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David Villa’s Birthday: On the Day He Was Born

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Our captain turns 35 today, so to celebrate we put together a list of special events that took place as he entered the world.

David Villa was born on a Thursday in Langreo, Spain and was nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid in Asturian) because as a kid he used to play soccer with children much older than him.

Meanwhile in the US, Ronald Reagan was president and Pacman-mania started sweeping the country…

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