On this day: April 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 1.

74 African footballers in our database were born on April 1, including Logan Costa, Amr Zaki and Haminu Draman.

African national teams have played 11 matches on April 1 since 1966.

Footballers born on April 1 (74)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Logan Costa	2001	Cape Verde	Centre-back
Amr Zaki	1983	Egypt	Forward
Haminu Draman	1986	Ghana	Midfielder
Chadrac Akolo	1995	DR Congo	Midfielder
Saad Samir	1989	Egypt	Centre-back
Smahi Triki	1967	Morocco	Defender
Taher Abouzeid	1962	Egypt	Forward
Toto Tamuz	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Ali Gagarin	1949	Sudan	Forward
Aboubakar Oumarou	1987	Cameroon	Forward
Ibrahim Salah	1987	Egypt	Midfielder
Akram Roumani	1978	Morocco	Defender
Eugene Sepuya	1983	Uganda	Forward
Tarek Mostafa	1971	Egypt	Midfielder
Bader Eldin Abdalla Galag	1981	Sudan	Midfielder
Montasser Lahtimi	2001	Morocco	Defender
Aké Arnaud Loba	1998	Ivory Coast	Forward
Vincent Doukantie	1977	Mali	Defensive midfielder
Martha Tarhemba	1978	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Gift Atulewa	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Ijeoma Obi	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Anis Saltou	1992	Libya	Forward
Maxime Agueh	1978	Benin	Goalkeeper
Kanku Mulekelayi	1980	DR Congo	Midfielder
Youssef Mouihbi	1985	Tunisia	Midfielder
Amr Marey	1992	Egypt	Forward
Jean-Hugues Ateba	1981	Cameroon	Defender
Joshua Obaje	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Olawale Adelusimi	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Paseka Mako	1994	South Africa	Defender
Davies Phiri	1976	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Ahmed Samy	1992	Egypt	Defender
Maxime Sivis	1998	DR Congo	Full-back
Yacine Saandi	1987	Comoros	Midfielder
Sofiane Khedairia	1989	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Jacob Youmbi	1994	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Bachtobji	1980	Tunisia	Defender
Osama Ibrahim	1993	Egypt	Defender
Olusegun Olumodeji	1945	Nigeria	Defender
Kamel Tchalabi	1947	Algeria	Forward
Bilel El Hamzaoui	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Seydina Diarra	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Victor Eletu	2005	Nigeria
Abdi Salim	2001	Kenya	Defender
William Opoku	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Meriem Sassi	1991	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Youssef Gamal	1984	Egypt	Forward
Petrus Ngebo	1984	South Africa	Forward
Clement Aboagye	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Alikem Segbefia	1990	Togo	Midfielder
Jawad Bouâouda	1980	Morocco	Defender
Taddele Mengesha	1987	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Sahr Lahai	1984	Sierra Leone	Defender
Moli Lesesa	1984	Lesotho	Midfielder
Ochuko Ojobo	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Daut Musekwa	1988	Zambia	Defender
Paseka Sekese	1994	South Africa	Midfielder
Yves Madjilom	1988	Chad	Midfielder
Ewan Hatfout	2000	Algeria
Abdul-Rahman Nafad	2004	Egypt
Mohamed Abdoulaye	1991	Niger
Youssef Lassoued	1913	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Trésor Ilunga	1994	DR Congo
Medhat Faqoosa	1946	Egypt
Mohammed Dayyabu	2006	Nigeria	Defender
Hamisu Suleiman Aliyu	2005	Nigeria	Defender
Loïc Etoga	2003	Cameroon
Eric Gatoto	1984	Burundi
Olivia Anokye	2000	Ghana	Midfielder
Mfanufikile Ndzimande	1988	Eswatini
Henry Oware	2004	Ghana	Defender
Ajia Yakub	2005	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Innocent Wafula Esimu	1996	Uganda	Full-back
Yanis Sellami	2007	Algeria	Defensive midfielder