On this day: February 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 3.

57 African footballers in our database were born on February 3, including Youssef El-Arabi, Devis Epassy and Adama Traoré.

African national teams have played 26 matches on February 3 since 1967.

On February 3 1996, South Africa won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Tunisia in the final.

Footballers born on February 3 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Youssef El-Arabi	1987	Morocco	Forward
Devis Epassy	1993	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Adama Traoré	1990	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Jordan Ikoko	1994	DR Congo	Defender
Fawzi Benkhalidi	1963	Algeria	Forward
David Manga	1989	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Abiola Dauda	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Collins Mbesuma	1984	Zambia	Forward
Fodé Doucouré	2001	Mali	Defender
Richard Gariseb	1980	Namibia	Defender
Mamadou Coulibaly	1999	Senegal	Midfielder
Simo Keddari	2005	Algeria
Houssen Abderrahmane	1995	Mauritania	Defender
Lito	1975	Cape Verde	Forward
Yannick Gomis	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Ugochukwu Oduenyi	1996	Nigeria
Sékou Koné	2006	Mali
George Lebese	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Masoud Juma	1996	Kenya	Forward
Newton Ben Katanha	1983	Zimbabwe	Forward
Hassan Fadil	1963	Morocco	Forward
Courtney Dike	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Sean Okoli	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Vast Phiri	1996	Zambia	Defender
Abde Raihani	2004	Morocco
Bouabdellah Daoud	1978	Algeria	Forward
Safi Belghomari	1979	Algeria	Forward
Ivan Kamberipa	1994	Namibia	Defender
Sid Ali Lamri	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Toufik Zerara	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Nito Gomes	2002	Guinea-Bissau
Ghani Animofoshe	1985	Niger	Forward
Stéphane Badul	1983	Mauritius	Midfielder
Mohamed Amir Bourahli	1981	Algeria	Forward
Ibrahim Ogoulola	2000	Benin	Midfielder
Osita Henry Chikere	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Karabo Makhurubetshi	1999	South Africa	Defender
Susan Ama Duah	2002	Ghana	Defender
Martin Cohen	1952	South Africa	Midfielder
Rachel Sebati	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Nikos Kounenakis	1978	South Africa	Centre-back
Abdou Mbacke Thiam	1992	Senegal	Forward
Arbi Méjri	1985	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Michel Vaillant	1996	Cameroon	Forward
Raúl Martins	1987	Angola	Defender
Kembo Diliwidi	2006	DR Congo	Left wing
Faissal Mannai	1996	Tunisia	Attacking midfielder
Hassan Odeola	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Gardiehbey Zeo	1986	Liberia	Forward
Ouanes Mechkour	1959	Algeria	Defender
Irakoze Donasiyano	1998	Burundi	Midfielder
Mongi Ben Brahim	1955	Tunisia	Forward
Yannis Takerboucht	1993	Algeria
Amine Boulahia	1987	Algeria	Defender
Frederick Vah	1981	Liberia
Mohammed Rajab	1985	Tanzania	Forward
Bahaeddine Othman	1996	Tunisia	Defender