On this day: April 9

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 9.

50 African footballers in our database were born on April 9, including Blaise Matuidi, Kassim Abdallah and Ayman Ashraf.

African national teams have played 35 matches on April 9 since 1966.

Footballers born on April 9 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Blaise Matuidi	1987	Angola	Midfielder
Kassim Abdallah	1987	Comoros	Defender
Ayman Ashraf	1991	Egypt	Defender
Sinaly Diomandé	2001	Ivory Coast	Defender
Enock Kwateng	1997	Ghana	Defender
Ismail Belmaalem	1988	Morocco	Defender
Aïmen Moueffek	2001	Morocco	Full-back
Omar Daoud	1983	Libya	Defender
Joyskim Dawa	1996	Cameroon	Centre-back
Yann Kitala	1998	DR Congo	Forward
Chris Gadi	1992	DR Congo	Wing half
António dos Santos França	1938	Angola	Midfielder
Mouaad Madri	1990	Morocco	Forward
Campira	1982	Mozambique	Defender
Mohamed Dahmane	1982	Algeria	Forward
Fatuma Issa	1995	Tanzania	Defender
Benjamin Onwuachi	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Richard Farrer	1971	South Africa	Forward
John-Christophe Ayina	1991	Congo	Forward
Patrick Kelly	1918	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Pamela Malembo	1989	DR Congo
Mapaseka Mpuru	1998	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Ebus Onuchukwu	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Hicham El Majhed	1991	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Bilton Musonda	1971	Zambia	Midfielder
Lau King	1995	Mozambique	Forward
Richard Attah	1995	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Sékou Tidiane Souaré	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Noel Kipre	1972	Ivory Coast	Forward
Gert Schalkwyk	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Gautier Bello	1983	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Adul Baldé	1989	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Nabil Aït Fergane	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Omar Mbapandza	1997	Comoros	Defender
Dave Sunday	1947	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Solomon Addy	1989	Ghana	Defender
Mohamed Seydou Dera	1986	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Walid Yacoubou	1997	Togo	Defender
Jean Mbida	1990	Cameroon	Full-back
Makhlouf Naït Rabah	1996	Algeria	Full-back
Mahamat Issa Abakar	1984	Chad	Defender
Valéry Rakotoarinosy	1986	Madagascar
Martial Bedi Esmel	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Chuku Obama	1980	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Onésime Rukundo	1999	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Bilguissa Simporé	1985	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Thabiso Mari	1997	Lesotho	Centre-forward
Anthony Emojong	2006	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Martin Aprem	2000	Uganda	Midfielder
Akudo Ogbonn	2000	Nigeria	Defender