Matches
No World Cup or Euros matches were played on 2 January — but here's who's celebrating a birthday below.
Born on this day
Arif Erdem
Turkey · born 1972
Carlos Soler
Spain · born 1997
Chung Kook-chin
South Korea · born 1917
Egil Østenstad
Norway · born 1972
Formose Mendy
Senegal · born 2001
František Šafránek
Czechoslovakia · born 1931
Germán Leguía
Peru · born 1954
Givi Nodia
Soviet Union · born 1948
Ion Dumitru
Romania · born 1950
Jefferson
Brazil · born 1983
Jesús Glaría
Spain · born 1942
Ken Jones
Wales · born 1936
L. Henrique
Brazil · born 2001
Li Chan-myung
North Korea · born 1947
Loïc Rémy
France · born 1987
Maxi Rodríguez
Argentina · born 1981
Nedim Günar
Turkey · born 1932
Ognjen Petrović
Yugoslavia · born 1948
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
Ukraine · born 1975
Pentz
Austria · born 1997