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PLAYERS BORN ON THIS DAY

The list below shows all the players we have a card for who were born on this date.

Players born on 26 January:

AM Walters
(Arthur Melmoth Walters)

England

9 caps for England

Born January 26th, 1865 in Ewell

Died May 2nd, 1941 aged 76

Career details for AM Walters:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1884	Cambridge University	-			1887	(Player)
1884	The Corinthian Football Club	-	48	1	1893	(Player)
1887	Old Carthusians	-			1895	(Player)

Bill Perkins
(William Henry Perkins)

England

Born January 26th, 1876 in Wellingborough

Died 1940 aged 64

Career details for Bill Perkins:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1894	Kettering Town	-			1898	(Player)
1898	Luton Town	-	26	0	1899	(Player)
1899	Liverpool	-	107	0	1902	(Player)
1903	Northampton Town	-			1906	(Player)

Billy Simpson
(William Simpson)

England

Born January 26th, 1907 in Jarrow

Date of death unknown

Career details for Billy Simpson:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1929	Barrow	-	8	2	1930	(Player)
1930	Nottingham Forest	-	229	36	1937	(Player)

Tom Aherne
(Thomas Aherne)

16 caps for Republic of Ireland

Born January 26th, 1919 in Limerick

Died December 30th, 1999 aged 80

Career details for Tom Aherne:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1948	Luton Town	-	267	0	1957	(Player)

Bill Nicholson
(William Edward Nicholson OBE)

England

1 cap and 1 goal for England

Born January 26th, 1919 in Scarborough

Died October 23rd, 2004 aged 85

Career details for Bill Nicholson:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1938	Tottenham Hotspur	-	314	6	1955	(Player)
1958	Tottenham Hotspur				1974	(Manager)

Gil Merrick
(Gilbert Harold Merrick)

England

23 caps for England

Born January 26th, 1922 in Birmingham

Died February 3rd, 2010 aged 88

Career details for Gil Merrick:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1946	Birmingham City	-	485	0	1960	(Player)
1960	Birmingham City				1964	(Manager)
1967	Bromsgrove Rovers				1970	(Manager)
1970	Atherstone Town				1973	(Manager)

Frank Large

England

Born January 26th, 1940 in Leeds

Died August 8th, 2003 aged 63

Career details for Frank Large:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1958	Halifax Town	-	133	50	1962	(Player)
1962	Queen's Park Rangers	-	18	5	1963	(Player)
1963	Northampton Town	-	47	30	1964	(Player)
1964	Swindon Town	-	17	4	1964	(Player)
1964	Carlisle United	-	51	18	1965	(Player)
1965	Oldham Athletic	-	34	18	1966	(Player)
1966	Northampton Town	-	37	15	1967	(Player)
1967	Leicester City	-	26	8	1968	(Player)
1968	Fulham	-	24	3	1969	(Player)
1969	Northampton Town	-	136	43	1972	(Player)
1972	Chesterfield	-	46	15	1974	(Player)

Jack Bannister

England

Born January 26th, 1942 in Chesterfield

Current age 84

Career details for Jack Bannister:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1959	West Bromwich Albion	-	9	0	1963	(Player)
1964	Scunthorpe United	-	9	0	1965	(Player)
1965	Crystal Palace	-	120	7	1969	(Player)
1968	Luton Town	-	83	0	1971	(Player)
1971	Cambridge United	-	32	0	1974	(Player)
1974	Dunstable	-			1975	(Player)

Brian Lewis

England

Born January 26th, 1943 in Woking

Died December 14th, 1998 aged 55

Career details for Brian Lewis:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1960	Crystal Palace	-	32	4	1963	(Player)
1963	Portsmouth	-	134	24	1967	(Player)
1966	Coventry City	-	35	2	1968	(Player)
1968	Luton Town	-	50	22	1970	(Player)
1969	Oxford United	-	14	4	1971	(Player)
1970	Colchester United	-	48	17	1972	(Player)
1971	Portsmouth	-	60	8	1975	(Player)

Dave Merrington
(David Robert Merrington)

England

Born January 26th, 1945 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Current age 81

Career details for Dave Merrington:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1964	Burnley	-	98	1	1971	(Player)
1978	Sunderland				1978	(Caretaker Manager)
1995	Southampton				1996	(Manager)

Ian Branfoot
(Ian Grant Branfoot)

England

Born January 26th, 1947 in Gateshead

Current age 79

Career details for Ian Branfoot:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1966	Sheffield Wednesday	-	36	0	1970	(Player)
1969	Doncaster Rovers	-	156	5	1973	(Player)
1973	Lincoln City	-	166	11	1978	(Player)
1984	Reading				1989	(Manager)
1991	Southampton				1994	(Manager)
1994	Fulham				1996	(Manager)

Ian Ross

Scotland

Born January 26th, 1947 in Glasgow

Died February 9th, 2019 aged 72

Career details for Ian Ross:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1966	Liverpool	-	48	2	1972	(Player)
1971	Aston Villa	-	175	3	1976	(Player)
1976	Northampton Town		2	0	1977	(On loan)
1976	Notts County		4	1	1977	(On loan)
1976	Peterborough United	-	112	1	1979	(Player)
1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	-	0	0	1982	(Player)
1982	Hereford United	-	15	0	1983	(Player)
1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers				1982	(Caretaker Manager)
1985	Valur				1987	(Manager)
1988	KR				1990	(Manager)
1992	Huddersfield Town				1993	(Manager)
1994	Keflavík ÍF				1994	(Manager)
1996	Berwick Rangers				1996	(Manager)

Jim Platt
(James Archibald Platt)

23 caps for Northern Ireland

Born January 26th, 1952 in Balleymoney

Current age 74

Career details for Jim Platt:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1971	Middlesbrough	-	401	0	1983	(Player)
1978	Cardiff City		4	0	1979	(On loan)
1978	Hartlepool United		13	0	1979	(On loan)
1983	Ballymena United	-			1985	(Player)
1984	Ballymena United				1985	(Manager)
1985	Coleraine				1991	(Manager)
1985	Coleraine	-			1987	(Player)
1991	Ballyclare Comrades				1992	(Manager)
1992	Assyriska FF				1993	(Manager)
1995	Darlington 1883				1995	(Joint-Manager)
1995	Darlington 1883				1996	(Manager)
1997	Gateshead				1997	(Manager)

Roger Hansbury

England

Born January 26th, 1955 in Barnsley

Current age 71

Career details for Roger Hansbury:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1974	Norwich City	-	78	0	1981	(Player)
1977	Cambridge United		11	0	1978	(On loan)
1983	Burnley	-	83	0	1985	(Player)
1985	Cambridge United	-	37	0	1986	(Player)
1986	Birmingham City	-	57	0	1990	(Player)
1987	Sheffield United		5	0	1988	(On loan)
1988	Wolverhampton Wanderers		3	0	1989	(On loan)
1989	Colchester United		4	0	1990	(On loan)
1989	Cardiff City	-	99	0	1992	(Player)

Shaun Elliott

England

Born January 26th, 1957 in Haltwhistle

Current age 69

Career details for Shaun Elliott:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1976	Sunderland	-	321	11	1986	(Player)
1986	Norwich City	-	31	2	1988	(Player)
1988	Blackpool	-	67	0	1990	(Player)
1990	Colchester United	-			1992	(Player)

Martyn Rogers

England

Born January 26th, 1960 in Nottingham

Died February 29th, 1992 aged 32

Career details for Martyn Rogers:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1977	Manchester United	-	1	0	1978	(Player)
1979	Queens Park Rangers	£7,500	2	0	1980	(Player)
1981	Sydney Olympic	-			1986	(Player)

Jose Mourinho
(José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix)

Portugal

Born January 26th, 1963 in Setubal

Current age 63

Career details for Jose Mourinho:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
1980	Rio Ave	-	16	2	1982	(Player)
1982	Belenenses	-	16	2	1983	(Player)
2000	Benfica				2000	(Manager)
2001	Uniao de Leiria				2002	(Manager)
2002	FC Porto				2004	(Manager)
2004	Chelsea				2007	(Manager)
2008	Inter Milan				2010	(Manager)
2010	Real Madrid				2013	(Manager)
2013	Chelsea				2015	(Manager)
2016	Manchester United				2018	(Manager)
2019	Tottenham Hotspur				2021	(Manager)
2021	AS Roma				2024	(Manager)

Brendan Rodgers

Northern Ireland

Born January 26th, 1973 in Carnlough

Current age 53

Career details for Brendan Rodgers:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
2008	Watford				2009	(Manager)
2009	Reading				2009	(Manager)
2010	Swansea City				2012	(Manager)
2012	Liverpool				2015	(Manager)
2016	Celtic				2019	(Manager)
2019	Leicester City				2023	(Manager)
2023	Celtic				Current	(Manager)

Gary Hooper

England

Born January 26th, 1988 in Harlow

Current age 38

Career details for Gary Hooper:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
2005	Grays Athletic	-	68	20	2006	(Player)
2006	Southend United	Free	32	2	2008	(Player)
2007	Leyton Orient		4	2	2007	(On loan)
2008	Hereford United		19	11	2008	(On loan)
2008	Scunthorpe United	£175,000	81	43	2010	(Player)
2010	Celtic	£2,400,000	95	63	2013	(Player)
2013	Norwich City	£5,000,000	64	18	2016	(Player)
2015	Sheffield Wednesday		12	6	2016	(On loan)
2016	Sheffield Wednesday	£3,000,000	70	24	2019	(On loan)
2019	Wellington	-	33	12	2022	(Player)
2021	Wellington Phoenix	-	14	4	2022	(Player)
2022	AC Omonia Nicosia	-	13	2	2023	(Player)
2023	Barnet	Free	7	2	2023	(Player)
2024	Kettering Town	-	0	0	Current	(Player)

Florian Thauvin
(Florian Tristan Mariano Thauvin)

France

10 caps and 1 goal for France

Born January 26th, 1993 in Orleans

Current age 33

Career details for Florian Thauvin:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
2011	Grenoble	-	3	0	2011	(Player)
2012	Bastia	-	32	10	2013	(Player)
2013	Bastia		16	7	2013	(On loan)
2013	Lille OSC	-	0	0	2013	(Player)
2013	Olympique Marseille	-	69	13	2015	(Player)
2015	Newcastle United	£12,000,000	13	0	2017	(Player)
2016	Olympique Marseille		14	2	2016	(On loan)
2016	Olympique Marseille		38	15	2017	(On loan)
2017	Olympique Marseille	£9,800,000	106	46	2021	(Player)
2021	CA Tigre	-	38	8	2023	(Player)
2023	Udinese	-	35	4	Current	(Player)

Hwang Hee-Chan
(황희찬)

60 caps and 12 goals for Korea, Republic of

Born January 26th, 1996 in Chuncheon

Current age 30

Career details for Hwang Hee-Chan:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
2015	FC Liefering		31	13	2016	(On loan)
2015	Red Bull Salzburg	-	86	28	2020	(Player)
2018	Hamburg SV		20	2	2019	(On loan)
2020	RB Leipzig	£8,000,000	20	0	2022	(Player)
2021	Wolverhampton Wanderers		14	4	2022	(On loan)
2022	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£14,000,000	110	20	Current	(Player)

Ryan Giles
(Ryan John Giles)

England

Born January 26th, 2000 in Telford

Current age 26

Career details for Ryan Giles:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	-	0	0	2023	(Player)
2018	Telford United		9	2	2018	(On loan)
2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	-	0	0	2020	(Player)
2019	Shrewsbury Town		19	1	2020	(On loan)
2020	Coventry City		1	0	2020	(On loan)
2020	Coventry City		19	0	2021	(On loan)
2021	Rotherham United		23	2	2021	(On loan)
2021	Cardiff City		21	0	2022	(On loan)
2022	Blackburn Rovers		11	0	2022	(On loan)
2022	Middlesbrough		45	0	2023	(On loan)
2023	Luton Town	-	11	0	2024	(Player)
2024	Hull City		17	0	2024	(On loan)
2024	Hull City	£5,000,000	40	0	Current	(Player)
2025	Middlesbrough		12	0	2025	(On loan)

Nuno Tavares
(Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares)

Portugal

Born January 26th, 2000 in Lisbon

Current age 26

Career details for Nuno Tavares:
From	Team	Fee	Apps	Goals	To
2019	Benfica	-	25	1	2021	(Player)
2021	Arsenal	£8,000,000	22	1	2025	(Player)
2022	Olympique Marseille		31	6	2023	(On loan)
2023	Nottingham Forest		8	0	2024	(On loan)
2024	Lazio		23	0	2025	(On loan)
2025	Lazio	£6,000,000	0	0	Current	(Player)

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