On this day: April 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 5.

57 African footballers in our database were born on April 5, including Yassine Bounou, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti and Khadim N'Diaye.

African national teams have played 11 matches on April 5 since 1978.

Footballers born on April 5 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yassine Bounou	1991	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	1996	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Khadim N'Diaye	1985	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Ben Moussa	1954	Tunisia	Defender
Bakary Saré	1990	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Kémoko Camara	1975	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Moustafa Reyadh	1941	Egypt	Forward
Raouf Benguit	1996	Algeria	Full-back
Edem Rjaïbi	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mompati Thuma	1980	Botswana	Defender
Blessing Kaku	1978	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kader Amadou	1989	Niger	Defender
Luis de Agustini	1976	Libya	Goalkeeper
Souleymane Aw	1999	Senegal	Defender
Tarek El-Said	1978	Egypt	Wing half
Barel Mouko	1979	Congo	Goalkeeper
Nkechi Mbilitam	1974	Nigeria	Midfielder
David Owino	1988	Kenya	Defender
Armel Zohouri	2001	Ivory Coast
Losseny Doumbia	1992	Niger	Goalkeeper
Fábio Emanuel Moreira Silva	1985	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Didier Boris Kadio	1990	Ivory Coast	Defender
Sekou Tidiany Bangoura	2002	Guinea	Midfielder
Adam Pearlman	2005	South Africa	Defender
Chota	1975	Morocco	Forward
Julião Kutonda	1965	Angola	Defender
Moncef Ouichaoui	1977	Algeria	Forward
Yann Boé-Kane	1991	Senegal	Midfielder
Michael Ologo	2003	Nigeria
Chisom Orji	2001	Nigeria
Jad Mouaddib	1999	Morocco
Fousseny Kamissoko	1983	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Heliodoro Castaño Pedrosa	1933	Morocco	Forward
Welle N'Diaye	1990	Senegal	Midfielder
Sunday Chidzambwa	1952	Zimbabwe	Defender
Francisco Vicente Assis	1965	Angola	Midfielder
Kofi Nti Boakye	1987	Ghana	Forward
Boussad Houche	1978	Algeria	Midfielder
Amine Belaïd	1988	Algeria	Defender
Kelechi Francis Ibekwe	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Rafik El Mamouni	1988	Morocco	Forward
Rashid Mandawa	1994	Tanzania	Forward
Goodman Mazibuko	1975	South Africa	Midfielder
Kofi Owusu	1991	Ghana
Lweendo Chisamu	1990	Zambia	Midfielder
João Pedro Mussica	1991	Mozambique	Defender
Ragab Bakkar	1989	Egypt	Defender
Bubacarr Tambedou	2002	Gambia
Anna Shikusho	1995	Namibia
Assane Diatta	2000	Senegal	Forward
Djabir Naamoune	1987	Algeria	Forward
Chidera Okoh	2003	Nigeria	Forward
Chigozie Ihejiofor	2007	Nigeria	Centre-back
Joseph Loboya Gojamang	1993	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Mamadou Conté	2004	Guinea
Derrick Byabachwezi	2001	Uganda	Forward
Alieu Sawaneh	1997	Gambia	Centre-back