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Premier League players
- Michael OwenMichael James Owen was born on the 14th of December 1979 in Chester, Cheshire. He entered the world as the fourth child of Jeanette and Terry Owen.
- Didier DeschampsDidier Claude Deschamps arrived in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques on the 15th of October 1968. He began his athletic life playing rugby for Biarritz Olympique…
- Luka ModrićLuka Modrić was born on the 9th of September 1985 in Zadar, a city that would soon become a battlefield. His family lived in the hamlet of Modrići on the…
- Thibaut CourtoisOn the 17th of April 2009, a sixteen-year-old boy named Thibaut Courtois stepped onto the pitch at the Guldensporenstadion.
- Davor ŠukerDavor Šuker was born on the 1st of January 1968 to a Bosnian Croat family from Livno. He began playing football for his hometown club NK Osijek in 1984 at…
- Nicolás OtamendiNicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi made his Primera División debut for Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield on the 10th of May 2008.
- Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the 5th of February 1985 in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira.
- Moisés CaicedoIn the Mujer Trabajadora neighbourhood of Santo Domingo, Ecuador, a young boy named Moisés Caicedo played football on pitches made of scrubland.
- Landon DonovanLandon Timothy Donovan was born on the 4th of March 1982 in Ontario, California. His mother Donna Kenney-Cash worked as a special education teacher while his…
- Emiliano MartínezDamián Emiliano Martínez Romero was born on the 2nd of September 1992 in Mar del Plata. He began his career within the youth ranks of Independiente before…
- Marc OvermarsMarc Overmars was born in Emst, Gelderland, on the 29th of March 1973. He grew up on a family farm where physical labor defined his childhood.
- Diego ForlánDiego Forlán Corazo was born on the 19th of May 1979 in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. His family history is deeply rooted in professional…
- James RodríguezJames David Rodríguez Rubio was born on the 12th of July 1991 in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. He spent his childhood years in the city of Ibagué, Tolima.
- Jürgen KlinsmannJürgen Klinsmann was born on the 30th of July 1964 in Göppingen, Germany. His family moved to Stuttgart when he was a teenager.
- Lukas PodolskiLukas Josef Podolski was born on the 4th of June 1985 in the Silesian industrial city of Gliwice near Katowice. His father Waldemar played football while his…
- Enzo FernándezEnzo Jeremías Fernández entered the world on the 17th of January 2001 in San Martín, Buenos Aires. He grew up with four brothers named Seba, Rodri, Maxi and…
- Fabien BarthezFabien Alain Barthez entered the world on the 28th of June 1971 in the small town of Lavelanet, located within the Ariège department of France.
- Harry KaneHarry Edward Kane was born on the 28th of July 1993 at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, London. He grew up in Walthamstow before his family…
- Paul PogbaPaul Labile Pogba arrived in the world on the 15th of March 1993 within the town of Lagny-sur-Marne. His parents traced their roots back to Guinea…