Patrick Vieira is a retired French footballer who is the Manager of the Reserves squad at Premier League club Manchester City, known as the Elite Development Squad. He rose to prominence during a hugely successful spell at Arsenal from 1996 to 2005, where he eventually became club captain, and won three Premier League titles ? one unbeaten ? and four FA Cups. He transferred from Arsenal in 2005 and spent one season at Juventus, helping the team to the Serie A championship. Following Juventus' relegation for their part in a match-fixing scandal, Vieira moved to Internazionale and won three Serie A titles. He has 107 caps for France, and was part of their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000-winning sides, as well as their runner-up finish in the 2006 World Cup. Vieira was a complete, powerful, tenacious and aggressive footballer, with outstanding physical and technical attributes. He was a competent tackler, and a tactically intelligent midfielder, gifted with good ball skills, distribution, and vision; he also excelled in the air. These attributes, in addition to his pace, strength, pressing ability, and stamina, allowed him to link up the defence with the attack effectively. [More at Wikipedia]

June 23rd, 1976 in Dakar (Age 48)