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: Feb — 14 players (12.2%). Range: 5—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: Apr — 16 players (12.2%). Range: 6—16.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Aug — 12 players (16.2%). Range: 2—12.
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Every player from the 2012 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 Matuszczyk | Poland | Midfielder | 1989-02-14 | Feb | Fortuna Düsseldorf | — | 1 | — |
| Adil Rami | France | Defender | 1985-12-27 | Dec | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| Adrian Mierzejewski | Poland | Midfielder | 1986-11-04 | Nov |  Trabzonspor | — | 1 | — |
 Aiden McGeady | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1986-04-04 | Apr |  Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Alan Dzagoev | Russia | Midfielder | 1990-06-17 | Jun | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksandr Anyukov | Russia | Defender | 1982-09-28 | Sep | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksandr Kerzhakov | Russia | Attacker | 1982-11-27 | Nov | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksandr Kokorin | Russia | Attacker | 1991-03-19 | Mar | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksei Berezutski | Russia | Defender | 1982-06-20 | Jun | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Diamanti | Italy | Midfielder | 1983-05-02 | May | Bologna | — | 1 | — |
 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | England | Midfielder | 1993-08-15 | Aug | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
 Alexandros Tzorvas | Greece | Goalkeeper | 1982-08-12 | Aug | Palermo | — | 1 | — |
| Alou Diarra | France | Midfielder | 1981-07-15 | Jul | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | Defender | 1983-01-17 | Jan | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro Negredo | Spain | Attacker | 1985-08-20 | Aug | Sevilla | — | 1 | — |
 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | Ukraine | Midfielder | 1979-03-30 | Mar | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
 Anders Lindegaard | Denmark | Goalkeeper | 1984-04-13 | Apr | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
 Anders Svensson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1976-07-17 | Jul | Elfsborg | — | 1 | — |
| André Schürrle | Germany | Midfielder | 1990-11-06 | Nov | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Andrea Barzagli | Italy | Defender | 1981-05-08 | May | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Andrea Pirlo | Italy | Midfielder | 1979-05-19 | May | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Bjelland | Denmark | Defender | 1988-07-11 | Jul | Nordsjælland | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Granqvist | Sweden | Defender | 1985-04-16 | Apr | Genoa | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Isaksson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1981-10-03 | Oct | PSV Eindhoven | — | 1 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Andrey ArshavinC | Russia | Attacker | 1981-05-29 | May | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy Pyatov | Ukraine | Goalkeeper | 1984-06-28 | Jun | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy ShevchenkoC | Ukraine | Attacker | 1976-09-29 | Sep | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy Voronin | Ukraine | Attacker | 1979-07-21 | Jul | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy Yarmolenko | Ukraine | Attacker | 1989-10-23 | Oct | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Andy Carroll | England | Attacker | 1989-01-06 | Jan | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Angelo Ogbonna | Italy | Defender | 1988-05-23 | May | Torino | — | 1 | — |
| Anthony Réveillère | France | Defender | 1979-11-10 | Nov | Lyon | — | 1 | — |
| Anton Shunin | Russia | Goalkeeper | 1987-01-27 | Jan | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Cassano | Italy | Attacker | 1982-07-12 | Jul | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Di Natale | Italy | Attacker | 1977-10-13 | Oct | Udinese | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Nocerino | Italy | Midfielder | 1985-04-09 | Apr | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Arjen Robben | Netherlands | Attacker | 1984-01-23 | Jan | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Artem Milevskyi | Ukraine | Attacker | 1985-01-12 | Jan | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Artur Sobiech | Poland | Attacker | 1990-06-12 | Jun | Hannover 96 | — | 1 | — |
| Ashley Cole | England | Defender | 1980-12-20 | Dec | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Ashley Young | England | Midfielder | 1985-07-09 | Jul | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Avraam Papadopoulos | Greece | Defender | 1984-12-03 | Dec | Olympiacos | — | 1 | — |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | Midfielder | 1984-08-01 | Aug | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Behrang Safari | Sweden | Defender | 1985-02-09 | Feb | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Benedikt Höwedes | Germany | Defender | 1988-02-29 | Feb | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Beto | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1982-05-01 | May |  CFR Cluj | — | 1 | — |
| Blaise Matuidi | France | Midfielder | 1987-04-09 | Apr | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Bohdan Butko | Ukraine | Defender | 1991-01-13 | Jan | Illichivets Mariupol | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Alves | Portugal | Defender | 1981-11-27 | Nov | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Cédric Carrasso | France | Goalkeeper | 1981-12-30 | Dec | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | Midfielder | 1987-05-04 | May | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Eriksen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1992-02-14 | Feb | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Maggio | Italy | Defender | 1982-02-11 | Feb | Napoli | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Poulsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1980-02-28 | Feb | Evian | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Wilhelmsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1979-12-08 | Dec |  Al Hilal | — | 1 | — |
| Claudio Marchisio | Italy | Midfielder | 1986-01-19 | Jan | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Cristiano RonaldoC | Portugal | Attacker | 1985-02-05 | Feb | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Custódio | Portugal | Midfielder | 1983-05-24 | May | Braga | — | 1 | — |
| Damien Duff | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1979-03-02 | Mar | Fulham | — | 1 | — |
| Damien Perquis | Poland | Defender | 1984-10-04 | Oct | Sochaux | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel AggerC | Denmark | Defender | 1984-12-12 | Dec | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
 Daniel Kolář | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 1985-10-27 | Oct | Viktoria Plzeň | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Wass | Denmark | Defender | 1989-05-31 | May | Evian | — | 1 | — |
| Daniele De Rossi | Italy | Midfielder | 1983-07-24 | Jul | Roma | — | 1 | — |
 Danijel Pranjić | Croatia | Midfielder | 1981-12-02 | Dec | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Danijel Subašić | Croatia | Goalkeeper | 1984-10-27 | Oct | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Danny Welbeck | England | Attacker | 1990-11-26 | Nov | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Darijo SrnaC | Croatia | Defender | 1982-05-01 | May | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1 | — |
| Dariusz Dudka | Poland | Midfielder | 1983-12-09 | Dec | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
| Darren O'Dea | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 1987-02-04 | Feb |  Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Darron Gibson | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1987-10-25 | Oct | Everton | — | 1 | — |
| David Forde | Republic of Ireland | Goalkeeper | 1979-12-20 | Dec | Millwall | — | 1 | — |
| David Lafata | Czech Republic | Attacker | 1981-09-18 | Sep | Jablonec | — | 1 | — |
| David Limberský | Czech Republic | Defender | 1983-10-06 | Oct | Viktoria Plzeň | — | 1 | — |
| David Silva | Spain | Midfielder | 1986-01-08 | Jan | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
| Denis Glushakov | Russia | Midfielder | 1987-01-27 | Jan | Lokomotiv Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Dennis Rommedahl | Denmark | Attacker | 1978-07-22 | Jul | Brøndby | — | 1 | — |
| Denys Harmash | Ukraine | Midfielder | 1990-04-19 | Apr | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Dimitris Salpingidis | Greece | Attacker | 1981-08-18 | Aug | PAOK | — | 1 | — |
| Dirk Kuyt | Netherlands | Attacker | 1980-07-22 | Jul | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Kombarov | Russia | Defender | 1987-01-22 | Jan | Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Domagoj Vida | Croatia | Defender | 1989-04-29 | Apr | Dinamo Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Eduardo | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1982-09-19 | Sep | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Eduardo | Croatia | Attacker | 1983-02-25 | Feb | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1 | — |
| Emanuele Giaccherini | Italy | Midfielder | 1985-05-05 | May | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Emir Bajrami | Sweden | Midfielder | 1988-03-07 | Mar | Twente | — | 1 | — |
| Eugen Polanski | Poland | Midfielder | 1986-03-17 | Mar | Mainz 05 | — | 1 | — |
| Fabio Borini | Italy | Attacker | 1991-03-29 | Mar | Roma | — | 1 | — |
| Fábio Coentrão | Portugal | Defender | 1988-03-11 | Mar | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Federico Balzaretti | Italy | Defender | 1981-12-06 | Dec | Palermo | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Llorente | Spain | Attacker | 1985-02-26 | Feb | Athletic Bilbao | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Torres | Spain | Attacker | 1984-03-20 | Mar | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Florent Malouda | France | Midfielder | 1980-06-13 | Jun | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Franck Ribéry | France | Midfielder | 1983-04-07 | Apr | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| František Rajtoral | Czech Republic | Defender | 1986-03-12 | Mar | Viktoria Plzeň | — | 1 | — |
| Gaël Clichy | France | Defender | 1985-07-26 | Jul | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
| Georgios Fotakis | Greece | Midfielder | 1981-10-29 | Oct | PAOK | — | 1 | — |
| Georgios Samaras | Greece | Attacker | 1985-02-21 | Feb | Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Georgios Tzavellas | Greece | Defender | 1987-11-26 | Nov | Monaco | — | 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