On this day: February 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 5.

66 African footballers in our database were born on February 5, including Pape Thiaw, Khulumani Ndamane and Wagih El-Kashef.

African national teams have played 19 matches on February 5 since 1967.

On February 5 2017, Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Egypt in the final.

Footballers born on February 5 (66)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Pape Thiaw	1981	Senegal	Forward
Khulumani Ndamane	2004	South Africa
Wagih El-Kashef	1909	Egypt	Forward
Kily Álvarez	1984	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Mohammed Hassan	1905	Egypt	Midfielder
Haruna Niyonzima	1990	Rwanda	Midfielder
Fabien Farnolle	1985	Benin	Goalkeeper
Chinedu Ede	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Loïc Badiashile	1998	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Distel Zola	1989	DR Congo	Central midfielder
Ousmane Berthé	1987	Mali	Defender
Mercy Tagoe	1978	Ghana	Defender
Habib Keita	2002	Mali	Forward
Amanuel Gebremichael	1999	Ethiopia	Forward
Nkechi Egbe	1978	Nigeria	Forward
Mohamed Ousserir	1978	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Salim El Jebari	2004	Morocco	Forward
Dan Nlundulu	1999	DR Congo	Forward
Steve Lekoelea	1979	South Africa	Midfielder
David Adiele	1955	Nigeria	Defender
Zied Bhairi	1981	Tunisia	Defender
Elos Elonga-Ekakia	1974	DR Congo	Forward
Moses Usor	2002	Nigeria
Ossama Khalil	1954	Egypt	Forward
Ayoub Ouarghi	2008	Morocco
Taha Habroune	2006	Morocco	Forward
Otekpa Eneji	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Clifton Miheso	1993	Kenya	Wing half
Alima Moro	1983	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Makahasi	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Eugène Salami	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Saïd Meghichi	1961	Algeria	Midfielder
Aliu Djaló	1992	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Alimansi Kadogo	1982	Uganda	Midfielder
Charles Atshimene	2001	Nigeria	Forward
Salah Nemer	1992	Sudan
Ahmed Salama	1981	Egypt	Forward
Abdul Karim Ahmed	1980	Ghana	Defender
Merna Mohsen	1996	Egypt
Mourad Slatni	1966	Algeria	Defender
Ahmed Nakhla	1971	Egypt	Defender
Djeneba Bamba	1983	Mali	Goalkeeper
Ammar Abdel Aziz	1977	Sudan	Defender
Patrik Iwosso	1982	Congo	Defender
Julsy Boukama-Kaya	1993	Congo	Forward
Emmanuel Oblitey	1934	Ghana
Yvan Alounga	2002	Cameroon
Siphesihle Mkhize	1999	South Africa	Midfielder
Ike Uzoma	1978	Nigeria
Giulio Giuricich	1990	South Africa	Defender
Alhassane Touré	1984	Mali	Forward
Ibrahima Condé	1998	Guinea	Defender
Otele Mouangue	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Jaisen Clifford	1996	South Africa	Centre-forward
Gizi Kiuvu	1988	DR Congo
Julius Owino	1976	Kenya	Defender
Richard Naawu	1971	Ghana	Forward
Conrad Hendricks	1979	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Chernor Mansaray	1976	Sierra Leone	Forward
Musekela Pacome Mauri	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Enoch N'Dengila	1989	DR Congo	Forward
Lucas Moripe	1950	South Africa
Elias Debesa	1980	Eritrea	Defender
Richard Matovu	1999	Uganda	Defender
Manuel Pami	1999	Guinea-Bissau
Ernesto Junior Adiri	2002	Nigeria	Centre-forward