Cliff Thorburn (snooker) – Canadian who became world champion in 1980 and three years later became the first man to complete a maximum 147 break in the world championships, born 1948.

Martin Jol (football) – Former Tottenham manager, now with Ajax, born 1956.

Bobby Zamora (football) – Fulham's former Bristol Rovers striker, born 1981.

Tuncay Sanli (football) – Stoke's Turkey international striker, born 1982.

Emanuel Pogatetz (football) – Middlesbrough's Austria international left-back, born 1983.

Derek Riordan (football) – Hibernian's Scotland international striker, born 1983.

Craig Beattie (football) – Swansea striker, born 1984.

Nicklas Bendtner (football) – Arsenal's Danish striker, born 1988.

Pablo Zabaleta (football) – Manchester City's Argentinian defender, born 1985.