Famous Latinx Birthdays

Photo from news.sky.com. Click HERE .  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Sergio "Kun" Aguero! (1988-       ) Sergio "Kun" Aguero (nicknamed Kun, after his favorite cartoon character, by his grandparents many years ago in his native Argentina) is considered one of the best strikers in professional soccer today. In 2003, at 15 years old and 35 days old, he was the youngest player to debut in the Argentine Primera División, breaking the record previously set by Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona in 1976. In 2006, he moved to Europe to play for Atlético Madrid, and he turned heads by scoring 101 goals in 234 appearances. Aguero moved to England to play for Manchester United in 2011. He has played in many Copa América tournaments and won gold with Argentina in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Aguero and former wife Gianinna Maradona, the youngest daughter of Diego Maradona, have a son, Benjamín, born in 2009 (see young Benjamín's soccer skills in a 2010 video HER...

¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Luis Suárez! (1987-      ). Suárez with his family and La bota del oro from 2016 elmundodeportivo.com article. Click HERE .  "I think [my] hunger [to win] comes from all the suffering since childhood." - in June 2014 interview with Sports Illustrator writer Grant Wahl. Click  HERE  to read the full article, which also mentions Suárez drinking yerba matté from a gourd (very Uruguayan) during the interview and referencing Uruguayan garra , or grit, as a reason for his success. Considered one of the best professional soccer players in the world (see highlights of his 2017 season  HERE ), Suarez overcame many hardships -- and caused a lot of controversy -- on his way to the top. Born in Salto, Uruguay, a town about 300 miles northwest of the capital, Montevideo, Suárez moved to the city with his family when he was seven. When he was nine, his parents divorced, and Suárez's mom began supporting the family with her work cl...