Matches
No World Cup or Euros matches were played on 7 October — but here's who's celebrating a birthday below.
Born on this day
A. Jones
Canada · born 1997
Adri van Male
Netherlands · born 1910
Andreas Ogris
Austria · born 1964
Armando Castellazzi
Italy · born 1904
Boris Gaganelov
Bulgaria · born 1941
Carlos Contreras
Chile · born 1938
Dida
Brazil · born 1973
Diego Costa
Spain · born 1988
Dykes
Scotland · born 1995
Faruk Hadžibegić
Yugoslavia · born 1957
Ghorbani
Iran · born 2001
Gilberto Silva
Brazil · born 1976
Grant Turner
New Zealand · born 1958
Javad Nekounam
Iran · born 1980
Jeremy Brockie
New Zealand · born 1987
Jermain Defoe
England · born 1982
Jiang Jin
China · born 1968
Julio Alberto
Spain · born 1958
Jurkas
Bosnia and Herzegovina · born 2007
Kadioglu
Turkey · born 1999