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: Jan — 8 players (16.7%). Range: 1—8.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Apr — 14 players (11.4%). Range: 6—14.
Midfielders
Birth-month distribution + 8 GOAT markers
Michel Platini· JunAndrés Iniesta· MayXavi· JanZinedine Zidane· JunAntonín Panenka· DecRuud Gullit· SepLothar Matthäus· MarAndrea Pirlo· MayModal month: Sep — 13 players (11.2%). Range: 5—13.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Aug — 10 players (12.3%). Range: 4—10.
All players
Every player from the 2008 squad. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Adam Kokoszka | Poland | Defender | 1986-10-06 | Oct | Wisła Kraków | — | 1 | — |
 Adrian Cristea | Romania | Midfielder | 1983-11-30 | Nov | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Adrian Mutu | Romania | Attacker | 1979-01-08 | Jan | Fiorentina | — | 1 | — |
| Alberto Aquilani | Italy | Midfielder | 1984-07-07 | Jul | Roma | — | 1 | — |
 Aleksandr Anyukov | Russia | Defender | 1982-09-28 | Sep | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksei Berezutski | Russia | Defender | 1982-06-20 | Jun | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Del PieroC | Italy | Attacker | 1974-11-09 | Nov | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Gamberini | Italy | Defender | 1981-08-27 | Aug | Fiorentina | — | 1 | — |
 Alex Manninger | Austria | Goalkeeper | 1977-06-04 | Jun | Siena | — | 1 | — |
 Alexander FreiC | Switzerland | Attacker | 1979-07-15 | Jul | Borussia Dortmund | — | 1 | — |
 Alexandros Tziolis | Greece | Midfielder | 1985-02-13 | Feb | Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
| Alexandros Tzorvas | Greece | Goalkeeper | 1982-08-12 | Aug | OFI | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | Defender | 1983-01-17 | Jan |  Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
 Anders Svensson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1976-07-17 | Jul | Elfsborg | — | 1 | — |
| André Ooijer | Netherlands | Defender | 1974-07-11 | Jul | Blackburn Rovers | — | 1 | — |
| Andrea Barzagli | Italy | Defender | 1981-05-08 | May | Palermo | — | 1 | — |
| Andrea Pirlo | Italy | Midfielder | 1979-05-19 | May | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Granqvist | Sweden | Defender | 1985-04-16 | Apr | Wigan Athletic | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Isaksson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1981-10-03 | Oct | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas IvanschitzC | Austria | Midfielder | 1983-10-15 | Oct | Red Bull Salzburg | — | 1 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Andrés Palop | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1973-10-22 | Oct | Sevilla | — | 1 | — |
| Andrey Arshavin | Russia | Attacker | 1981-05-29 | May | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Angelos BasinasC | Greece | Midfielder | 1976-01-03 | Jan | Mallorca | — | 1 | — |
| Angelos Charisteas | Greece | Attacker | 1980-02-09 | Feb | 1. FC Nürnberg | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Cassano | Italy | Attacker | 1982-07-12 | Jul | Sampdoria | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Di Natale | Italy | Attacker | 1977-10-13 | Oct | Udinese | — | 1 | — |
| Antonios Nikopolidis | Greece | Goalkeeper | 1971-01-14 | Jan | Olympiacos | — | 1 | — |
 Arda Turan | Turkey | Midfielder | 1987-01-30 | Jan | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Arjen Robben | Netherlands | Attacker | 1984-01-23 | Jan | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Arne Friedrich | Germany | Defender | 1979-05-29 | May | Hertha BSC | — | 1 | — |
| Artur Boruc | Poland | Goalkeeper | 1980-02-20 | Feb |  Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Ayhan Akman | Turkey | Midfielder | 1977-02-23 | Feb | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Bafétimbi Gomis | France | Attacker | 1985-08-06 | Aug | Saint-Étienne | — | 1 | — |
| Bănel Nicoliță | Romania | Midfielder | 1985-01-07 | Jan | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | Midfielder | 1984-08-01 | Aug | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Huggel | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1977-07-07 | Jul | Basel | — | 1 | — |
| Bogdan Lobonț | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1978-01-18 | Jan | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Alves | Portugal | Defender | 1981-11-27 | Nov | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Carles Puyol | Spain | Defender | 1978-04-13 | Apr | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Carlos Marchena | Spain | Defender | 1979-07-31 | Jul | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | Midfielder | 1987-05-04 | May | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Fuchs | Austria | Defender | 1986-04-07 | Apr | Mattersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Panucci | Italy | Defender | 1973-04-12 | Apr | Roma | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Wilhelmsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1979-12-08 | Dec | Nantes | — | 1 | — |
| Christoph Leitgeb | Austria | Midfielder | 1985-04-14 | Apr | Red Bull Salzburg | — | 1 | — |
| Christoph Metzelder | Germany | Defender | 1980-11-05 | Nov | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Christoph Spycher | Switzerland | Defender | 1978-03-30 | Mar | Eintracht Frankfurt | — | 1 | — |
| Christos Patsatzoglou | Greece | Midfielder | 1979-03-19 | Mar | Olympiacos | — | 1 | — |
| Ciprian Marica | Romania | Attacker | 1985-10-02 | Oct | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Claude Makélélé | France | Midfielder | 1973-02-18 | Feb | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Clemens Fritz | Germany | Defender | 1980-12-07 | Dec | Werder Bremen | — | 1 | — |
| Colin Kazim-Richards | Turkey | Attacker | 1986-08-26 | Aug | Fenerbahçe | — | 1 | — |
| Cosmin Contra | Romania | Defender | 1975-12-15 | Dec | Getafe | — | 1 | — |
| Cosmin Moți | Romania | Defender | 1984-12-03 | Dec | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Cristian ChivuC | Romania | Defender | 1980-10-26 | Oct | Internazionale | — | 1 | — |
| Cristian Săpunaru | Romania | Defender | 1984-04-05 | Apr | Rapid București | — | 1 | — |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Attacker | 1985-02-05 | Feb | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Andersson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1977-08-28 | Aug | Malmö FF | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Güiza | Spain | Attacker | 1980-08-17 | Aug | Mallorca | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Gygax | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1981-08-28 | Aug | Metz | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Majstorović | Sweden | Defender | 1977-04-05 | Apr | Basel | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Niculae | Romania | Attacker | 1982-10-06 | Oct | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
 Daniel Zítka | Czech Republic | Goalkeeper | 1975-06-20 | Jun | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Daniele De Rossi | Italy | Midfielder | 1983-07-24 | Jul | Roma | — | 1 | — |
 Danijel Pranjić | Croatia | Midfielder | 1981-12-02 | Dec | Heerenveen | — | 1 | — |
| Darijo Srna | Croatia | Defender | 1982-05-01 | May |  Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1 | — |
| Dario Knežević | Croatia | Defender | 1982-04-20 | Apr | Livorno | — | 1 | — |
| Dario Šimić | Croatia | Defender | 1975-11-12 | Nov | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Dariusz Dudka | Poland | Midfielder | 1983-12-09 | Dec | Wisła Kraków | — | 1 | — |
| David Jarolím | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 1979-05-17 | May | Hamburger SV | — | 1 | — |
| David Odonkor | Germany | Midfielder | 1984-02-21 | Feb | Real Betis | — | 1 | — |
| David Rozehnal | Czech Republic | Defender | 1980-07-05 | Jul | Newcastle United | — | 1 | — |
| David Silva | Spain | Midfielder | 1986-01-08 | Jan | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| David Villa | Spain | Attacker | 1981-12-03 | Dec | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| Deco | Portugal | Midfielder | 1977-08-27 | Aug | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Demy de Zeeuw | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1983-05-26 | May | AZ | — | 1 | — |
| Denis Kolodin | Russia | Defender | 1982-01-11 | Jan | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Diego Benaglio | Switzerland | Goalkeeper | 1983-09-08 | Sep | VfL Wolfsburg | — | 1 | — |
| Dimitris Salpingidis | Greece | Attacker | 1981-08-18 | Aug | Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
| Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | Russia | Midfielder | 1985-02-27 | Feb | Lokomotiv Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Dirk Kuyt | Netherlands | Attacker | 1980-07-22 | Jul | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Sychev | Russia | Attacker | 1983-10-26 | Oct | Lokomotiv Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Torbinski | Russia | Midfielder | 1984-04-28 | Apr | Lokomotiv Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Dorin Goian | Romania | Defender | 1980-12-12 | Dec | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Ebi Smolarek | Poland | Attacker | 1981-01-09 | Jan | Racing Santander | — | 1 | — |
| Eduard Stăncioiu | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1981-03-03 | Mar | CFR Cluj | — | 1 | — |
| Edwin van der SarC | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1970-10-29 | Oct | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Eldin Jakupović | Switzerland | Goalkeeper | 1984-10-02 | Oct | Lokomotiv Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Emanuel Pogatetz | Austria | Defender | 1983-01-16 | Jan | Middlesbrough | — | 1 | — |
| Emre Aşık | Turkey | Defender | 1973-12-13 | Dec | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Emre BelözoğluC | Turkey | Midfielder | 1980-09-07 | Sep | Newcastle United | — | 1 | — |
| Emre Güngör | Turkey | Defender | 1984-08-01 | Aug | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Eren Derdiyok | Switzerland | Attacker | 1988-06-12 | Jun | Basel | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Abidal | France | Defender | 1979-09-11 | Sep | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Erwin Hoffer | Austria | Attacker | 1987-04-14 | Apr | Rapid Wien | — | 1 | — |
| Fabio Grosso | Italy | Defender | 1977-11-28 | Nov | Lyon | — | 1 | — |
| Fabio Quagliarella | Italy | Attacker | 1983-01-31 | Jan | Udinese | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Meira | Portugal | Defender | 1978-06-05 | Jun | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Navarro | Spain | Defender | 1982-06-25 | Jun | Mallorca | — | 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