Footballers' birthdays: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe & every top player's date of birth
by n8rngtd.top · 12/20/2025
Goal runs through the calendar year and picks out some of the biggest birthdays in football, including past and present players, managers and coaches
From Yaya Toure's birthday cake to Neymar's star-studded parties, footballers' birthdays rarely pass without mention.
And while social media platforms are flooded with daily celebratory messages from clubs and fans alike, we don't want you to forget your favourite player's big day.
So, here, Goal runs through the biggest birthdays in the footballing calendar year.
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Shane Duffy Fulham Irish January 1 Jonny Evans Leicester City Northern Irish January 2 James Milner Liverpool English January 4 Toni Kroos Real Madrid German January 4 Mykhailo Mudryk Chelsea Ukrainian January 5 Andy Carroll Reading English January 6 Eden Hazard Real Madrid Belgian January 7 Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid Slovenian January 7 Stefan Savic Atletico Madrid Montenegrin January 8 Koke Atletico Madrid Spanish January 8 David Silva Real Sociedad Spanish January 8 Gennaro Gattuso Retired Italian January 9 Lucas Leiva Retired Brazilian January 9 Rodrygo Real Madrid Brazilian January 9 Mason Mount Chelsea English January 10 Leroy Sane Bayern Munich German January 11 Dani Carvajal Real Madrid Spanish January 11 Axel Witsel Atletico Madrid Belgian January 12 Emre Can Dortmund German January 12 Glenn Whelan Bristol Rovers Irish January 13 Luis Diaz Liverpool Colombian January 13 Yohan Cabaye Retired French January 14 Declan Rice West Ham English January 14 Nicklas Bendtner Retired Danish January 16 Enzo Fernandez Chelsea Argentine January 17 Pep Guardiola Man City (manager) Spanish January 18 Eder Militao Real Madrid Brazilian January 18 Claudio Marchisio Retired Italian January 19 Henrik Mkhitaryan Inter Armenian January 21 Shane Long Reading Irish January 22 Arjen Robben Retired Dutch January 23 Josko Gvardiol RB Leipzig Croatian January 23 Luis Suárez Gremio Uruguayan January 24 Xavi Barcelona (manager) Spanish January 25 David Ginola Retired French January 25 Jose Mourinho Roma (manager) Portuguese January 26 Aurelien Tchouameni Real Madrid French January 27 Gianluigi Buffon Parma Italian January 28 Grzegorz Krychowiak Al Shabab on loan from Krasnodar West Brom January 29 Romario Retired Brazilian January 29 Arda Turan Retired Turkish January 30 Peter Crouch Retired English January 30 Dimitar Berbatov Retired Bulgarian January 30 Julian Alvarez Man City Argentine January 31 - Getty Images
February
Playe Club Nationality Birthday Giuseppe Rossi SPAL Italian February 1 Darren Fletcher Retired Scottish February 1 Ivan Perisic Tottenham Hotspur Croatian February 2 Gerard Pique Retired Spanish February 2 Carlos Tevez Retired Argentinian February 5 Cristiano Ronaldo Al Nassr Portuguese February 5 Neymar PSG Brazilian February 5 Leon Goretzka Bayern Munich German February 6 Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich German February 8 Ernesto Valverde Athletic Club Spanish February 9 Radamel Falcao Rayo Vallecano Colombian February 10 Edinson Cavani Valencia Uruguayan February 14 Ángel Di María Juventus Argentinian February 14 Christian Eriksen Man Utd Danish February 14 Rui Patricio AS Roma Portuguese February 15 Diego Godín Velez Sarsfield Uruguayan February 16 Claude Makélélé Retired French February 18 Gary Neville Retired English February 18 Mauro Icardi Galatasaray on loan from PSG Argentinian February 19 Phil Jones Man Utd English February 21 Riyad Mahrez Man City Algerian February 21 Branislav Ivanović Retired Serbian February 22 Gareth Barry Retired English February 23 Casemiro Manchester United Brazilian February 23 Antony Manchester United Brazilian February 24 Park Ji-Sung Man Utd (ambassador) South Korean February 25 Gianluigi Donnarumma PSG Italian February 25 Emmanuel Adebayor Retired Togolese February 26 Pepe Porto Portuguese February 26 Fernando Llorente Retired Spanish February 26 Jamal Musiala Bayern Munich German February 26
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March
Player name Club Nationality Birthday Toby Alderweireld Royal Antwerp Belgian March 2 Zico Retired Brazilian March 3 Landon Donovan Retired American March 4 Ronald Araujo Barcelona Uruguayan March 7 Clint Dempsey Retired American March 9 Jack Butland Manchester United on loan from Crystal Palace English March 10 Lassana Diarra Retired French March 10 Ivan Rakitic Sevilla Croatian March 10 Didier Drogba Phoenix Rising (owner) Ivorian March 11 Edgar Davids Retired Dutch March 13 Paul Pogba Juventus French March 15 Theo Walcott Southampton English March 16 Edin Džeko Roma Bosnian March 17 Shinji Kagawa Cerezo Osaka Japanese March 17 Alessandro Nesta Retired Italian March 19 Kolo Toure Retired Ivorian March 19 Marcos Rojo Boca Juniors Argentinian March 20 Fernando Torres Retired Spanish March 20 Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid French March 21 Jordi Alba Barcelona Spanish March 21 Ronaldinho Retired Brazilian March 21 Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers English March 25 Erik Lamela Sevilla Argentinian March 25 Jadon Sancho Man Utd English March 25 Mikel Arteta Arsenal (manager) Spanish March 26 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich German March 27 Fabio Borini Fatih Karagümrük Italian March 29 N'Golo Kante Chelsea French March 29 Sergio Ramos PSG Spanish March 30
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April
Player name Club Nationality Birthday Clarence Seedorf Retired Dutch April 1 Miralem Pjanic Sharjah FC Bosnian April 2 Gabriel Jesus Arsenal Brazilian April 3 Sami Khedira Retired German April 4 Franck Ribery Retired French April 7 Vincent Kompany Burnley (manager) Belgian April 10 Sadio Mane Bayern Munich Senegalese April 10 Thiago Alcântara Liverpool Spanish April 11 Dele Alli Besiktas English April 11 Carles Puyol Retired Spanish April 13 Aaron Lennon Retired English April 16 Rafa Benitez Retired Spanish April 16 Wojciech Szczesny Juventus Polish April 18 Joe Hart Celtic English April 19 Isco Free agent Spanish April 21 John Obi Mikel Retired Nigerian April 22 David Luiz Flamengo Brazilian April 22 Kaka Retired Brazilian April 22 Raphael Varane Manchester United French April 25 Juan Mata Galatasaray Spanish April 28 Diego Simeone Atletico Madrid (manager) Argentinian April 28 Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona German April 30
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