Matches
No World Cup or Euros matches were played on 8 December — but here's who's celebrating a birthday below.
Born on this day
Abdullah Ercan
Turkey · born 1971
Antonio Biosca
Spain · born 1948
Berry van Aerle
Netherlands · born 1962
Christian Wilhelmsson
Sweden · born 1979
Fahrudin Jusufi
Yugoslavia · born 1939
Gabriel Gómez
Colombia · born 1959
Geoff Hurst
England · born 1941
Hilario
Spain · born 1905
Humberto Cruz
Chile · born 1939
Ion Lăpușneanu
Romania · born 1908
Javier Cárdenas
Mexico · born 1952
John Anderson
Scotland · born 1929
Keith MacKay
New Zealand · born 1956
Lav Mantula
Yugoslavia · born 1928
Les Ferdinand
England · born 1966
Marco Abreu
Angola · born 1974
Marco Padalino
Switzerland · born 1983
Matthew Jurman
Australia · born 1989
McTominay
Scotland · born 1996
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
Saudi Arabia · born 1980