On this day: April 6

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 6.

72 African footballers in our database were born on April 6, including Siboniso Gaxa, Fatau Dauda and Ibrahim Amadou.

African national teams have played 18 matches on April 6 since 1934.

Footballers born on April 6 (72)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Siboniso Gaxa	1984	South Africa	Defender
Fatau Dauda	1985	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Amadou	1993	Cameroon	Defender
Christ Inao Oulaï	2006	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Kings Kangwa	1999	Zambia	Midfielder
Nabil Emad	1996	Egypt	Midfielder
Almoatasembellah Mohamed	1996	Libya	Midfielder
Djamel Bakar	1989	Comoros	Forward
Mehdi Ballouchy	1983	Morocco	Midfielder
Bryce Moon	1986	South Africa	Defender
Alain N'Kong	1979	Cameroon	Midfielder
Baciro Candé	1967	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Joël Kiassumbua	1992	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Merlin Tandjigora	1990	Gabon	Defender
Abraham Frimpong	1993	Ghana	Defender
Peter Lamptey	1946	Ghana	Forward
Emmanuel Osei Kuffour	1976	Ghana	Forward
Frank Ongfiang	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Malick Mbaye	2004	Senegal
Jack Ipalibo	1998	Nigeria	Midfielder
Basile Aka Kouamé	1963	Ivory Coast	Defender
Yacouba Ali	1992	Niger	Midfielder
Abdussalam Magashy	1998	Nigeria
Sarah Essam	1999	Egypt	Forward
Vince Osuji	2006	Nigeria
Salim Abubakar	2003	Niger
Labama Bokota	1985	Rwanda	Forward
Emmanuel Osuigwe	1952	Nigeria
Cheikh Hamidi	1983	Algeria	Forward
Marcellin Koukpo	1995	Benin	Forward
Abdelaziz Guechir	1968	Algeria	Midfielder
Stephen Worgu	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Arnold Issoko	1992	DR Congo	Full-back
Carlos Pedro Pires de Melo	1969	Angola	Midfielder
Michee Ngalina	2000	DR Congo	Forward
Amadeu	1966	Angola	Defender
Musa Bility	1967	Liberia
Mohamed Camara	1989	Guinea
Anissa Dellidj	1993	Algeria	Forward
Victor Helu	1983	Namibia
Cliff Moyo	1993	Zimbabwe	Defender
Mohamed Alkhaly Soumah	1975	Guinea	Forward
Luboyera Azake	1998	Uganda	Forward
Emad El-Sayed	1986	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Amokrane Oualiken	1933	Algeria	Wing half
Nelson Geingob	1982	Namibia	Defender
Samuel Ofori	1999	Ghana
Yoann Beaka	2003	Ivory Coast
Saïd Saïbi	1975	Tunisia	Centre-back
Zome Louis	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Joshua Otto	1990	Ghana	Full-back
Youssef El Omari	1993	Morocco	Defender
Zakaria M'Sila	1992	Morocco
Jerome McCarthy	1973	South Africa	Wing half
Chimwemwe Madise	1992	Malawi
Luka Banda	1996	Zambia
Mahmoud Shabana	1995	Egypt
Joseph Owino	1984	Burundi
Deo Bonaventure Munishi	1989	Tanzania
Jolie Tuzolana	1986	DR Congo
Saïd Ouchène	1943	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Abdelaziz Fayache	1929	Tunisia	Defender
Henri Djikoloum	1984	Chad	Forward
Emmanuel Adewole	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Magnime Agbotcho	1996	Togo
Gbenga Muhammed Opamoye	1998	Nigeria
Robert Matano	1964	Kenya
Rethabile Mokokoane	1998	Lesotho	Full-back
Giovanni Philander	2000	South Africa	Attacking midfielder
Martha Banda	2004	Zambia
Aisha Nantongo	2002	Uganda	Centre-back
Johnny Moustache	1975	Seychelles