Let's make this birthday one to remember.

38 years old (Born on November 28, 1986)

Happy Birthday, Benjamin Angoua! The man who guards the backline better than anyone guarded their birthday cake. Ever since you joined Valenciennes in 2010, you've been tackling opponents with style and grace—making strikers reconsider their career choices.

From your debut with Ivory Coast's national team in 2008 to becoming a defensive rock at Valenciennes, you've given fans countless reasons to cheer (and attackers plenty of nightmares). May your special day be filled with laughter and joy—and may you continue defending goals as fiercely as you defend that last slice of pizza!

Here's wishing our favorite center-back another year full of clean sheets and hilarious locker-room moments.