On this day: August 9

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

41 African footballers in our database were born on August 9, including Alexander Djiku, Panagiotis Retsos and Sofiane Bendebka.

African national teams have played 16 matches on August 9 since 1982.

Footballers born on August 9 (41)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Alexander Djiku	1994	Ghana	Defender
Panagiotis Retsos	1998	South Africa	Defender
Sofiane Bendebka	1992	Algeria	Defender
Issiaka Ouédraogo	1988	Burkina Faso	Forward
Idan Toklomati	2004	Benin	Forward
Lucien Owona-Ndong	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Benedict Vilakazi	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Josué Balamandji	1989	Central African Republic	Forward
Yassine Khalifi	2005	Morocco	Midfielder
Bala Garba	1974	Nigeria	Forward
Yadaly Diaby	2000	Guinea	Midfielder
Oualid El Hasni	1993	Tunisia	Defender
Bibi Medoua	1993	Cameroon	Defender
Donisia Minja	1999	Tanzania	Midfielder
Bekithemba Ndlovu	1976	Zimbabwe	Defender
Ghandi Kassenu	1989	Ghana	Defender
Didier Simba-Ekanza	1969	DR Congo	Midfielder
Nabil Aankour	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Darius Dhlomo	1931	South Africa
Nando	1982	Mozambique	Defender
Hakim El Bounadi	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Bassem Ben Nasser	1982	Tunisia	Midfielder
Anicet Eyenga	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Francky Sembolo	1985	Congo	Forward
Ahmed Azzaqa	1988	Libya	Goalkeeper
Leo Gibson	1983	Liberia	Forward
Brandon Barkhuizen	1990	South Africa	Defender
Kusi Kwame	1989	Ghana	Full-back
Aldo Stella	1930	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Christian Gomis	2000	Senegal
Zoubida El Bastali	2002	Morocco	Defender
Thomas Sweswe	1981	Zimbabwe	Defender
Moez Haj Ali	1999	Tunisia	Central midfielder
Hakim Boubrit	1974	Algeria	Midfielder
Khalid Leghzal	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Awa Demba	1997	Gambia	Forward
Pauline Ayangma	1992	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Kamel Naidja	1953	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Benamar Mellal	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Oluwabunmi Oladeji	2004	Nigeria
Sunday Williams	1999	Nigeria	Left winger