Zidane Zinedine of French national team. Of the 736 players participating at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 60 will celebrate their birthday during the competition, said FIFA Communications Division on Wednesday. Furthermore, two coaches and two referees will also mark a birthday between 9 June and 9 July. Of the 64 competition 'birthday boys', six, mostly Frenchmen, will be celebrating in style as their birthdays coincide with a match day of their home nation. They are: KLOSE Miroslav (09.06.1978), a German striker who will mark his 28th birthday by playing in the opening match against Costa Rica. MALOUDA Florent (13.06.1980), who will turn 26 on the day of France's first match during the tournament against Switzerland. LEMERRE Roger (18.06.1941). The Frenchman who coaches Tunisia is the only coach to celebrate a birthday at the group stage. His birthday coincides with France's match against South Korea. LAMPARD Frank (20.06.1978). On the occasion of his 28th birthday, he will be partying on the pitch with his team mates against Sweden. And two maestros on a same day: ZIDANE Zinedine (23.06.1972) and VIEIRA Patrick (23.06.1976). They will not only share a birthday, but also celebrate it by playing for their national team against newcomers Togo in their final group match. (Agencies)

本周三，國(guó)際足聯(lián)媒體部透露，參加2006世界杯賽的736名球員中，有60名將在比賽期間過(guò)生日。 而且，還有兩位教練和兩位裁判也將在此期間（6月9日--7月9日）度過(guò)生日。 在這64位“世界杯壽星球員”中，有6位（大多數(shù)是法國(guó)人）將以一種與眾不同的方式慶祝生日，因?yàn)樗麄兊纳涨『煤捅娟?duì)的某場(chǎng)比賽是同一天。 這六個(gè)壽星是： 克洛斯·米洛斯拉夫，生于1978年6月9日，德國(guó)隊(duì)前鋒，將在德國(guó)對(duì)陣哥斯達(dá)黎加的揭幕賽中度過(guò)28歲生日。 馬盧達(dá)·弗洛倫特，生于1980年6月13日，將在法國(guó)隊(duì)對(duì)陣瑞士隊(duì)的首場(chǎng)比賽中度過(guò)他的26歲生日。 勒梅爾·羅杰，生于1941年6月18日，法國(guó)人，突尼斯隊(duì)教練。是唯一一位將在小組賽階段過(guò)生日的教練。他過(guò)生日那一天，恰逢法國(guó)隊(duì)和韓國(guó)隊(duì)交鋒。 蘭帕德·弗蘭克，生于1978年6月20日，他將在英格蘭對(duì)陣瑞典的綠茵場(chǎng)上度過(guò)自己的28歲生日。 其余兩位重量級(jí)人物--齊達(dá)內(nèi)·齊達(dá)丹（1972年6月23日）和維埃拉·帕特里克（1976年6月23日）將在同一天過(guò)生日。他們不僅要一起過(guò)生日，還要在這一天共同為法國(guó)隊(duì)與新秀多哥隊(duì)進(jìn)行的最后一場(chǎng)小組賽效力。 (英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯)