On this day: February 2

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 2.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on February 2, including Edmond Tapsoba, Sadiq Umar and Omar Mascarell.

African national teams have played 32 matches on February 2 since 1963.

Footballers born on February 2 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Edmond Tapsoba	1999	Burkina Faso	Defender
Sadiq Umar	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Omar Mascarell	1993	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Daniel Cousin	1977	Gabon	Forward
Dennis Oliech	1985	Kenya	Forward
Blaise Kouassi	1975	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
James Chamanga	1980	Zambia	Forward
Dion Lopy	2002	Senegal	Midfielder
Khalil Ayari	2005	Tunisia	Right winger
David Chabala	1960	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Aurelle Awona	1993	Cameroon	Defender
Ilyas Chaira	2001	Morocco	Forward
Thembinkosi Fanteni	1984	South Africa	Forward
Bright Dike	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Florence Omagbemi	1975	Nigeria	Midfielder
Zacharie Noah	1937	Cameroon	Defender
Ann Chiejine	1974	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Geoffrey Kizito	1993	Uganda	Midfielder
Thierno Ballo	2002	Ivory Coast
Steve Mvoué	2002	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ben Acheampong	1939	Ghana	Midfielder
Mohamed Benkablia	1993	Algeria	Forward
Christopher Munthali	1991	Zambia	Defender
Moataz Ben Amer	1981	Libya	Midfielder
Vincent Angban	1985	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Jonas Bahamboula	1949	Congo	Wing half
Lionel Bah	1980	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohammed Nur	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Issoufou Boubacar Garba	1990	Niger	Midfielder
Udo Fortune	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Mohamed Fathi	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
James Bogere	2008	Uganda	Forward
Issiaga Camara	2005	Guinea
Mathias Oyewusi	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Phillimon Chepita	1981	Zambia	Forward
Mouhamadou Diaw	1981	Senegal	Forward
Fighton Simukonda	1958	Zambia	Defender
Paul Ngue	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamed Coly	1984	Senegal	Defender
Karim Fradin	1972	Morocco	Midfielder
Danny Amos	1987	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Atilola Abdulsalam Tunde	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Stanley Sanudi	1995	Malawi	Defender
Peter Hooper	1933	Kenya	Forward
Paty Yeye Lenkebe	1982	DR Congo	Defender
Christ Mbondi	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Abdallah Ben Barek	1937	Morocco	Forward
Khaled Kamar	1988	Egypt	Forward
Bennett Chenene	1984	South Africa	Midfielder
Iano Simão	1999	Guinea-Bissau
Sadick Abubakar	1998	Benin
Maxwell Abbey Quaye	1998	Ghana	Centre-forward
Elvis Amoh	1992	Ghana	Forward
Halidou Douva	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Ahmed Felix	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Seme Pierre Pattrick	1981	Cameroon	Defender
Ricky Tulengi	1993	DR Congo	Midfielder
Mousa Balla Sowe	1997	Gambia	Midfielder
Nassim Benkhodja	1985	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Mutala Mohammed	1988	Ghana	Defender
Ali Daïra	1982	Algeria	Defender
Cédric Ciza	1990	Burundi	Midfielder
Boban Zirintusa	1992	Uganda	Midfielder
Wilson Kenidy	1993	Angola	Wing half
Isaac Kungwane	1971	South Africa	Midfielder
Cristian Ebea	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Right-back
Ismaila Atte-Oudeyi	1985	Togo	Midfielder
Sainey Sambou	1992	Gambia
Tony De Nobrega	1969	South Africa
Tlou Molekwane	1989	South Africa	Defender
Bastian Badu	2000	DR Congo	Forward
Ocansey Mandela	1990	Burkina Faso	Wing half
Gavi Thompson	2000	Nigeria
Seifallah Hosni	1985	Tunisia	Defender
Mamadou Baila Traoré	1987	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Vincent Omumbo	1990	Kenya	Midfielder
Lwanga Charles	2000	Uganda
Fletcher Smythe-Lowe	2007	South Africa
Ssozi Shaka	1994	Uganda	Forward
Oba Ikama Ulitch	2000	Congo