On this day: February 8

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 8.

48 African footballers in our database were born on February 8, including Wahbi Khazri, Yacine Brahimi and Steve Gohouri.

African national teams have played 26 matches on February 8 since 1969.

On February 8 2015, Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Ghana in the final.

Footballers born on February 8 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Wahbi Khazri	1991	Tunisia	Forward
Yacine Brahimi	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Steve Gohouri	1981	Ivory Coast	Defender
Haissem Hassan	2002	Egypt	Right winger
Ousmane Dabo	1977	Senegal	Defensive midfielder
Abdul Manaf Nurudeen	1999	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Mustapha Dahleb	1952	Algeria	Midfielder
Kelvin Amian	1998	Ivory Coast	Defender
Lindsay Rose	1992	Mauritius	Defender
Abdoul Ba	1994	Mauritania	Defender
Bright Enobakhare	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Idriss Saadi	1992	Algeria	Forward
Roger Mendy	1960	Senegal	Defender
Amir Hadj Massaoued	1981	Tunisia	Defender
Habib Baldé	1985	Guinea	Defender
Charles Petro	2001	Malawi	Defensive midfielder
Taha Ismail	1939	Egypt	Forward
Igoh Ogbu	2000	Nigeria	Defender
Souleymane Faye	2003	Senegal
Annabelle Chukwu	2007	Nigeria
Till Cissokho	2000	Senegal	Defender
Nasser Maher	1997	Egypt	Midfielder
Zakarie Labidi	1995	Tunisia	Midfielder
Riaan Hanamub	1995	Namibia	Defender
Amir Omrani	1989	Tunisia	Forward
Nanani	1996	Mozambique
Wael Riad	1982	Egypt	Midfielder
Aluck Akech	1994	South Sudan	Forward
Natasha Shirazi	1996	Uganda	Forward
Mohammed Mouhouti	1972	Morocco	Midfielder
Saddam Ben Aziza	1991	Tunisia	Defender
Dennis Dourandi	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Protais Bumbu Mutambala	1999	Tanzania	Midfielder
Camara Aly	1986	Guinea	Forward
Belkacem Niati	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Zied Ounalli	1994	Tunisia	Wing half
Ahmed Sherif	2003	Egypt
Imen Mrad	1992	Tunisia	Forward
Sainey Touray	1990	Gambia	Forward
Madjidi Ndikumana	1976	Burundi	Defender
Comfort Selemani	2004	Zambia
Chaouki Ben Khader	2001	Tunisia	Defender
Julitha Singano	2001	Tanzania	Centre-back
Khalid Ali Mursa	1991	Somalia	Goalkeeper
Eric Christian Ndjie	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Sifiso Ngobeni	1997	South Africa
Mohamed Chérif Tarèche	1982	Algeria	Forward
Unathi Simayile	2001	South Africa