Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Carlos Tevez, Adnan Januzaj and more... February 5 - a day for footballer

If you know someone born on February 5 and they're not a professional footballer, then they got the short straw.

That's because Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Neymar turn 31 and 24 respectively today as the footballing superstars share the same birthday.

There is also Carlos Tevez, 32, Adnan Januzaj, 21, Patrick Roberts, 19, Jordan Rhodes, 26, Vedran Corluka, 30, Gheorghe Hagi, 51, and Rodrigo Palacio, 34, who were born on this day too.

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated turning 31 on Friday and uploaded this photograph to his Instagram

Real Madrid's Ronaldo turns 31 on Friday and celebrated by training with his son, Cristiano Jnr

Real Madrid took to Twitter to wish their superstar a happy birthday on Friday as Ronaldo turns 31

Ronaldo's Real Madrid team-mate James Rodriguez also took to Twitter and wrote: 'Happy birthday bro'

.@Cristiano turns 31 today - flashback to his first goal for #mufc, as a teenager! https://t.co/S78gRKdXz4

And it doesn't stop there.

Michael Sheen, the actor who played legendary manager Brian Clough in 2009 film The Damned United, also celebrates turning 47 today. 

David Sullivan, the West Ham co-owner, is another celebrating his 67th birthday.

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Ronaldo took to Instagram on Friday to show how he was spending his birthday by training with his son, Cristiano Jnr.

Real Madrid also took to Twitter to wish their superstar a happy birthday, while Manchester United posted a flashback to his first goal for the club as a teenager.

Ronaldo will face Granada in La Liga on Sunday as the Spanish giants look to keep up with first-placed Barcelona and second-placed Atletico Madrid, who play before their rivals this weekend.

Not to be outdone by their rivals, Barca also wished Neymar well on his 24th birthday on Twitter. 

Barcelona's Neymar turns 24 on Friday and his club posted this image on Twitter to celebrate

Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez uploaded this snap of himself and birthday boy Neymar on Friday

Happy birthday, @AdnanJanuzaj! #mufc 🎁🎂 https://t.co/tXVZ0NgzDk

Happy Birthday to my friend David Sullivan. Have a great day. dg @DaveSulley @jsullivanwhu pic.twitter.com/TGUvFQpqRg

A post shared by Sergio Ramos (@sergioramos)

Marouane Fellaini tweeted this snap for Adnan Januzaj and wrote: 'Happy birthday to my brother'

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