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José Mourinho (Jan. 26) (Roma Head Coach)
Dubbed “The Special One” by the British media, José Mourinho is one of the most decorated managers ever and is widely considered to be among the greatest managers of all time. He is one of the five coaches who have won European Cups with two different teams.
Gianluigi Buffon (Jan.28) (Parma, Juventus, PSG, Italy)
Gianluigi Buffon is one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances and holds the record for the most appearances in the Serie
A. With 176 international caps, Buffon is the
most capped goalkeeper of all time, the most capped player in the history of the Italy national team, and the third-most capped European international player ever. He won the 2006 World Cup with the Azzurri.
Gerard Piqué (Feb. 2) (Barcelona, Spain)
Piqué began his professional career with Manchester United in 2004. He returned to Barcelona in 2008 and helped the club win trebles in 2008–09 and 2014–15. He appeared
in 616 competitive matches for the club and
won 31 major club titles, including nine La Liga trophies and three UEFA Champions League titles. He is one of only four players to have won the Champions League two years in a row with different teams, the others being Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa and Samuel Eto’o. Piqué also represented Spain 102 times, making his debut on 11 February 2009. He played an integral role on the Spanish teams that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He retired from the national team after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Neymar Jr. (Feb. 5) (Al Hilal, Brazil)
Neymar has scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs, making him one of the few players to achieve this feat. He was named the South American Footballer of the Year in 2011 and 2012, and relocated to Europe to join Barcelona in 2013. In his second season, as part of Barcelona’s attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, dubbed MSN, he won the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. Motivated to be the focal player at club level, Neymar unexpectedly left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2017 in a €222 million transfer, which made him the most expensive player ever. Injuries riddled Neymar’s playing time in PSG and in 2023, after six seasons and five Ligue 1 title wins, he signed for Al Hilal in a lucrative deal.
Alessia Russo (Feb. 8) (Arsenal Womens’, England)
Alessia Russo is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women’s Super League club Arsenal and the England national team. She has previously played club football for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United, college soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels, and has represented England internationally at all youth age groups. In the final year of her Man United career, Russo was the subject of two world record transfer bids from WSL rivals Arsenal worth more than the £400,000 Barcelona paid for Keira Walsh
in September 2022. She later joiner the North Londoners in a free transfer.
Mary Fowler (Feb. 14) (Manchester City Womens’, Australia)
Mary Fowler is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for English Women’s Super League club Manchester City and the Australia national team. Mainly a forward, she is also able to play as a midfielder. In 2023, Fowler was nominated for The Best FIFA Women’s Player and The European Golden Girl Award after a positive season for both Manchester City and Australia.
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