On this day: August 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 1.

57 African footballers in our database were born on August 1, including Nwankwo Kanu, Fayçal Fajr and Junior Agogo.

African national teams have played 15 matches on August 1 since 1967.

Footballers born on August 1 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Nwankwo Kanu	1976	Nigeria	Forward
Fayçal Fajr	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Junior Agogo	1979	Ghana	Forward
Lionel Mpasi	1994	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Franck Atsou	1978	Togo	Defender
Saleh Gomaa	1993	Egypt	Midfielder
Ibrahim Babangida	1976	Nigeria	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Maïga	1987	Mali	Defender
Lilian Cole	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Young Chimodzi	1961	Malawi	Defender
Fernand Coulibaly	1971	Mali	Forward
Hamdya Abass	1982	Ghana	Defender
Ibrahima Kebe	2000	Mali	Midfielder
Jonas Ogandaga	1975	Gabon	Midfielder
Assane N'Diaye	1974	Senegal	Defender
Souleymane Dela Sacko	1984	Niger	Midfielder
Macchambes Younga-Mouhani	1974	Congo	Midfielder
Cynthia Adobea	1990	Ghana	Defender
Peter Opiyo	1992	Kenya	Midfielder
Matumona Lundala	1972	Angola	Goalkeeper
Moise Kandé	1978	Mauritania	Midfielder
Kwame Nsor	1992	Ghana	Forward
Musa Shannon	1975	Liberia	Forward
Obaji Sunday	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Caleb Ekwegwo	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Rajab Mwinyi	1984	Burundi	Midfielder
Mohamed Hicham Chérif	1991	Algeria	Forward
Moustafa Ibrahim	1970	Egypt	Forward
Edward Opoku	1996	Ghana	Forward
Amadou Sanyang	1991	Gambia	Midfielder
Lucky Lekgwathi	1976	South Africa	Defender
Latif Salifu	1990	Ghana	Forward
Fatai Atere	1971	Nigeria
Osaro Obobaifo	1966	Nigeria	Midfielder
Emelda Musonda	1985	Zambia	Defender
Mohamed Ismail	1999	Egypt	Defender
Djibril Compaoré	1983	Burkina Faso	Forward
Donato Malango	1977	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Salem Bouajila	2007	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Gbato Seloh Samuel	2006	Ivory Coast
Said Kharazi	1982	Morocco	Forward
Yahia Ouahabi	1940	Algeria	Defender
Singa Manzangala	1981	DR Congo	Forward
Waso Ramadhani	1984	Burundi	Defender
Frederic Adamou Ngove	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Daniel Koffi-Konan	1981	Ivory Coast	Forward
Prosper Boakye	2002	Ghana
Mohamed Guindo	2003	Mali	Forward
Abraham Wayo	2003	Ghana
Fenosoa Ratolojanahary	1986	Madagascar	Defender
Kenneth Asamoah	1988	Ghana	Forward
Ronny Marengo	1989	Seychelles
Milhad Sadikou	2003	Benin	Forward
Fouad Sedrati	1976	Algeria	Defender
Esther Agyemang	1998	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Degats Worko	2004	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Austine Ogunye	1997	Nigeria	Forward