THE BIRTHDAY SHOW

Happy Birthday to former Vitória, Villarreal and Arsenal defender Gabriel Armando de Abreu, commonly known as "Gabriel Paulista" who turns 29 today. He spent two years with Arsenal where he won two FA Cups and one FA Community Shield, also netting once(vs AFC Bournemouth on 28 December 2015) in 64 games for the Gunners. On 20 March 2015, Gabriel was called up to the Brazil national football team for the first time, replacing the injured David Luiz for friendly matches against France and Chile. However, he did not feature in either match. Since making his debut for Valencia in September 2017, he has scored no goals in 89 games, also winning the Copa del Rey in 2019.

He became Manchester United's youngest goalscorer(17 years and 355 days, now the club's second youngest goalscorer after Federico Macheda) when he scored his first senior goal for the club in what was his Premier League debut, a 5-0 win over Stoke City on 15 November 2008. In all, he scored 29 goals in 142 appearances for the Red Devils, also winning 6 trophies during his six-year stay with the club.

At Arsenal, he scored 32 goals in 126 games, also winning two trophies between September 2014 to June 2019.

Born to Ghanaian parents, he represented England at various youth levels(U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21) and was a member of the Young Lions squad who finished runners-up at the 2009 European U-19 Championship, losing 2-0 to host Ukraine in the Final. Since making his senior England debut in March 2011, he has scored 16 goals in 42 caps for the Three Lions, also representing the country at UEFA Euro 2012 , the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups.

He currently plays for Watford.

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck is 29 today.

He has represented the likes of Atalanta, Cittadella, Juventus and Southampton.

He spent two years with S.S.C Napoli where he scored 25 goals in 79 games

At Southampton, he scored 6 goals in his first 4 games for the club. He also became the first Saints player to score in each of his first four matches for the club.

He represented Italy U-21 between 2010 to 2013. He took part at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championships in Israel, scoring two goals against hosts Israel in the group stage, as Italy went on to reach the final, only to lose 4-2 to Spain. Since making his senior debut for Italy in 2012, he has scored 2 goals in 11 caps.

He is currently on his second spell at Italian Serie A club Sampdoria.

Manolo Gabbiadini is 28 today.

He made his professional debut for Crystal Palace in February 2018, going on to score no goals in 46 appearances for the Eagles between 2016 to 2019.

In June 2019, he joined Manchester United for a transfer fee of £50 million(an initial fee of £45 million, with another £5 million due in potential bonuses). With this, he became the sixth-most expensive defender of all time and the most expensive English player who was uncapped by the national side at the time of transfer.

Born to Congolese parents, he made a single appearance for DR Congo U20s in an 8–0 friendly loss to the England U17s on 7 October 2015. He has also represented England at U-20 and U-21 youth levels. InAugust 2019, he received his first call-up to the senior England team, ahead of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Kosovo and Bulgaria, but was forced to withdraw from the squad due to a back injury.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is 22 today.