Dário Essugo

Portuguese footballer

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Born: March 14, 2005
Age in 2026: 21
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 2005

About Dário Essugo

Dário Cassia Luís Essugo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea. On 7 December 2021, Essugo became Portugal's youngest player to debut in the UEFA Champions League, when he took the field in the second half of the 4–2 away loss to Ajax in the group stage aged 16 years and 268 days. He broke another club record the following 5 March, when he surpassed Luís Figo as the youngest starter at 16 years, 11 months and 17 days in a 2–0 home victory over Arouca. He made his league debut with the first team on 21 September, playing 74 minutes of the 2–1 away defeat against Osasuna.

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The world when Dário Essugo was born

Dário Essugo was born in 2005. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 2005

#1 song"We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey
Top movieCrash
Top TV showAmerican Idol
Best-selling bookHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentLance Armstrong wins 7th Tour de France (later stripped)
Top headlineHurricane Katrina floods New Orleans
Technology milestoneYouTube launches
Defining fadYouTube — broadcast yourself
Notable inventionYouTube
World population6.47 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGeorge W. Bush
Sports championChicago White Sox (World Series)
Also wonSan Antonio Spurs (NBA)
U.S. population295.5M

2005 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dário Essugo's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	2005	2026
Gas	$2.30	$3.45/gal
Average home	$213,900	$435,000
Average income	$55,832	$67,500
Minimum wage	$5.15	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$6.41	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.37	$0.73
Population	295.5M	341 million

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