Happy Birthday - August 28 - Bojan Krkic, Thiago Motta, Lasith Malinga

Happy Birthday - August 28 - Bojan Krkic, Thiago Motta, Lasith Malinga

Spanish footbaler Bojan Krikic began his career at Barcelona. His early promise saw him make his first-team debut at the age of 17 years and 19 days, breaking the record set by Lionel Messi.

In his debut season he scored 12 goals in 48 matches. In total he spent four seasons at the Camp Nou scoring 41 goals in 162 games before he was sold in July 2011 to AS Roma and then to Stoke City via. Ajax.

Krkic won his only senior Spanish cap in 2008.

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga is one of the world's most feared fast bowlers and is his best achievement came when he captained his country to the World T20 in 2014.

Malinga is also known for his unorthadox sling action, and his bleached curley hair.

He is also the only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and the only player to have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international cricket.

Footballer Thiago Motta plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain and despite playing for the Brazil U-23 team, plays senior football for Italy and appeared for them at the 2014 World Cup.

Motta's most prominent traits are his ball control, vision and passing range, and he was also praised for his tacking and defensive abilities, which have seen him named as PSG captain on occasion.


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