On this day: August 10

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 10.

59 African footballers in our database were born on August 10, including Hossam Hassan, Saïd Benrahma and Laurent Pokou.

African national teams have played 27 matches on August 10 since 1952.

Footballers born on August 10 (59)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Hossam Hassan	1966	Egypt	Forward
Saïd Benrahma	1995	Algeria	Forward
Laurent Pokou	1947	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ibrahim Hassan	1966	Egypt	Full-back
Hesham Yakan	1962	Egypt	Defender
Saad Agouzoul	1997	Morocco	Defender
Deolin Mekoa	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Ibrahima Sidibe	1980	Senegal	Forward
Lelo Mbele	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Aboubacar Sawadogo	1989	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Ibrahima Seck	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Basit Abdul Khalid	1996	Ghana	Forward
Sekouba Camara	1983	Guinea	Defender
Sekana Diaby	1968	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Fousseny Coulibaly	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
David Tetteh	1985	Ghana	Midfielder
Adil Taui	2001	Algeria	Forward
Aminu Mohammed	2000	Ghana	Forward
Abdellah Kharbouchi	1980	Morocco	Midfielder
Soufiane Laghmouchi	1990	Morocco	Wing half
Christian Moses	1993	Sierra Leone
Laurent Zahoui	1960	Ivory Coast	Defender
Yaya Kerim	1991	Chad	Midfielder
Bismark Idan	1989	Ghana	Forward
Ilyes Sidhoum	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Brian Anunga	1996	Cameroon	Midfielder
Moses Mensah	1978	Ghana	Full-back
Skelley Adu Tutu	1979	Ghana	Forward
Nana Kwame Antwi	2000	Ghana	Full-back
Joye Estazie	1984	Mauritius	Defender
Gladwin Shitolo	1989	South Africa
Kuagica David	1990	Angola	Defender
Chika Wali	1988	Nigeria	Centre-back
Khaled Yahia	1991	Tunisia	Forward
Abdulkareem Elemosho	1977	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Mansour Benothmane	1997	Algeria	Forward
Ghada Ayadi	1992	Tunisia	Forward
Mustapha Bouchina	1991	Algeria	Defender
Chamseddine Harrag	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Habib Oueslati	1997	Tunisia	Midfielder
Dali Benoît	1968	Ivory Coast	Attacker
James Kotei	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Praise Onubiyi	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Samuel Olabisi	1993	Nigeria
Mukhtar Suleiman	1998	Somalia
Rock Itoua-Ndinga	1983	Congo	Midfielder
Ayman Adel	1996	Egypt	Defender
Pako Lekgari	1990	Botswana	Full-back
Apson Manjate	1985	Mozambique	Forward
Sheli Ramoseeka	1984	Lesotho	Defender
Mohamed Djalti	1970	Algeria	Forward
Anne Somené	1986	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Destin Maniriho	1999	Burundi	Forward
George Kasonko	1999	Uganda	Midfielder
Salum Machaku	1990	Tanzania
Sammy Ammari	1994	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Oussama Abid	2002	Tunisia	Midfielder
Asman Ndikumana	1999	Burundi	Forward
Diana Tembesi	1999	Kenya	Goalkeeper