On this day: February 1

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

60 African footballers in our database were born on February 1, including Faouzi Ghoulam, Muteba Kidiaba and Mohamed Abdel Monem.

African national teams have played 25 matches on February 1 since 1963.

Footballers born on February 1 (60)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Faouzi Ghoulam	1991	Algeria	Full-back
Muteba Kidiaba	1976	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Abdel Monem	1999	Egypt	Centre-back
Luís Maimona João	1981	Angola	Goalkeeper
Lamine Koné	1989	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Joseph Paintsil	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Ebrima Colley	2000	Gambia	Midfielder
Ali Ghazal	1992	Egypt	Centre-back
Mahamoudou Kéré	1982	Burkina Faso	Centre-back
Jalili Fadili	1941	Morocco	Defender
Maroan Sannadi	2001	Morocco	Centre-forward
Opa Sanganté	1991	Senegal	Midfielder
Mounir Hamoud	1985	Morocco	Defender
Sadat Ouro-Akoriko	1988	Togo	Defender
Ismael Athuman	1995	Kenya	Centre-back
Siham Boukhami	1992	Morocco
Bouabid Bouden	1982	Morocco	Forward
Ibrahima Mame N'Diaye	1994	Senegal	Forward
Alaa Bellaarouch	2002	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Yohan Bilingi	1999	DR Congo	Defender
Omar Arjoune	1996	Morocco	Full-back
Buhle Mkhwanazi	1990	South Africa	Midfielder
Mourad Lemsen	1980	Morocco	Defender
Edmond Ntiamoah	1981	Ghana	Forward
Salam Jiddou	2000	Mali
Montari Kamaheni	2000	Ghana	Full-back
Sofiane Ben Braham	1990	Algeria	Defender
Ramahlwe Mphahlele	1990	South Africa	Defender
Aymen Soltani	1987	Tunisia	Forward
Mignane Diouf	1989	Senegal	Forward
Dominique Savio Nshuti	1997	Rwanda	Midfielder
Essam Marei	1965	Egypt
Denis Foreman	1933	South Africa
Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	1989	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Mounir Dob	1974	Algeria	Forward
John Paskin	1962	South Africa	Forward
Hamouda Bashir	1983	Sudan	Midfielder
Jonathan Sogbie	1970	Liberia	Forward
Merveille Kanjinga	2003	DR Congo
Dalila Zerrouki	1982	Algeria
Ahmed Reyed	2003	Sudan
Abdullahi Musa	1996	Nigeria	Defender
Islam Issa	1996	Egypt	Wing half
Victor Konwlo	1975	Liberia	Midfielder
Lassaad Jaziri	1990	Tunisia	Wing half
Udoka Chima	2002	Nigeria
Abdoulaye Conde	2002	Guinea	Midfielder
Hamza Moujahid	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Ibra Agbo	1987	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Sameh Youssef	1978	Egypt	Forward
Justina Banda	1992	Zambia	Midfielder
Joseph Folahan Akinola	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Djehani N'Guissan	1990	Togo
Edward Ansah	1963	Ghana
Houssine Messadi	1993	Tunisia	Midfielder
Esteban Makoli	1947	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Jody Ah Shene	2005	South Africa	Centre-forward
Serigne Moctar Koïta	1996	Senegal
Losika Ratshukudu	2006	Botswana
Kenny Mwila	1972	Zambia	Goalkeeper