Players analysis, in distribution.
What month were most goalkeepers born? Do attackers cluster differently from defenders? Where do the GOATs (Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi…) fall on the curve — on the modal month or as outliers?
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Birth month, by position
One chart per role. GOAT pin-marks (gold dots above the bars) call out where iconic players sit. Look for the “relative-age effect” — many youth-academy systems privilege Q1 birthdays (Jan-Mar) for early physical development, and you sometimes see the same skew in elite squads.
Goalkeepers
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Gianluigi Buffon· JanIker Casillas· MayModal month: Oct — 5 players (21.7%). Range: 1—5.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Mar — 7 players (13.5%). Range: 1—7.
Midfielders
Birth-month distribution + 8 GOAT markers
Michel Platini· JunAndrés Iniesta· MayXavi· JanZinedine Zidane· JunAntonín Panenka· DecRuud Gullit· SepLothar Matthäus· MarAndrea Pirlo· MayModal month: Feb — 10 players (17.9%). Range: 1—10.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Aug — 6 players (20.7%). Range: 1—6.
All players· Northern hemisphere only
Every player from the 1984 squad on Northern-hemisphere national teams. Search by name or filter by country, position, birth year or birth month. The C badge marks captains. Change the hemisphere filter in the hero above.
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| Player | Country | Position | DOB | Birth month | Club | Ht | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Giresse | France | Midfielder | 1952-08-02 | Aug | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Albert Rust | France | Goalkeeper | 1953-10-10 | Oct | Sochaux | — | 1 | — |
 Alexandre Czerniatynski | Belgium | Attacker | 1960-07-28 | Jul | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
 Allan Simonsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1952-12-15 | Dec | Vejle | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro | Portugal | Defender | 1961-01-03 | Jan | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | Defender | 1956-05-23 | May | Athletic Bilbao | — | 1 | — |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1961-10-23 | Oct | Athletic Bilbao | — | 1 | — |
 Andreas Brehme | West Germany | Defender | 1960-11-09 | Nov | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | — | 1 | — |
| António Bastos Lopes | Portugal | Midfielder | 1953-12-19 | Dec | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| António Frasco | Portugal | Midfielder | 1955-01-16 | Jan | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| António Lima Pereira | Portugal | Defender | 1952-02-01 | Feb | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Maceda | Spain | Defender | 1957-05-16 | May | Sporting Gijón | — | 1 | — |
| António Sousa | Portugal | Midfielder | 1957-04-28 | Apr | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| António Veloso | Portugal | Defender | 1957-01-31 | Jan | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
 Aurel Țicleanu | Romania | Midfielder | 1959-01-20 | Jan | Universitatea Craiova | — | 1 | — |
| Bernard Genghini | France | Midfielder | 1958-01-18 | Jan | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Bernard Lacombe | France | Attacker | 1952-08-15 | Aug | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Bernd Förster | West Germany | Defender | 1956-05-03 | May | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
 Borislav Cvetković | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1962-09-30 | Sep | Dinamo Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Branko Miljuš | Yugoslavia | Defender | 1961-08-17 | Aug | Hajduk Split | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Bellone | France | Midfielder | 1962-03-14 | Mar | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Carlos Manuel | Portugal | Midfielder | 1958-01-15 | Jan | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Costică ȘtefănescuC | Romania | Defender | 1951-03-26 | Mar | Universitatea Craiova | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Bravo | France | Midfielder | 1963-02-09 | Feb | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Diamantino | Portugal | Attacker | 1959-08-03 | Aug | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Didier Six | France | Midfielder | 1954-08-21 | Aug | Mulhouse | — | 1 | — |
| Dieter Burdenski | West Germany | Goalkeeper | 1950-11-26 | Nov | Werder Bremen | — | 1 | — |
| Dominique Rocheteau | France | Attacker | 1955-01-14 | Jan | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Dragan Stojković | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1965-03-03 | Mar | Radnički Niš | — | 1 | — |
| Dumitru Moraru | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1956-05-08 | May | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Eddy Voordeckers | Belgium | Midfielder | 1960-02-04 | Feb | Waterschei Thor | — | 1 | — |
| Eduardo Luís | Portugal | Defender | 1955-12-06 | Dec | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Emilio Butragueño | Spain | Attacker | 1963-07-22 | Jul | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Enzo Scifo | Belgium | Midfielder | 1966-02-19 | Feb | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Erwin Vandenbergh | Belgium | Attacker | 1959-01-26 | Jan | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Eurico | Portugal | Defender | 1955-09-29 | Sep | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Faruk Hadžibegić | Yugoslavia | Defender | 1957-10-07 | Oct | FK Sarajevo | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Chalana | Portugal | Midfielder | 1959-02-10 | Feb | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Gomes | Portugal | Attacker | 1956-11-22 | Nov | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Francisco | Spain | Midfielder | 1962-11-01 | Nov | Sevilla | — | 1 | — |
| Francisco Buyo | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1958-01-13 | Jan | Sevilla | — | 1 | — |
| Frank Arnesen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1956-09-30 | Sep | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Franky Vercauteren | Belgium | Midfielder | 1956-10-28 | Oct | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Georges Grün | Belgium | Defender | 1962-01-25 | Jan | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Gerd Strack | West Germany | Defender | 1955-09-01 | Sep | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | Midfielder | 1965-02-05 | Feb | Sportul Studențesc | — | 1 | — |
| Gino Iorgulescu | Romania | Defender | 1956-05-15 | May | Sportul Studențesc | — | 1 | — |
| Guido Buchwald | West Germany | Defender | 1961-01-24 | Jan | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Hans-Günter Bruns | West Germany | Midfielder | 1954-11-15 | Nov | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Hans-Peter Briegel | West Germany | Defender | 1955-10-11 | Oct | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | — | 1 | — |
| Harald Schumacher | West Germany | Goalkeeper | 1954-03-06 | Mar | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| Helmut Roleder | West Germany | Goalkeeper | 1953-10-09 | Oct | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Ioan Andone | Romania | Defender | 1960-03-15 | Mar | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Ion Adrian Zare | Romania | Attacker | 1959-05-11 | May | Bihor | — | 1 | — |
| Ionel Augustin | Romania | Midfielder | 1955-10-11 | Oct | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Ivan Gudelj | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1960-09-21 | Sep | Hajduk Split | — | 1 | — |
| Ivan Nielsen | Denmark | Defender | 1956-10-09 | Oct | Feyenoord | — | 1 | — |
| Jacky Munaron | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1956-09-08 | Sep | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Jaime Pacheco | Portugal | Midfielder | 1958-07-22 | Jul | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Jan CeulemansC | Belgium | Midfielder | 1957-02-28 | Feb | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| Jan Mølby | Denmark | Midfielder | 1963-07-04 | Jul | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Jean Tigana | France | Midfielder | 1955-06-23 | Jun | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Jean-François Domergue | France | Defender | 1957-06-23 | Jun | Toulouse | — | 1 | — |
| Jean-Marc Ferreri | France | Midfielder | 1962-12-26 | Dec | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1953-12-04 | Dec | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Jens Jørn Bertelsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1952-02-15 | Feb | Seraing | — | 1 | — |
| Jesper Olsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1961-03-20 | Mar | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| João Pinto | Portugal | Defender | 1961-11-21 | Nov | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Joël Bats | France | Goalkeeper | 1957-01-04 | Jan | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
| John Lauridsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1959-04-02 | Apr | Espanyol | — | 1 | — |
| John Sivebæk | Denmark | Defender | 1961-10-25 | Oct | Vejle | — | 1 | — |
| Jorge Martins | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1954-08-12 | Aug | Vitória de Setúbal | — | 1 | — |
| José Antonio Camacho | Spain | Defender | 1955-06-08 | Jun | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Josip Čop | Yugoslavia | Attacker | 1954-10-14 | Oct | Hajduk Split | — | 1 | — |
| Juan Señor | Spain | Midfielder | 1958-08-26 | Aug | Zaragoza | — | 1 | — |
| Julio Alberto | Spain | Defender | 1958-10-07 | Oct | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Karl-Heinz RummeniggeC | West Germany | Attacker | 1955-09-25 | Sep | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Karlheinz Förster | West Germany | Defender | 1958-07-25 | Jul | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Kenneth Brylle | Denmark | Attacker | 1959-05-22 | May | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Klaus Allofs | West Germany | Attacker | 1956-12-05 | Dec | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| Klaus Berggreen | Denmark | Attacker | 1958-02-03 | Feb | Pisa | — | 1 | — |
| László Bölöni | Romania | Midfielder | 1953-03-11 | Mar | ASA Târgu Mureș | — | 1 | — |
| Leo Clijsters | Belgium | Defender | 1956-11-06 | Nov | Waterschei Thor | — | 1 | — |
| Ljubomir Radanović | Yugoslavia | Defender | 1960-07-21 | Jul | Partizan | — | 1 | — |
| Lobo Carrasco | Spain | Attacker | 1959-03-06 | Mar | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Lothar Matthäus | West Germany | Midfielder | 1961-03-21 | Mar | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Ludo Coeck | Belgium | Midfielder | 1955-09-26 | Sep | Internazionale | — | 1 | — |
| Luis ArconadaC | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1954-06-26 | Jun | Real Sociedad | — | 1 | — |
| Luis Fernandez | France | Midfielder | 1959-10-02 | Oct | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Manuel Amoros | France | Defender | 1962-02-01 | Feb | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Manuel BentoC | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1948-06-25 | Jun | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Manuel Sarabia | Spain | Attacker | 1957-01-09 | Jan | Athletic Bilbao | — | 1 | — |
| Marc Baecke | Belgium | Defender | 1956-07-24 | Jul | Beveren-Waas | — | 1 | — |
| Marcel Coraș | Romania | Attacker | 1959-05-14 | May | Sportul Studențesc | — | 1 | — |
| Marcos Alonso | Spain | Attacker | 1959-10-01 | Oct | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Marin Dragnea | Romania | Midfielder | 1956-01-01 | Jan | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Marko Elsner | Yugoslavia | Defender | 1960-04-11 | Apr | Red Star Belgrade | — | 1 | — |
| Maxime Bossis | France | Defender | 1955-06-26 | Jun | Nantes | — | 1 | — |
| Mehmed Baždarević | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1960-09-20 | Sep | Željezničar | — | 1 | — |
| Michael Klein | Romania | Defender | 1959-10-10 | Oct | Corvinul Hunedoara | — | 1 | — |
GOAT reference
Curated. Inclusion in this list isn't a championship ranking — it's a span of Ballon-d'Or winners + nominees + commonly-cited GOATs across eras, used for the overlay above.
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| Player | Country | Position | DOB | Birth month | Club | Ht | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Platini | France | Midfielder | 1955-06-21 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Attacker | 1964-10-31 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Attacker | 1985-02-05 | Feb | — | — | 0 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
| Xavi | Spain | Midfielder | 1980-01-25 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Zinedine Zidane | France | Midfielder | 1972-06-23 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Antonín Panenka | Czechoslovakia | Midfielder | 1948-12-02 | Dec | — | — | 0 | — |
| Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1962-09-01 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Luís Figo | Portugal | Attacker | 1972-11-04 | Nov | — | — | 0 | — |
| Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1978-01-28 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Paolo Maldini | Italy | Defender | 1968-06-26 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Lothar Matthäus | Germany | Midfielder | 1961-03-21 | Mar | — | — | 0 | — |
| Andrea Pirlo | Italy | Midfielder | 1979-05-19 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
| Iker Casillas | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1981-05-20 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
Hat-tricks (3+ goals in a match)
Every individual 3+ goal performance in World Cup history. Oleg Salenko's 5-goal haul in 1994 v Cameroon is the all-time single-match record.
| # | Player | Team | Opponent | Stage | Year | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oleg Salenko | Russia |  Cameroon | Group | 1994 | 5 |
| 2 |  Ernst Wilimowski | Poland |  Brazil | Round of 16 | 1938 | 4 |
| 3 | Ademir | Brazil |  Sweden | Final round | 1950 | 4 |
| 4 |  Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | West Germany | Group | 1954 | 4 |
| 5 | Eusébio | Portugal |  North Korea | Quarter-final | 1966 | 4 |
| 6 | Emilio Butragueño | Spain | Denmark | Round of 16 | 1986 | 4 |
| 7 |  Bert Patenaude | United States |  Paraguay | Group | 1930 | 3 |
| 8 |  Pedro Cea | Uruguay | Yugoslavia | Semi-final | 1930 | 3 |
| 9 |  Guillermo Stábile | Argentina |  Mexico | Group | 1930 | 3 |
| 10 | Edmund Conen | Germany | Belgium | Round of 16 | 1934 | 3 |
| 11 | Angelo Schiavio | Italy | United States | Round of 16 | 1934 | 3 |
| 12 | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | Germany | Semi-final | 1934 | 3 |
| 13 | Leônidas | Brazil | Poland | Round of 16 | 1938 | 3 |
| 14 | Gyula Zsengellér | Hungary |  Dutch East Indies | Round of 16 | 1938 | 3 |
| 15 | Harry Andersson | Sweden |  Cuba | Quarter-final | 1938 | 3 |
| 16 | Gustav Wetterström | Sweden | Cuba | Quarter-final | 1938 | 3 |
| 17 | Oscar Míguez | Uruguay |  Bolivia | Group | 1950 | 3 |
| 18 | Estanislao Basora | Spain | Uruguay | Final round | 1950 | 3 |
| 19 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary |  South Korea | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 20 |  Erich Probst | Austria | Czechoslovakia | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 21 | Carlos Borges | Uruguay |  Scotland | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 22 |  Suat Mamat | Turkey | South Korea | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 23 |  Josef Hügi | Switzerland | Austria | Quarter-final | 1954 | 3 |
| 24 | Just Fontaine | France | Paraguay | Group | 1958 | 3 |
| 25 | Just Fontaine | France | West Germany | Third place | 1958 | 3 |
| 26 | Pelé | Brazil | France | Semi-final | 1958 | 3 |
| 27 | Florian Albert | Hungary |  Bulgaria | Group | 1962 | 3 |
| 28 |  Geoff Hurst | England | West Germany | Final | 1966 | 3 |
| 29 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Switzerland | Group | 1966 | 3 |
| 30 | Helmut Haller | West Germany | Switzerland | Group | 1966 | 3 |
| 31 | Eusébio | Portugal | Brazil | Group | 1966 | 3 |
| 32 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bulgaria | Group | 1970 | 3 |
| 33 | Gerd Müller | West Germany |  Peru | Quarter-final | 1970 | 3 |
| 34 | Andrzej Szarmach | Poland |  Haiti | Group | 1974 | 3 |
| 35 | Dušan Bajević | Yugoslavia |  Zaire | Group | 1974 | 3 |
| 36 | Robbie Rensenbrink | Netherlands |  Iran | Group | 1978 | 3 |
| 37 | Teófilo Cubillas | Peru | Iran | Group | 1978 | 3 |
| 38 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany |  Chile | Group | 1982 | 3 |
| 39 | Zbigniew Boniek | Poland | Belgium | Second round | 1982 | 3 |
| 40 | László Kiss | Hungary |  El Salvador | Group | 1982 | 3 |
| 41 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | Brazil | Second round | 1982 | 3 |
| 42 | Gary Lineker | England | Poland | Group | 1986 | 3 |
| 43 |  Igor Belanov | Soviet Union | Belgium | Round of 16 | 1986 | 3 |
| 44 | Tomáš Skuhravý | Czechoslovakia |  Costa Rica | Round of 16 | 1990 | 3 |
| 45 | Míchel | Spain | South Korea | Group | 1990 | 3 |
| 46 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina |  Greece | Group | 1994 | 3 |
| 47 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina |  Jamaica | Group | 1998 | 3 |
| 48 | Miroslav Klose | Germany |  Saudi Arabia | Group | 2002 | 3 |
| 49 | Pauleta | Portugal | Poland | Group | 2002 | 3 |
| 50 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina | South Korea | Group | 2010 | 3 |
| 51 | Thomas Müller | Germany | Portugal | Group | 2014 | 3 |
| 52 | Xherdan Shaqiri | Switzerland |  Honduras | Group | 2014 | 3 |
| 53 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Spain | Group | 2018 | 3 |
| 54 | Harry Kane | England |  Panama | Group | 2018 | 3 |
| 55 | Gonçalo Ramos | Portugal | Switzerland | Round of 16 | 2022 | 3 |
| 56 | Kylian Mbappé | France | Argentina | Final | 2022 | 3 |
56 hat-tricks · 6with 4+ goals · Salenko's 5 (1994) is the only 5-goal haul on record