Matches
No World Cup or Euros matches were played on 1 January — but here's who's celebrating a birthday below.
Born on this day
Abdallah Lamrani
Morocco · born 1946
Abdelhamid Sadmi
Algeria · born 1961
Abdelkader El Khiati
Morocco · born 1945
Abdelkader Ouaraghli
Morocco · born 1943
Abdelkarim
Egypt · born 2008
Abdulaziz Hatem
Qatar · born 1990
Adingra
Ivory Coast · born 2002
Agustín Miranda
Paraguay · born 1930
Ahmed Alaoui
Morocco · born 1949
Alberico Evani
Italy · born 1963
Alfredo
Brazil · born 1920
Ali Gabr
Egypt · born 1989
Ali Maâloul
Tunisia · born 1990
Andrzej Zgutczyński
Poland · born 1958
Assimiou Touré
Togo · born 1988
Chidi Nwanu
Nigeria · born 1967
Chidozie Awaziem
Nigeria · born 1997
Davor Šuker
Croatia · born 1968
Dražen Ladić
Croatia · born 1963
Eduardo Reyes Ortiz
Bolivia · born 1907