On this day: February 9

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 9.

45 African footballers in our database were born on February 9, including Charles Kaboré, Olivier Ntcham and Saúl Coco.

African national teams have played 39 matches on February 9 since 1953.

Footballers born on February 9 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Charles Kaboré	1988	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Olivier Ntcham	1996	Cameroon	Midfielder
Saúl Coco	1999	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Nhlanhla Khuzwayo	1990	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Samson Mbingui	1992	Gabon	Midfielder
Patrick Andrade	1993	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Pierre Ebéde	1980	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Alex Tayo Akande	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Karim Benounes	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Steve Zakuani	1988	DR Congo	Wing half
Evans Mensah	1998	Ghana	Wing half
Mohamed Larbi	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Rilwan Olanrewaju Hassan	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
George Hummel	1976	Namibia	Defender
Franck Essomba	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Biagui Kamissoko	1983	Mali	Midfielder
Nélson Veiga	1978	Cape Verde	Defender
Sebe Coulibaly	1994	Mali	Forward
David Addo	1983	Ghana	Defender
Abubakar Yakubu	1990	Ghana	Defender
Abderaouf Zemmouchi	1987	Algeria	Defender
Eudes Dagoulou	1990	Central African Republic	Forward
Lamine N'dao	1993	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Lyle Peters	1991	South Africa	Forward
Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui	1994	Morocco	Wing half
Tsietsi Mahoa	1982	South Africa	Defender
Methembe Ndlovu	1976	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Jean-Reck Ah Fok	1983	Mauritius	Forward
Hamza Hafidi	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Gabriel Mofokeng	1982	South Africa	Full-back
Abderrazek Chebbi	1962	Tunisia	Defender
Abdoul Karim Bangoura	1971	Guinea	Defender
Tatiana Ewodo	1997	Cameroon	Midfielder
Thomas Amang	1998	Cameroon	Forward
Islam Abdelkader	1994	Egypt
Tsiki Ntsabeleng	1998	South Africa	Forward
Lamjed Ameur	1990	Tunisia	Forward
Sabri Guendouz	2000	Algeria
Alain Bruno Bongotouté	1972	Central African Republic	Defender
Santos Brown	1951	Liberia	Forward
Appolinaire Djingabeye	1993	Chad	Midfielder
Sékou Koné	2007	Mali	Midfielder
Violeth Nicholaus	1995	Tanzania	Defender
Gedson Baleckita	1984	Congo	Forward
Loïs Martins	2004	Algeria	Playmaker