On this day: April 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 3.

55 African footballers in our database were born on April 3, including Donald-Olivier Sié, Moussa Konaté and Mehdi Cerbah.

African national teams have played 15 matches on April 3 since 1958.

Footballers born on April 3 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Donald-Olivier Sié	1970	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Moussa Konaté	1993	Senegal	Forward
Mehdi Cerbah	1953	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Ibrahima Conté	1991	Guinea	Wing half
Ajam Boujarari Mohammed	1961	Morocco
Sopuruchukwu Onyemaechi	1999	Nigeria	Centre-back
Juvenal Edjogo Owono	1979	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Emmanuel Mathias	1986	Togo	Defender
Sambégou Bangoura	1982	Guinea	Forward
Ugo Ihemelu	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Sori Mané	1996	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Aminata Diallo	1995	Mali	Midfielder
Ismaël Alassane	1984	Niger	Defender
Gervatius Uri Khob	1972	Namibia	Forward
Pascal Miézan	1959	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Lounés Bendahmane	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Aly Mallé	1998	Mali	Forward
Mokgabo Thanda	1993	Botswana
Inés Faddi Id Guedouz	2001	Morocco	Midfielder
Ibrahima Conté	1996	Guinea	Defender
Moussa Kamara	1999	Gambia	Defender
Mostafa Gaafar	1981	Egypt	Forward
François-Xavier Fumu Tamuzo	1995	DR Congo	Central midfielder
Baboucarr Faal	2003	Gambia
Salah Adel	1995	Sudan
Panzu Ernesto	1999	Angola	Defender
Herdi Bukusu	2000	DR Congo
Mehdi Benchikhoune	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Akram Djahnit	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Derrag	1985	Algeria	Forward
Omar Sarbout	1989	Morocco	Defender
Sive Pekezela	1992	South Africa	Midfielder
Takiyatou Yaya	2000	Togo	Midfielder
Malungisa Dlamini	1978	Eswatini	Midfielder
Fofana	1982	Angola	Midfielder
Nadir Benoufella	1987	Algeria
Alagie Wally	2006	Gambia
Cheikne Sylla	1994	Mali
Adams Farouk	1989	Ghana
Theophidack Nti	1977	Ghana	Midfielder
Aminata Doucouré	1994	Mali	Defender
Jimmy Chisenga	1992	Zambia	Full-back
Taoufik Belghith	1948	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hamza Baghouli	1988	Tunisia	Midfielder
Omar El-Wahsh	1995	Egypt	Midfielder
Glen Akama-Eseme	1987	Cameroon	Defender
Abdoulaye Diallo	1970	Mauritania
Lazhar Sebihi	1980	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Hammiche	1955	Algeria	Midfielder
Salim Boutamine	1962	Algeria	Midfielder
Océane Closset	1998	Algeria	Forward
Bame Mokime	2000	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Modesto Edu Mengue	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Aziz Abid	2003	Tunisia	Forward
José Nze	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder