On this day: August 6

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 6.

54 African footballers in our database were born on August 6, including Bafétimbi Gomis, Aymen Abdennour and Abdul Kader Keïta.

African national teams have played 14 matches on August 6 since 1960.

Footballers born on August 6 (54)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Bafétimbi Gomis	1985	Senegal	Forward
Aymen Abdennour	1989	Tunisia	Defender
Abdul Kader Keïta	1981	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Pedro Miguel	1990	Cape Verde	Defender
Mehdi Abeid	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Elia Meschak	1997	DR Congo	Attacker
Marco Airosa	1984	Angola	Full-back
Tongo Doumbia	1989	Mali	Midfielder
Cédric Kanté	1979	Mali	Defender
Issoufou Dayo	1991	Burkina Faso	Centre-back
Thapelo Morena	1993	South Africa	Defender
Timothy Awany	1996	Uganda	Defender
Titus Mulama	1980	Kenya	Midfielder
Anthony Obodai	1982	Ghana	Midfielder
Ali Bouafia	1964	Algeria	Midfielder
Njiva Rakotoharimalala	1992	Madagascar	Wing half
Clotilde Essiane	1985	Cameroon	Forward
Samuel Yohou	1991	Ivory Coast	Defender
Buba Sangaré	2007	Mali
Gaëtan Laura	1995	DR Congo	Forward
Lilas Traïkia	1985	Algeria	Forward
Ephraim Mashaba	1950	South Africa	Defender
Islam Arous	1996	Algeria	Full-back
Rotson Kilambe	1978	Zambia	Forward
Taiwo Atieno	1985	Kenya	Forward
Musa Noah Kamara	2000	Sierra Leone
John Antwi	1992	Ghana	Forward
Kheli Dube	1983	Zimbabwe	Forward
Ambroise Gboho	1994	Ivory Coast	Forward
Andre Lomami	1987	Rwanda	Forward
Ousseni Zongo	1984	Burkina Faso	Forward
Naby Oularé	2002	Guinea
Tonny Wamulwa	1989	Zambia
Virgile Boumelaha	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Simeon Mulama	1980	Kenya	Midfielder
Kamel Bouacida	1976	Algeria	Defender
Bernard St. Ange	1981	Seychelles	Midfielder
Essam Tharwat	1986	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Samuel Ojong	1980	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamed Seghir Bezouir	1970	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Samuel Kyere	1992	Ghana	Defender
Dale Studzinski	1979	South Africa	Forward
Jeannot Esua	1996	Cameroon	Defender
Manuel Valoi	1968	Mozambique
Kofi Deblah	1971	Ghana
Saad Musa	1996	Kenya
Yusuph Mgwao	1988	Tanzania
Abdelaziz Mansouri	1960	Algeria	Defender
Djamel Chater	1964	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Camren Ashby	2001	South Africa	Attacking midfielder
Amissi Asman	1996	Burundi	Midfielder
Munashe Mugwara	2009	South Africa
Kabelo Maphakela	1998	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Samkelisiwe Fakedze	2004	Eswatini	Defender