Happy Birthday - July 8 - Son Heung-min, Robbie Keane, Dario Gradi

Sport360 staff 11:30 08/07/2016
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  • A host of stars from the footballing world are celebrating their birthdays.

    The skillful winger started his career in Germany with Hamburger SV and impressed – earning him a €10 million move in 2013 to Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen.

    Heung-min caught the eye in both Europa League and Champions League action with his attacking, goalscoring performances from either flank and that convinced Mauricio Pochettino’s men to splash out £22 million on his signature last summer – making him the most expensive Asian player in history.

    Here’s who else is celebrating:

    1941 – Dario Gradi – former Crewe manager and current director of football (75).

    1960 – Mal Meninga – Australia head coach and former Kangaroos centre and captain (56).

    1971 – Neil Jenkins – former Wales fly-half and current assistant coach (45).

    1972 – Sourav Ganguly – former India cricket captain (44).

    1976  Dame Ellen MacArthur – retired British sailor who broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2005 (40).

    1980  Robbie Keane – Los Angeles Galaxy striker and Republic of Ireland captain (36).

    1981  Anastasia Myskina – Russian winner of 2004 French Open (35).

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