8 November: Hiddink, from PSV to the Korea that knocked out Spain
Guus Hiddink
«the World Cup wizard»
- De Graafschap 1967-1970 · 47 goals
- PSV Eindhoven 1970-1972 · 1 goals
- De Graafschap 1972-1977 · 20 goals
- NEC Nijmegen 1977-1981
- San Jose Earthquakes 1977
- Washington Diplomats 1978 · 4 goals
- San Jose Earthquakes 1980
- De Graafschap 1981-1982
Spain
After winning the European Cup with PSV he arrived at Valencia in the early nineties. In 1998 he took over at Real Madrid, with whom he won the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo against Vasco da Gama, with that Raúl goal.
Gwangju, 22 June 2002
At the World Cup in Korea and Japan he coached the co-hosts, who had never won a World Cup game. Korea got through the group, knocked out Italy and in the quarter-final met Spain.
The game ended 0-0 after two Spanish goals were very controversially ruled out, and Korea won the shoot-out 5-3. In Spain that game still hurts. In Korea, Hiddink is a hero: he was made an honorary citizen and a stadium was named after him.
Also born on 8 November
Luís Fabiano, o Fabuloso
A Brazilian striker who spent six seasons at Sevilla. He scored the first goal in the 2006 UEFA Cup final against Middlesbrough and also won the 2007 edition. For Brazil he started at the 2010 World Cup and won the 2009 Confederations Cup as top scorer.
- Associação Atlética Ponte Preta 1997-2000 · 3 goals
- Stade Rennais Football Club 2000-2002
- São Paulo Futebol Clube 2001 · 9 goals
- São Paulo Futebol Clube 2002-2004 · 53 goals
- Fútbol Club Oporto 2004-2005 · 3 goals
- Sevilla Fútbol Club 2005-2011 · 72 goals
🔴⚪ 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.
Miguel Marcos Madera 🔴⚪
- Real Sporting de Gijón 2005-2010 · 7 goals
- Birmingham City FC 2010-2011
- AEK Atenas Fútbol Club 2011 · 1 goals
- Getafe Club de Fútbol 2011-2014 · 1 goals
- AEK Atenas 2011
- Maccabi Haifa Football Club 2014-2015 · 1 goals
Another 46 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
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- 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
- 1414 October: Matt Le Tissier
- 1515 October: Didier Deschamps
- 1616 October: Paulo Roberto Falcão
- 1717 October: Sergio Goycochea
- 1818 October: Julio Olarticoechea
- 1919 October: Gunnar Nordahl
- 2020 October: Claudio Ranieri
- 2121 October: Paco Gento
- 2222 October: Lev Yashin
- 2323 October: Pelé
- 2424 October: Wayne Rooney
- 2525 October: Francisco Sá
- 2626 October: The founding of the Football Association
- 2727 October: Sebastián Abreu
- 2828 October: Garrincha
- 2929 October: Edwin van der Sar
- 3030 October: Diego Armando Maradona
- 3131 October: Marco van Basten
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