On this day: April 8

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 8.

63 African footballers in our database were born on April 8, including Karim Bellarabi, Austin Ejide and Mohamed Kader.

African national teams have played 27 matches on April 8 since 1961.

Footballers born on April 8 (63)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Karim Bellarabi	1990	Morocco	Midfielder
Austin Ejide	1984	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Kader	1979	Togo	Forward
Riadh Bouazizi	1973	Tunisia	Midfielder
Khaled Badra	1973	Tunisia	Defender
Oumar Kalabane	1981	Guinea	Defender
José Gomes	1999	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mohamed El Monir	1992	Libya	Full-back
Jérémie Bela	1993	Angola	Wing half
Alasana Manneh	1998	Gambia	Midfielder
Khaled Gasmi	1953	Tunisia	Midfielder
Farès Bahlouli	1995	Algeria	Midfielder
Rachid Hamdani	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Ayoub El Amloud	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Tresor Kangambu	1987	DR Congo	Wing half
Joseph Yegba Maya	1944	Cameroon	Forward
Diosdado Mbele	1997	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Fawzi Moussouni	1972	Algeria	Forward
Ezekiel Bala	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Musawengosi Mguni	1983	Zimbabwe	Forward
Junior Salomon	1986	Benin	Centre-back
Siriné Doucouré	2002	Mali	Forward
Ahmed Ghanem Soltan	1986	Egypt	Defender
Alec Mudimu	1995	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Musa Kallon	1970	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Priscilla Hagan	1996	Ghana	Forward
Excellent Walaza	1987	South Africa	Forward
Eneji Moses	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Ahmed Kattawi	1991	Egypt	Midfielder
Abdessamad Rafik	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Hamdi Meddeb	1952	Tunisia
Romuald Ntsitsigui	1991	Gabon	Forward
Hamza Zeddam	1984	Algeria	Defender
Mathieu Assou-Ekotto	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Morsi Hussein	1939	Egypt
Arassen Ragaven	1987	Mauritius	Midfielder
Sayed Mosaad	1987	Egypt	Forward
Elias Taguelmint	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Ahmed Cheheima	1992	Algeria	Defender
Aziz Balagoun	1981	Benin	Goalkeeper
Arnaud Kouyo	1982	Ivory Coast	Defender
Isaac Kaliati	1998	Malawi	Forward
Cédric Mandjeck	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Omar Barrou	1934	Mali	Forward
Kialy Abdoul Koné	1997	Ivory Coast	Forward
Viola Namuddu	1994	Uganda
Nana Antwi Manu	1994	Ghana
Vincent Labonté	1987	Mauritius	Defender
Éric Batinga	1989	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Mohamed Ben Ismail	1987	Tunisia	Defender
Lamin Charty	1996	Gambia	Midfielder
Ashley Lemince	1987	Mauritius	Midfielder
Sengbah Kennedy	1991	Liberia	Midfielder
Djidéo Abdoulaye	1988	Chad	Defender
Jean-Yves Randriamarozaka	1975	Madagascar
Mary Saiki	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder
Farid Benzia	1992	Algeria	Attacking midfielder
Saikou Ceesay	2000	Gambia
Isaiah Jones	2006	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Nsimba Mukanu	1985	Gabon
Mahmoud Diasty	2000	Egypt	Forward
Jean Marie Harerimana	2004	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Javi Ben	1999	Equatorial Guinea	Forward