On this day: April 10

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 10.

60 African footballers in our database were born on April 10, including Ismaël Gharbi, Sory Kaba and Anis Boussaïdi.

African national teams have played 21 matches on April 10 since 1966.

On April 10 1994, Nigeria won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Zambia in the final.

Footballers born on April 10 (60)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ismaël Gharbi	2004	Tunisia	Midfielder
Sory Kaba	1995	Guinea	Forward
Anis Boussaïdi	1981	Tunisia	Full-back
Lassana Coulibaly	1996	Mali	Midfielder
Lobilo Boba	1950	DR Congo	Defender
Andile Jali	1990	South Africa	Midfielder
Rachid Neqrouz	1972	Morocco	Defender
Ayman Azhil	2001	Morocco	Midfielder
Ali Shafi	1908	Egypt	Midfielder
Ali El-Kaf	1908	Egypt	Defender
Abdoulaye Ndiaye	2002	Senegal
Hervé Kage	1989	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ibrahim Kargbo	1982	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
David Obua	1984	Uganda	Full-back
Abdelaziz Kamara	1984	Mauritania	Defender
Lushomo Mweemba	2001	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mouftaou Adou	1991	Benin	Defender
Nurudeen Orelesi	1989	Nigeria	Defender
Edem Atovor	1994	Ghana	Defender
Najib Ammari	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Daouda Jabi	1981	Guinea	Defender
Péricles Pereira	1993	Cape Verde	Defender
Hawa Cissoko	1997	Mali	Defender
Douglas Owusu	2006	Ghana
Abdoulaye Sylla	2000	Guinea	Defender
Idrissa Keita	1977	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Anthony Emeka	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Seif Teka	1991	Tunisia	Centre-back
Gisèle Bosimba	1988	DR Congo
Isabelle Mambingo	1985	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Bonaventure Maruti	1976	Kenya	Forward
Yannick Yenga	1985	DR Congo	Forward
Jorge Kadú	1991	Cape Verde	Forward
Alemayo Kebede	1987	Eritrea	Midfielder
Bachir Sebaâ	1949	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Salulani Phiri	1994	Zambia	Midfielder
Charles Ankomah	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Enoch Agwanda	1994	Kenya	Forward
Salif Kéïta	1990	Central African Republic	Defender
Amiratou N'djambara	1999	Togo	Midfielder
Carine Mbuh Ndoum Yoh	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Diawara	1981	Ivory Coast	Defender
Dickson Daudi	1986	Tanzania
Suleyman Camara	1984	Ivory Coast	Forward
Samuel Ayew Yeboah	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Alioune Diakhate	1994	Senegal	Forward
Alexandre Bès	1967	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ablaye Yare Faye	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Chrispas Kusiima	1993	Uganda
Donald Dongo	2003	Ivory Coast
Aymen Sadi	2006	Algeria	Defender
Joshua Bolma	2002	Ghana	Midfielder
Favour Aniekan	1994	Nigeria
Famara Camara	2005	Senegal
Michael Ngaah	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Gift Andy	1995	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Omar Correia	2000	Senegal	Midfielder
Lazola Maku	2007	South Africa	Defensive midfielder
Chris Kusiima	1998	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Asha Ismail Mrisho	2004	Tanzania