Gike Hagi, former great player of the Romanian national team and current coach of Farului, turned 59 on Monday. He was born on the same day as Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.

Born on February 5, 1965 in Sechele, Hagi scored 223 appearances and 141 goals in the country’s first football division.

He won three league titles and three Romanian Cups. Gheorghe Hagi became Romania’s top scorer twice, in the 1984/1985 and 1985/1986 seasons.

During his time in Spain, Hagi played for Real Madrid (1990-1992, 19 goals in 64 matches) and Barcelona (1994-1996, 7 goals in 36 matches). Between Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Hagi played for Brescia (1992-1994).

From 1996 to 2001, Hagi played for Istanbul’s Galatasaray, with whom he won four league titles and two Turkish Cups, the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup.

Hagi participated in three European Championships (1984, 1996 and 2000) and three World Championships (1990, 1994 and 1998). At the end of 1999, he was recognized as the Romanian footballer of the century.

Immediately after the end of his career, Hagi became the coach of the Romanian national team in 2001. In 2003, he became the technician of the Turkish team “Bursaspor”, and in the 2004-2005 season he was on the technical bench of “Galatasaray” Istanbul.

In 2006, he returned to Romania, to “Poli Timisoara”, but after a short time he left here as well. After a one-year break, Hagi took charge of Steaua, but the mandate lasted less than three months, during which he qualified the team for the Champions League groups. In October 2010, Hagi began his second term at Galatasaray, where he stayed until March 25, 2011.

Between September 2014 and August 1, 2020, Gheorghe Haghi was the head coach of FC Viitorul Constanţa’s main team.

As of August 2020, Hagi announced that he will continue to work at the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy, where he will coordinate the technical concept of the children’s and junior center together with the technical director.

In 2017, FC Viitorul won the Romanian championship title.

In 2021, he resigned as Romanian coach, preferring to remain as coach and owner of Farul Constanta.

In 2023, Hagi won a new Romanian title with Beacon Constanta.

Gheorghe Hagi is married to Marilena and has two children: Kira, who is an actress, and Yanis, who plays for Deportivo Alaves.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is 39 years old, and Neymar is 32 years old

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazil’s Neymar celebrate on Monday, the same day as Gheorghe Hagi. The Al-Nasra player is 39 years old, while the Al-Hilal player is 32.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who is considered one of the best football players of recent years, was born on February 5, 1985 in Funchal on the island of Madeira.

He is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro and Jose Dines Aveiro. He has another brother and two sisters.

His career was marked by coach Ladislav Boloni, who transferred him to Sporting Lisbon when Cristiano was 16 years old.

From there, Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Manchester United, where he “exploded” and impressed under Sir Alex Ferguson from 2003 to 2009.

In 2009, he moved to Real Madrid for a then-record fee of 94 million euros.

At Real Madrid, Cristiano gained fame by winning the Ballon d’Or four times (once at Manchester United), the Champions League four times and the Spanish championship twice.

In 2018, he moved to Turin’s Juventus, where he also managed to win two titles.

The desire to return to England, especially Manchester United, was great, so the Portuguese returned to the Red Devils in 2021. But a return was not what he wanted, and after an explosive interview with Piers Morgan in which he criticized the club’s chiefs and coach Erik Ten Hag, his contract was terminated.

Cristiano had no shortage of offers, so in December 2022 he signed a contract with Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia for the highest salary in the history of football – 200 million euros.

On a personal level, Cristiano Ronaldo has been in a relationship with Georgina Rodriguez since 2016. He has five children: Cristiano Jr., born in 2010, Eva and Mateo, born in 2017, all from surrogate mothers, and Alan Martin and Bella with Georgina Rodriguez.

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior was born on February 5 in Sao Paulo in 1992. In 2003, his family moved to Santos, where he was registered with a local club. He made his professional debut in 2009, when he was only 17 years old.

His developments attracted the attention of major European teams, who fought for his involvement. But the case was won by FC Barcelona, ​​who bought him in 2013 and presented him in front of 56,500 fans, a record for a Brazilian player.

He scored 105 goals for Barcelona, ​​won the Spanish championship twice and the Champions League once (2015).

In 2017, Paris Saint-Germain, bought by Qatari businessmen, bought Neymar for 222 million euros.

He has five French championship titles and 118 goals for PSG.

In August 2023, Neymar left European football and signed for Al Hilal, who paid PSG €90 million.