The Moroccan wizard celebrated his 29th birthday in style when he lashed home an angled left-footed drive from outside the box to give us a two-goal advantage against the Championship side as we sealed our passage to the FA Cup semi-finals for the fifth time in six seasons.

Here are some other Blues favourites who have marked their special days in recent time by scoring for the club.

Mason Mount 2021

The first player to congratulate Ziyech after his fine strike was Mason Mount who knows the feeling of scoring a birthday goal for the Blues.

The young midfielder celebrated turning 22 on 10 January last year by opening the scoring in our FA Cup third-round tie against Morecambe.

Mount’s precise low drive from 30 yards put the Blues firmly in control as we strolled to a 4-0 victory over the League Two side.

Tammy Abraham 2019

Mount’s strike came just one season after another Academy product had scored for the Blues on his 22nd birthday.

On 2 October 2019, Tammy Abraham made his mark on his special day by breaking the deadlock on our Champions League visit to Lille.

Appropriately enough, the striker found the net after 22 minutes, when he was found unmarked in the box by Fikayo Tomori and kept his cool to score his first-ever Champions League goal in our 2-1 win.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 2004

Perhaps the most famous of Chelsea birthday scorers was Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink who became the first and, so far, only Blue to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.

The Dutch striker did not make our starting line-up on his 32nd birthday on 27 March 2004 but he made his mark after replacing Geremi on the hour mark with the Blues trailing 2-1 at home against Wolves.

Frank Lampard equalised before Hasselbaink took centrestage, putting the Blues in front with a piledriver from 20 yards in the 77th minute, finishing clinically after being sent clear by Damien Duff 10 minutes later and breaching Wolves’ offside trap in stoppage time to round off a 5-2 victory.

John Spencer 1995

John Spencer had a day to remember on 11 September 1995 when he marked his 25th birthday with a brace for Chelsea in a Premier League derby victory over West Ham United at Upton Park.

The Scot netted our second goal in the 33rd minute, finding the bottom corner with a sweetly struck effort from long range.

He required heavy bandaging on his head after a clash with Julian Dicks shortly afterwards but stayed on the pitch and was set up by Ruud Gullit to fire in his second of the game late on to seal a 3-1 victory.