THE BIRTHDAY SHOW

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At Ajax he scored 9 goals in 133 games,also winning five trophies.

He scored 15 goals in 150 appearances for Arsenal and was captain of the Gunners side who won the FA Cup in 2014(Arsenal's first major trophy in ten years).

He won eight trophies with in five years with FC Barcelona, also scoring once in 53 games.

A Belgian international since 2006 he has scored twice in 75 caps for his country and was a member of the Red Devil's(a nickname for the Belgium national team) squad who finished third at the 2018.

He currently plays for Vissel Kobe in the Japanese League.

Thomas Vermaelen  is 34 today.


Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, he moved with his family when he was two-years-old to Villeurbanne, France. He joined Lyon's youth academy at the age of nine, going on to make his senior debut for the club in January 2012. In all, he scored 5 goals in 170 games for Lyon.

He has represented France at various youth levels and was a member of Les Bleuets squad who won the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

At the senior level, he has also scored 4 goals in 31 caps for France and was a member of the Les Bleus squad who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

He currently plays for FC Barcelona

Samuel Yves Um Titi is 26 today.


At Tottenham Hotspur, he scored once in 58 games

With Hull City, he scored 11 goals in 144 games.

He currently plays for West Brom Albion where he also serves as the club's vice-captain.

Jake Cyril Livermore is 30 today.

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