisselKobe

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November13: Željko Petrović. He represented #Yugoslavia in 1998 and played for clubs as #Sevilla 🇪🇸, #PSV 🇳🇱 and #urawareds 🇯🇵. Since 2006 he is a football coach, and he travelled the world with jobs in 🇵🇹 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 🇦🇪 🇷🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇧🇬 🇮🇩 🇮🇶. #Petrovic is now without club 😞

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November12: Benny McCarthy 🇿🇦. The forward from #SouthAfrica scored at the WorldCup 2002 against 🇪🇸, was part of the 2006 squad but missed out on the tournament in his own country due to being overweight. He won the #Eredivisie 🇳🇱 with #Ajax and the #PrimeiraLiga 🇵🇹 with #Porto

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November11: Georginio Wijnaldum 🇳🇱. He picked up a bronze medal 🥉 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, and the #Ligue1 with #PSG.

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November10: Faustino Asprilla 🇨🇴. The winger from #Colombia played at the WorldCup 1994 and 1998, but didn’t score in the tournament. In total #Asprilla scored 20 goals in 57 matches for his country, and he played for #Parma 🇮🇹 and #NewcastleUnited 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, but also in 🇧🇷 🇲🇽 🇨🇱 🇦🇷

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November09: Alessandro Del Piero 🇮🇹. The forward from #Italy played at the WorldCups of 1998, 2002 and 2006, when he won the tournament 🏆. With #Juventus he won the #SerieA 6 times, the #ChampionsLeague and even the #SerieB in 2006-07. He also played for #Padova and #SydneyFC 🇦🇺

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November08: Joe Cole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Who doesn’t remember his amazing goal at the WorldCup 2006 against Sweden 🇸🇪 👏. 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 🏆 😒

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November07: David de Gea 🇪🇸. 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 🇷🇺. He has only played for #Atletico and #ManUtd

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November06: Kjetil Rekdal 🇳🇴. 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 🇳🇴 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 is now the manager of #Rosenborg

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November05: Uwe Seeler 🇩🇪. The striker from #Germany played his whole career for #HSV, except for 1 match for #CorkCeltic 🇮🇪. He won 🥈 in 1966 and 🥉 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

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October04: Luis Figo 🇵🇹. Part of the ‘golden generation’ 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 🇵🇹, #Barcelona AND #RealMadrid 🇪🇸 and at #Inter 🇮🇹

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October03: Dwight Yorke 🇹🇹. The forward from #TrinidadandTobago played every minute of his country’s matches during the WorldCup 2006. #Yorke won the #ChampionsLeague with #ManUtd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, the #ALeague with #SydneyFC and now as a manager the #AustraliaCup with #MacarthurFC. Hero 💪

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November02: Diego Lugano 🇺🇾. The centre back from #Uruguay was part of the 2010 and 2014 WorldCup. He played in 🇹🇷 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇸🇪 🇵🇾 and won national titles with #Nacional 🇺🇾, #SaoPaulo 🇧🇷 and #Fenerbahce 🇹🇷, and the #CopaAmerica with Uruguay in 2011 🥇. #Lugano retired in 2017

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November01: Edmond Delfour 🇫🇷. 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 🇧🇪 for #Gent and in 🇹🇳

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October11:Dunga 🇧🇷. The midfielder from #Brazil won the WorldCup in 1994 🥇 , and lost the final in 1998 🥈. He won the #CopaAmerica twice as player and once as manager. #Dunga won the #JLeague 🇯🇵 with #JubiloIwata in 1997 and played in 🇮🇹 for #Fiorentina and in 🇩🇪 for #Stuttgart

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October30: Diego Maradona 🇦🇷. 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 ‘hand of god’ and solo against 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the quarter final. #Maradona was 🤩

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October29: Edwin van der Sar 🇳🇱. The goalkeeper from #Holland was part of the 1994, 1998 and 2006 Dutch squads. In 1998 #VanderSar confronted #Ortega 🇦🇷, and the Argentine was eventually sent of for headbutting Van der Sar. Holland reached the semifinals but lost to Brazil 🇧🇷