The 4-yearly thing is February 29th in addition to some national elections, and some international competitions. If you miss it, you have to wait another 1460 days, what famous or interesting things have happened? What about soccer events?
In 1992, the English top flight changed from the old English League One to the Premier League and French international striker Eric Cantona joined the Red Devils at Manchester United in November and since then there has only been one king at Old Trafford, but today is the story of how he has just landed in England.
A youth trainee at Auxerre, Eric Cantona played for six French clubs before crossing the Channel, joining Ritz United from Nimes in January 1992, and just over a month later, on February 29th, he came on as a substitute against Luton, unlocking the first goal of his English career, and also assisting Lee Chapman, who was the leading scorer in the side, to help the White Rose to a 2-0 victory. The win.
In that season, Eric Cantona scored 3 goals in 15 games, assisted Lee Chapman many times, and was a key player for the White Rose to win the last Old English League Championship in 1991/92. He was a key player for the White Rose to win the 1991/92, the last Old Firm Championship title, and with his good performances in the first part of the 1992/93 season, the Red Devils became known as the Red Devils' Greatest.
Of course, there really are quite a few soccer birthday celebrities on this 4-yearly date. Including former German international Benedikt Höwedes (1988), former England midfielder Darren Ambrose (1984), former U.S. international Taylor Twellman (1980) and others, if you can only have a birthday once every four years to count, these people have eaten the real birthday cake is really a handful of times.
There are two 229th birthday stars active in the top five leagues, both born in the year of the millennium. The first is Spanish international striker Feran, who began his adult career at Valencia and spent a full season at Manchester City before moving to Barcelona at the end of 2021. Torres; the second adult career began in Bondi and was bought by Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2021. Shortly after the start of the season (late August last year), he traveled to Napoli Danish international attacking midfielder Jesper Lindstrøm.
On February 29, 2008, Argentinian back-rower (converted to center-back at Barcelona) Javier Mascherano officially signed with Liverpool, ending a months-long transfer controversy.
Back in January 2007, Liverpool took Javier Mascherano on loan and gave him the number 20 shirt. Mascherano had previously played for Corinthians in Brazil and West Ham United in the English Premier League in the same season (2006/07), violating FIFA's rule that "you cannot play for more than two teams between July 1 and June 30". As the South American season does not overlap with the European season, FIFA and the Premier League have relaxed their rules to authorize Javier Mascherano's transfer registration.
Javier Mascherano quickly established himself as an important player in the second half of the season, replacing Mohamed Sissoko's poor footwork with more consistent ball control, and was responsible for Kaka's outstanding performance in the Champions League decider in Athens, which Liverpool lost 2-1.
In August 2010, Javier Mascherano went to Barcelona and in 8 seasons, he not only transformed himself into a center back, but also helped the team to win 20 trophies in 6 major fronts, including 5 championships in 2011 and 2015.
Australian winger Harry Kewell scored a goal in a fine performance for Liverpool on February 29, 2004 against his old club Ritz United.
On the same day eight years later (2012), he scored his final goal for the national team, helping the Kangaroos to a 4-2 comeback against Saudi Arabia in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in Brazil, and was known as football's 'Mr. 229'.
FIFA's former president SeppBlatter fell in 2015 due to corruption, while the current president Gianni Infantino was elected in the official election on February 26, 2016, but he took over the reins from the acting president on February 29th. At the time, FIFA also organized a Legends Star Match, which featured a number of footballing greats and was billed as a 'star-studded tribute to raise the curtain on the new president's first day in office'.
After 2003/04, the Premier League 2019/20 once again has matches on February 29th. Two men have scored twice in those five matches.
Chelsea, who are fighting for fourth place, recovered a point from their visit to Bournemouth with a 2-2 win thanks to two goals from Spanish left-back Marcos Alonso;
Senegal winger Ismaïla drove in two consecutive City second-half goals as Sarr shocked the globe to beat champions Liverpool 3-0 at home, ending the Reds' 27-match losing streak in the Premier League opener.
