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Born on this day
- Footballers born on this date
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25 years ago
Taylor RICHARDS
2000
PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England.
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25 years ago
Zeki AMDOUNI
2000
PLACE OF BIRTH
Geneve, Switzerland.
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26 years ago
Tahith CHONG
1999
PLACE OF BIRTH
Willemstad, Curaçao.
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28 years ago
Makhtar GYEYE
1997
PLACE OF BIRTH
Dakar, Senegal.
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28 years ago
Ryan NYAMBE
1997
PLACE OF BIRTH
Katima Mulilo, Namibia
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29 years ago
Diogo JOTA
1996
PLACE OF BIRTH
Porto, Portugal. Died 3rd July 2025 aged 28.
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31 years ago
Leandro TROSSARD
1994
PLACE OF BIRTH
Maasmechelen, Belgium.
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32 years ago
Carl WINCHESTER
1993
PLACE OF BIRTH
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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38 years ago
David COTTERILL
1987
PLACE OF BIRTH
Cardiff, Wales
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43 years ago
Waldo PONCE
1982
PLACE OF BIRTH
Los Andes, Chile
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45 years ago
Michele DI PIEDI
1980
PLACE OF BIRTH
Palermo, Italy
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46 years ago
Andrej KOMAC
1979
PLACE OF BIRTH
Šempeter pri Gorici, Yugoslavia.
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46 years ago
Franck MATINGOU
1979
PLACE OF BIRTH
Nice, France
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46 years ago
Jay DEMERIT
1979
PLACE OF BIRTH
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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47 years ago
Michael RICKETTS
1978
PLACE OF BIRTH
Birmingham, England
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49 years ago
Mbo MPENZA
1976
PLACE OF BIRTH
Kinshasa, Zaire.
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50 years ago
Michael APPLETON
1975
PLACE OF BIRTH
Salford, England.
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52 years ago
Michael JACKSON
1973
PLACE OF BIRTH
Liverpool, England.
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55 years ago
Ian BARACLOUGH
1970
PLACE OF BIRTH
Leicester, England
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58 years ago
Guillermo AMOR
1967
PLACE OF BIRTH
Benidorm, Spain.
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60 years ago
Ulf KIRSTEN
1965
PLACE OF BIRTH
Riesa, East Germany.
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63 years ago
Kevin RICHARDSON
1962
PLACE OF BIRTH
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
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64 years ago
Gary BENNETT
1961
PLACE OF BIRTH
Manchester, England.
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65 years ago
Steve WHITTON
1960
PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England.
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66 years ago
Paul McGRATH
1959
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ealing, London
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72 years ago
Jean-Marie PFAFF
1953
PLACE OF BIRTH
Lebbeke, Belgium.
- Athletes born on this date
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30 years ago
Dina ASHER-SMITH
1995
PLACE OF BIRTH
Orpington, England.
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43 years ago
Nathan DOUGLAS
1982
PLACE OF BIRTH
Oxford, England
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45 years ago
Erik TYSSE
1980
PLACE OF BIRTH
Bergen, Norway
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62 years ago
Sergey BUBKA
1963
PLACE OF BIRTH
Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk)
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63 years ago
Nixon KIPROTICH
1962
PLACE OF BIRTH
Baringo, Kenya
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65 years ago
Glynis NUNN
1960
PLACE OF BIRTH
Toowoomba, Australia
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67 years ago
Tim HUTCHINGS
1958
PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England.
- Cricketers born on this date
- Golfers born on this date
- Rugby Players born on this date
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28 years ago
Ciaran FRAWLEY
1997
PLACE OF BIRTH
Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
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33 years ago
John WILLGRIFF
1992
PLACE OF BIRTH
Plymouth, England.
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37 years ago
Remy GROSSO
1988
PLACE OF BIRTH
Lyon, France.
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53 years ago
Franck TOURNAIRE
1972
PLACE OF BIRTH
Narbonne, France
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61 years ago
Scott HASTINGS
1964
PLACE OF BIRTH
Edinburgh, Scotland.
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62 years ago
Nigel HESLOP
1963
PLACE OF BIRTH
Hartlepool, England
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76 years ago
Derek WYATT
1949
PLACE OF BIRTH
Woolwich, London
- Tennis Players born on this date
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51 years ago
Anke HUBER
1974
PLACE OF BIRTH
Bruchsal, Germany.
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79 years ago
Stan SMITH
1946
PLACE OF BIRTH
Pasadena, U.S.A.
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