Footballers' birthdays: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe & every top player's date of birth

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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  January

  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

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  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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