Bellingham, De Bruyne, Rodri: Which players are celebrating birthdays at UEFA EURO 2024?
Monday, June 10, 2024
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In total, 56 players registered to play at UEFA EURO 2024 will be celebrating birthdays during the finals in Germany. Meet them!
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England's Jude Bellingham turns 21 midway through UEFA EURO 2024, while Scotland's Callum McGregor's 31st birthday takes place on the day his side feature in the tournament opener against Germany.
In total, 56 players will be due cards and a cake during the finals, including a notable double celebration in the Spain camp on 22 June: midfielders Mikel Merino and Rodri were born on the same day and will turn 28 while on international duty.
Players celebrating birthdays at UEFA EURO 2024
14/06: Callum McGregor (Scotland midfielder) turns 31 on the day his side face Germany
15/06: Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark forward) turns 30
15/06: Pascal Gross (Germany midfielder) turns 33
16/06: Mattia Zaccagni (Italy forward) turns 29
16/06: Damian Szymański (Poland midfielder) turns 29 on the day his side face the Netherlands
17/06: Ádám Nagy (Hungary midfielder) turns 29
19/06: Andrej Kramarić (Croatia forward) turns 33 on the day his side face Albania
19/06: Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy midfielder) turns 28
19/06: Nuno Mendes (Portugal defender) turns 22
20/06: Kevin Csoboth (Hungary forward) turns 24
20/06: Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal forward) turns 23
20/06: Andrei Rațiu (Romania defender) turns 26
21/06: Erik Janža (Slovenia defender) turns 31
21/06: Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine forward) turns 27 on the day his side face Slovakia
22/06: Mikel Merino (Spain midfielder) turns 28
22/06: Rodri (Spain midfielder) turns 28
24/06: Federico Gatti (Italy defender) turns 26 on the day his side face Croatia
24/06: Cédric Zesiger (Switzerland defender) turns 26
25/06: Koen Casteels (Belgium goalkeeper) turns 32
25/06: Morten Hjulmand (Denmark midfielder) turns 25 on the day his side face Serbia
26/06: Zander Clark (Scotland goalkeeper) turns 32
27/06: Otar Kakabadze (Georgia defender) turns 29
28/06: Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium midfielder) turns 33
28/06: Maksym Talovyerov (Ukraine defender) turns 24
29/06: Jude Bellingham (England midfielder) turns 21
29/06: Eberechi Eze (England midfielder) turns 26
29/06: Giorgi Kochorashvili (Georgia midfielder) turns 25
30/06: Gabriel Sigua (Georgia midfielder) turns 19
01/07: Krzysztof Piątek (Poland forward) turns 29
03/07: Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark midfielder) turns 24
03/07: Mike Maignan (France goalkeeper) turns 29
03/07: Florin Niță (Romania goalkeeper) turns 37
03/07: Tomáš Rigo (Slovakia midfielder) turns 22
03/07: Norbert Gyömbér (Slovakia defender) turns 32
04/07: Guram Kashia (Georgia defender) turns 37
05/07: Enea Mihaj (Albania defender) turns 26
05/07: Daniel Vivian (Spain defender) turns 25
06/07: Marco Grüll (Austria midfielder) turns 26
06/07: Denis Drăguş (Romania forward) turns 25
07/07: James Forrest (Scotland midfielder) turns 33
07/07: Yunus Akgün (Türkiye forward) turns 24
08/07: Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands defender) turns 33
08/07: Alexandru Cicâldău (Romania midfielder) turns 27
09/07: João Palhinha (Portugal midfielder) turns 29
11/07: Philipp Lienhart (Austria defender) turns 28
11/07: Mads Hermansen (Denmark goalkeeper) turns 24
11/07: Rasmus Kristensen (Denmark defender) turns 27
11/07: Andrija Živković (Serbia forward) turns 28
12/07: Luke Shaw (England defender) turns 29
12/07: Adam Buksa (Poland forward) turns 28
12/07: Bartosz Bereszyński (Poland defender) turns 32
12/07: Nico Williams (Spain midfielder) turns 22
12/07: Bertuğ Yıldırım (Türkiye forward) turns 22
13/07: Marc Guéhi (England defender) turns 24
13/07: Ché Adams (Scotland forward) turns 28
13/07: Lamine Yamal (Spain forward) turns 17
No players have birthdays on 14 July, the day of the final, but England's Marc Guéhi (24), Scotland's Ché Adams (28) and Spain's Lamine Yamal (17) will all be hoping to follow up their birthday celebrations on 13 July with an even bigger party the day after.