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Sporting birthdays - July 17

Marcos Senna (football) - Villarreal's Spain midfielder, born 1976.

Anders Svensson (football) - former Southampton midfielder, born 1976.

Jaap Stam (football) - former Manchester United, Lazio, AC Milan and Holland defender, born 1972.

THe flying Dutchman: Former United player Stam is 36 today

THe flying Dutchman: Former United player Stam is 36 today

Juan Antonio Samaranch (Olympics) - President of the International Olympic
Committee for 21 years until his retirement in 2001, born 1920.

Tim Rodber (rugby union) - former Northampton and England number eight, born
1969.

Kim Barnett (cricket) - former Derbyshire, Gloucestershire and England batsman,
born 1960.

Bob Taylor (cricket) - former Derbyshire and England wicketkeeper, whose first-class 1649 dismissals in 639 games remains a record, was born in 1941.

Eduardo Romero (golf) - Argentinian player who won the Scottish Open in 2002 to
become the third oldest winner on the European Tour, born 1954.

Carlos Alberto (football) - captained Brazil to their World Cup win in 1970, born
1944.

Jan Wouters (football) - former Holland international who had a five-year spell
as assistant manager at Rangers, born 1960.

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