12 October: Stuani, captain of Girona's Champions League side
Cristhian Stuani
«Girona's Tata»
- Danubio Fútbol Club 2004-2007 · 23 goals
- Club Atlético Bella Vista 2005-2007 · 12 goals
- Reggina 1914 2008-2013 · 1 goals
- Albacete Balompié 2009-2010 · 22 goals
- Levante Unión Deportiva 2010-2011 · 8 goals
- Racing de Santander 2011-2012 · 9 goals
- Real Club Deportivo Espanyol de Barcelona 2012-2015 · 25 goals
- Middlesbrough Football Club 2015-2017 · 11 goals
- Girona Fútbol Club since 2017 · 133 goals
A penalty-box striker
He came out of Danubio, in Montevideo, and had a spell at Reggina in Italy before landing in Spain. He played for Levante, Racing Santander and Espanyol, and tried England with Middlesbrough. It was the same everywhere: an old-fashioned number nine, strong in the air and with a nose for goal. He played for Uruguay at the 2018 World Cup.
Staying in the second division
At Girona he was the goalscorer who kept the team in La Liga. When the club was relegated in 2019 he had offers to stay at the top level, and he stayed. In the second division he kept scoring, and in 2022 Girona went up through the play-offs.
2023-24 was the best season in the club's history: Míchel's Girona fought for the title for months and finished third, ahead of Barcelona. Stuani, by then thirty-seven and often coming off the bench, was the captain. Few footballers have identified so closely with a club they joined past thirty.
Also born on 12 October
Paulo Henrique Ganso, Neymar's partner
A left-footed playmaker who formed with Neymar the Santos partnership that won the 2011 Copa Libertadores. He seemed destined to be a star in Europe, but knee injuries slowed his career. He passed through Sevilla without settling and shone again in Brazil, at Fluminense, with whom he won the 2023 Libertadores.
- Santos Futebol Clube 2008-2012 · 11 goals
- São Paulo Futebol Clube 2012-2016 · 15 goals
- Sevilla Fútbol Club 2016-2019
🔴⚪ Sporting Gijón players born this day
They played for Sporting Gijón and were born on this same day. There is only their data here: we would rather name them than leave them out, and rather give the bare facts than invent a story.
Rubén Yáñez 🔴⚪
- Real Madrid Club de Fútbol "C" 2012-2013
- Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol 2013-2015
- Real Madrid Club de Fútbol 2015-2017
- Getafe Club de Fútbol 2017-2022
- Cádiz Club de Fútbol 2017-2018
- Sociedad Deportiva Huesca 2019-2020
Another 48 internationally known footballers were born on this day. We do not list them for the sake of it: only those with a story to tell make it here.
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- 11 September: Ruud Gullit
- 1111 September: Franz Beckenbauer
- 1818 September: Ronaldo
- 2020 September: Henrik Larsson
- 2121 September: Sándor Kocsis
- 2222 September: Thiago Silva
- 2323 September: Quini
- 2424 September: Marco Tardelli
- 2525 September: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 2626 September: Michael Ballack
- 2727 September: Francesco Totti
- 2828 September: Javi Poves
- 2929 September: Andriy Shevchenko
- 3030 September: Frank Rijkaard
October13 ★
- 11 October: George Weah
- 22 October: Alisson Becker · Roberto Firmino
- 33 October: Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 44 October: Jorge Valdano
- 55 October: Kopa, Rial, Di Stéfano, Puskás and Gento
- 66 October: Bruce Grobbelaar
- 77 October: Diego Costa
- 88 October: Zvonimir Boban
- 99 October: Gheorghe Popescu
- 1010 October: Tony Adams
- 1111 October: Bobby Charlton
- 1212 October: Cristhian Stuani
- 1313 October: Raymond Kopa
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