On this day: August 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 5.

68 African footballers in our database were born on August 5, including Salomon Kalou, Azzedine Doukha and Luther Singh.

African national teams have played 11 matches on August 5 since 1961.

Footballers born on August 5 (68)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Salomon Kalou	1985	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Azzedine Doukha	1986	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Luther Singh	1997	South Africa	Forward
Kilitcho Kasusula	1982	DR Congo	Defender
Jamilu Collins	1994	Nigeria	Full-back
Hicham Mahdoufi	1983	Morocco	Midfielder
Darren Keet	1989	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Ngozi Ebere	1991	Nigeria	Defender
Henri Stambouli	1961	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Edafe Egbedi	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Clifford Mulenga	1987	Zambia	Wing half
Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi	2001	Nigeria	Centre-forward
Mohamed Sakho	1988	Guinea	Midfielder
Makhtar Thioune	1984	Senegal	Midfielder
Ali Youssef	2000	Tunisia	Midfielder
Raphael Bocco	1989	Tanzania	Forward
Linda Eshun	1992	Ghana	Defender
Peace Efih	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Hamony	2006	Morocco	Midfielder
Archford Gutu	1993	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Abdou Traoré	1981	Mali	Defender
Bryan Passi	1997	Congo	Midfielder
Mordon Malitoli	1968	Zambia	Defender
Wilfred Osuji	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohammed Ahamed	1985	Somalia	Forward
Hervé Guy	1984	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Djamalidine Atoiyi	1997	Comoros	Midfielder
Justice Wamfor	1981	Cameroon	Midfielder
Shasiri Nahimana	1993	Burundi	Midfielder
Raymond Gyasi	1994	Ghana	Wing half
Koceila Berchiche	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Chafik Najih	1983	Morocco	Forward
Lasset dos Santos	1987	São Tomé and Príncipe	Defender
Lassina Diaby	1992	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ahmed Ayoub	1971	Egypt	Forward
Nilson Antonio	1987	Cape Verde	Defender
Boitumelo Rabele	1996	Lesotho
Fazila Ikwaput	1997	Uganda	Forward
Abdelhadi Kada Benyacine	1990	Algeria	Defender
Shiza Kichuya	1996	Tanzania	Forward
Thomas Som	1988	Cameroon	Defender
Juan Pablo Mbela	1982	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Allan Mukuka	1987	Zambia	Midfielder
Absalom Dlamini	1984	Eswatini	Midfielder
George Lwandamina	1963	Zambia	Defender
Panashe Madanha	2004	Zimbabwe
Cédric Tsimba	1984	DR Congo	Forward
Mohamed Saliou Camara	1996	Guinea
Abdoul Moubarak Aïgba	1997	Togo
Regina Otu	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sofiane Taïbi	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Djegui Koita	1999	Mali	Defender
Amine Dahar	1985	Algeria	Defender
Slimane Allali	1991	Algeria	Defender
Fernelly Castillo	1988	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Fatima Zahra Dahmos	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Walid Chattaoui	1978	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Jean-Séraphin Mbessa	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Jerry Msane	1997	South Africa	Defender
Guillaume Bemenou	1984	Benin	Goalkeeper
Foued Bahri	1959	Tunisia	Midfielder
Joram Mgeveke	1992	Tanzania
Daou Diomandé	2003	Ivory Coast	Forward
Tsepang Ntsenyane	1996	Lesotho	Midfielder
Jackline Nkole	1998	Zambia
Alberto Rabassó	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Right winger
Marvin Kombe	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward