By Sadat Osman | Goal.com Malaysia

According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2013 is the year of the Snake. Legend has it that people born in the snake year have good work ethics which will bring them much fortune and material satisfaction among other things. That holds true for the 10 players - then and now - that Goal.com have selected in a list of great footballers who have had the fortune of being born in either 1977 or 1989. Who knew that Hidetoshi Nakata and Gareth Bale are ‘snakes’? Read on to find out who else made it to our list of players born in the year of the snake. Happy Lunar New Year everyone and may you have a blessed year ahead.

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   1. Khairul Fahmi Che Mat

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   2. Gareth Bale

3. 

   3. Shinji Kagawa

4. 

   4. Massimo Ambrosini

5. 

   5. Thierry Henry

6. 

   6. Hidetoshi Nakata

7. 

   7. Theo Walcott

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   8. Novan Setyo Sasongko

9. 

   9. Armand Traore

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    10. Muhammad Yasir Hanapi