On this day: April 7

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 7.

45 African footballers in our database were born on April 7, including William Carvalho, Akram Nakach and Azzedine Amanallah.

African national teams have played 20 matches on April 7 since 1963.

Footballers born on April 7 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
William Carvalho	1992	Angola	Midfielder
Akram Nakach	2002	Morocco
Azzedine Amanallah	1956	Morocco	Midfielder
Franck-Yves Bambock	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Chris Gbandi	1979	Liberia	Defender
Kingsley Boateng	1994	Ghana	Wing half
Mbala Mbuta Biscotte	1985	DR Congo	Forward
Hamza El Moussaoui	1993	Morocco	Defender
Tebogo Moerane	1995	South Africa	Defender
Amadou Alassane	1983	Mauritania	Forward
Pirolito	1993	Angola	Midfielder
Ousseynou Cissé	1991	Mali	Midfielder
Mehdi Boudjemaa	1998	Algeria	Central midfielder
Ahmed Evariste Medego	1982	Chad	Midfielder
Laetitia Chapeh	1987	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Mohamed Sabry	1974	Egypt	Midfielder
Theophilus Afelokhai	1988	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Nasr Eldin El Shigail	1985	Sudan	Midfielder
Magdy Atwa	1983	Egypt	Midfielder
John Olufemi	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Nathan Paulse	1982	South Africa	Forward
Paul Oyuga	1973	Kenya	Forward
Salma Zemzem	2000	Tunisia	Forward
Rayanne Khemais	1998	Tunisia	Defender
Ilès Ziane Cherif	1984	Algeria	Defender
Chahrazed Bensekrane	1992	Algeria	Defender
Luz Milagrosa Obono	1996	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Richard Baffour	1990	Ghana	Centre-back
Fua	1969	Angola	Forward
Mounir Kebaili	1924	Tunisia	Winger
Obed Ariri	1956	Nigeria	Forward
Aupa Moeketsi	1994	South Africa	Defender
Marcus N'Ze	1986	Ghana	Full-back
Kouadio Pascal	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
James Zotiah	1988	Liberia	Midfielder
Atef Mohammed Al Mouldi	1996	Tunisia	Midfielder
Michael Kporvi	1995	Ghana	Forward
Ali Belahcène	1957	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdul Nzayinawo	1994	Angola	Defender
Kennedy Nkeyasen	1976	Ghana	Defensive back
Tarak Achour	1982	Tunisia	Defender
Hairyat Abdourahmane	1994	Comoros	Forward
Francisco Simbine	1997	Mozambique
Bilal Faye	2005	Senegal	Full-back
Ivanilde	1989	Cape Verde