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 DuffyFulhamIrishJanuary 1Jonny EvansLeicester CityNorthern IrishJanuary 2James Milner LiverpoolEnglishJanuary 4Toni KroosReal MadridGermanJanuary 4Mykhailo MudrykChelseaUkrainianJanuary 5Andy CarrollReadingEnglishJanuary 6Eden Hazard Real MadridBelgianJanuary 7Jan OblakAtletico MadridSlovenianJanuary 7Stefan SavicAtletico MadridMontenegrin January 8KokeAtletico MadridSpanishJanuary 8David SilvaReal SociedadSpanishJanuary 8Gennaro GattusoRetiredItalian January 9Lucas LeivaRetiredBrazilianJanuary 9RodrygoReal MadridBrazilianJanuary 9Mason MountChelseaEnglishJanuary 10Leroy SaneBayern MunichGermanJanuary 11Dani CarvajalReal MadridSpanishJanuary 11Axel WitselAtletico MadridBelgian January 12Emre CanDortmundGermanJanuary 12Glenn WhelanBristol RoversIrishJanuary 13Luis DiazLiverpoolColombianJanuary 13Yohan CabayeRetiredFrenchJanuary 14Declan RiceWest HamEnglishJanuary 14Nicklas BendtnerRetiredDanish January 16Enzo FernandezChelseaArgentineJanuary 17Pep GuardiolaMan City (manager)SpanishJanuary 18Eder MilitaoReal MadridBrazilianJanuary 18Claudio MarchisioRetiredItalian January 19Henrik MkhitaryanInterArmenianJanuary 21Shane LongReadingIrishJanuary 22Arjen RobbenRetiredDutchJanuary 23Josko GvardiolRB LeipzigCroatianJanuary 23Luis SuárezGremioUruguayanJanuary 24XaviBarcelona (manager)SpanishJanuary 25David GinolaRetiredFrenchJanuary 25Jose MourinhoRoma (manager)PortugueseJanuary 26Aurelien TchouameniReal MadridFrenchJanuary 27Gianluigi BuffonParmaItalian January 28Grzegorz KrychowiakAl Shabab on loan from KrasnodarWest BromJanuary 29Romario RetiredBrazilianJanuary 29Arda Turan RetiredTurkish January 30Peter CrouchRetiredEnglishJanuary 30Dimitar BerbatovRetiredBulgarianJanuary 30Julian AlvarezMan CityArgentineJanuary 31AdvertisementGetty ImagesFebruary

Giuseppe RossiSPALItalianFebruary 1Darren FletcherRetiredScottishFebruary 1Ivan PerisicTottenham HotspurCroatianFebruary 2Gerard PiqueRetiredSpanishFebruary 2Carlos TevezRetiredArgentinianFebruary 5Cristiano RonaldoAl NassrPortugueseFebruary 5NeymarPSGBrazilianFebruary 5Leon GoretzkaBayern MunichGermanFebruary 6Joshua KimmichBayern MunichGermanFebruary 8Ernesto ValverdeAthletic ClubSpanishFebruary 9Radamel FalcaoRayo VallecanoColombianFebruary 10Edinson CavaniValenciaUruguayanFebruary 14Ángel Di MaríaJuventusArgentinianFebruary 14Christian EriksenMan UtdDanishFebruary 14Rui PatricioAS RomaPortugueseFebruary 15Diego GodínVelez SarsfieldUruguayanFebruary 16Claude MakéléléRetiredFrenchFebruary 18Gary NevilleRetiredEnglishFebruary 18Mauro IcardiGalatasaray on loan from PSGArgentinianFebruary 19Phil JonesMan UtdEnglishFebruary 21Riyad MahrezMan CityAlgerianFebruary 21Branislav IvanovićRetiredSerbianFebruary 22Gareth BarryRetiredEnglishFebruary 23CasemiroManchester UnitedBrazilianFebruary 23AntonyManchester UnitedBrazilianFebruary 24Park Ji-SungMan Utd (ambassador)South KoreanFebruary 25Gianluigi DonnarummaPSGItalianFebruary 25Emmanuel AdebayorRetiredTogolese February 26PepePortoPortugueseFebruary 26Fernando LlorenteRetiredSpanishFebruary 26Jamal MusialaBayern MunichGermanFebruary 26

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Toby AlderweireldRoyal AntwerpBelgianMarch 2ZicoRetiredBrazilianMarch 3Landon DonovanRetiredAmericanMarch 4Ronald AraujoBarcelonaUruguayanMarch 7Clint DempseyRetiredAmericanMarch 9Jack ButlandManchester United on loan from Crystal PalaceEnglishMarch 10Lassana DiarraRetiredFrenchMarch 10Ivan RakiticSevillaCroatianMarch 10Didier DrogbaPhoenix Rising (owner)IvorianMarch 11Edgar DavidsRetiredDutchMarch 13Paul PogbaJuventusFrenchMarch 15Theo WalcottSouthamptonEnglishMarch 16Edin DžekoRomaBosnianMarch 17Shinji KagawaCerezo OsakaJapaneseMarch 17Alessandro NestaRetiredItalianMarch 19Kolo ToureRetiredIvorianMarch 19Marcos RojoBoca JuniorsArgentinianMarch 20Fernando TorresRetiredSpanishMarch 20Antoine GriezmannAtletico MadridFrenchMarch 21Jordi AlbaBarcelonaSpanishMarch 21RonaldinhoRetiredBrazilianMarch 21Scott SinclairBristol RoversEnglishMarch 25Erik LamelaSevillaArgentinianMarch 25Jadon SanchoMan UtdEnglishMarch 25Mikel ArtetaArsenal (manager)SpanishMarch 26Manuel NeuerBayern MunichGermanMarch 27Fabio BoriniFatih KaragümrükItalianMarch 29N'Golo KanteChelseaFrenchMarch 29Sergio RamosPSGSpanishMarch 30

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Clarence SeedorfRetiredDutchApril 1Miralem PjanicSharjah FCBosnianApril 2Gabriel JesusArsenalBrazilianApril 3Sami KhediraRetiredGermanApril 4Franck RiberyRetiredFrenchApril 7Vincent KompanyBurnley (manager)BelgianApril 10Sadio ManeBayern MunichSenegaleseApril 10Thiago AlcântaraLiverpoolSpanishApril 11Dele AlliBesiktasEnglishApril 11Carles PuyolRetiredSpanishApril 13Aaron LennonRetiredEnglishApril 16Rafa BenitezRetiredSpanishApril 16Wojciech SzczesnyJuventusPolishApril 18Joe HartCelticEnglishApril 19IscoFree agentSpanishApril 21John Obi MikelRetiredNigerianApril 22David LuizFlamengoBrazilianApril 22KakaRetiredBrazilianApril 22Raphael VaraneManchester UnitedFrenchApril 25Juan MataGalatasaraySpanishApril 28Diego SimeoneAtletico Madrid (manager)ArgentinianApril 28Marc-André ter StegenBarcelonaGermanApril 30