On this day: April 4

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 4.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on April 4, including Sami Khedira, McDonald Mariga and Mounir Obbadi.

African national teams have played 11 matches on April 4 since 1963.

Footballers born on April 4 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sami Khedira	1987	Tunisia	Central midfielder
McDonald Mariga	1987	Kenya	Midfielder
Mounir Obbadi	1983	Morocco	Central midfielder
Junior Kabananga	1989	DR Congo	Forward
Ibrahima Baldé	1989	Senegal	Forward
Daniel Chima	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Pape Paté Diouf	1986	Senegal	Wing half
Isaac Sackey	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Louis Agyemang	1983	Ghana	Forward
Saidu Adeshina	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Hazel Nali	1998	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Chalali	1989	Algeria	Forward
Samassi Abou	1973	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mpangi Merikani	1967	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Kelvin Sebwe	1972	Liberia	Midfielder
Mohammed-Awal Issah	1986	Ghana	Midfielder
Julius Adaramola	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
William Amamoo	1985	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Uche Agbo	1975	Nigeria	Midfielder
Olivier Tchatchoua	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Jean-Jacques Yemweni	1976	DR Congo	Forward
Anoure Obiora	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Redouane Barkaoui	1979	Morocco	Forward
Mohammed Razak	1986	Ghana	Forward
Chaker Bargaoui	1983	Tunisia	Midfielder
Atef Dkhili	1990	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Thibang Phete	1994	South Africa	Midfielder
Sam Ibiam	1925	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Moussa Doumbia	1989	Burkina Faso	Defender
Ruzaigh Gamildien	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Sanasi Sy	1999	Mali	Full-back
Peter Ouaneh	1998	DR Congo	Defender
Francis Kumbur	1979	Nigeria	Forward
Annie Kibanji	1989	Zambia	Defender
Ekundayo Jayeoba	1980	Nigeria	Forward
Marcel Nkueni	1978	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Ahmed Mekehout	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Mamadou Sylla	1975	Senegal	Defender
Emmanuel Maviram	2001	Nigeria
Frédéric Rusanganwa	1980	Rwanda	Midfielder
Alexis Gonçalves	1997	Cape Verde	Forward
Emmanuel Okoye	1991	Nigeria	Wing half
Nadège Cissé	1997	Ivory Coast	Forward
David Acquah	2001	Ghana
Daniel Adade	1995	Ghana
Joseph Amoah	1981	Liberia	Midfielder
Salau Nuruddin	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Mphile Tsabedze	1985	Eswatini	Midfielder
Dynamo Fredericks	1992	Namibia	Defender
Carlos Chimomole	1984	Mozambique	Midfielder
Amani Kyata	1993	Tanzania	Defender
Ameth Fall	1991	Senegal	Forward
Tarek Taha	1991	Egypt	Defender
Adama Koné	1987	Ivory Coast	Forward
Richard Boadu	1998	Ghana
Pape Latyr N'Diaye	1985	Senegal	Forward
Dorcas Sikobe	1989	Kenya	Defender
Youssouf Diallo	1984	Guinea	Midfielder
Lawrence Phiri	1987	Zambia	Midfielder
Dimitri Edou Nzue	1986	Gabon	Forward
Berthran Haktam	1985	Ghana	Midfielder
Almondo Fricain	1985	Mauritius	Defender
Andre Ulrich Zanga	1997	Cameroon	Midfielder
Birane Ndoye	1994	Senegal	Defender
Lamine Bá	1994	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Jacob Tshisevhe	1969	South Africa	Defender
David Bagoole	1998	Uganda	Midfielder
Ibrahim Sillah	1995	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Manuela João Simão	2002	Angola	Defender
Listowel Amankona	2005	Ghana
Kabange Twite	1984	DR Congo
Thankgod Ike	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Pape Ndaye Latir	1985	Senegal
Popó	1998	Angola	Forward
Lama Koné	1987	Guinea	Midfielder
Slim Mahjebi	1988	Tunisia	Full-back
Jean-Louis Tavarez	1972	Senegal	Midfielder
Abdelkader Chaouch	1954	Algeria	Defender
Jacob Okao	2001	Uganda
Almamy Mathew Fall	2003	Senegal