On this day: January 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 1.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on January 1, including Simon Adingra, Essaïd Belkalem and Abdoulaye Doucouré.

African national teams have played 18 matches on January 1 since 1960.

Footballers born on January 1 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Simon Adingra	2002	Ivory Coast	Forward
Essaïd Belkalem	1989	Algeria	Centre-back
Abdoulaye Doucouré	1993	Mali	Midfielder
Hamza Abdelkarim	2008	Egypt	Forward
Ali Maâloul	1990	Tunisia	Defender
Lamine Camara	2004	Senegal
Frank Onyeka	1998	Nigeria	Midfielder
Alain Traoré	1988	Burkina Faso	Forward
Enock Mwepu	1998	Zambia	Midfielder
Chidozie Awaziem	1997	Nigeria	Midfielder
André Biyogo Poko	1993	Gabon	Midfielder
Issiaga Sylla	1994	Guinea	Full-back
Abdoulaye Ba	1991	Senegal	Defender
Assimiou Touré	1988	Togo	Defender
Mohanad Lasheen	1996	Egypt	Midfielder
Labid Khalifa	1955	Morocco	Defender
Mehdi Ben Slimane	1974	Tunisia	Forward
Habib Maïga	1996	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Zouheir Dhaouadi	1988	Tunisia	Wing half
Homos	1979	Egypt	Midfielder
Chidi Nwanu	1967	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed Alaa	1999	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Yasser Larouci	2001	Algeria	Full-back
Témime Lahzami	1949	Tunisia	Forward
Benoît Angbwa	1982	Cameroon	Full-back
Mahmoud Alaa El-Din	1991	Egypt	Centre-back
Yacine Abdessadki	1981	Morocco	Wing half
Sédonoudé Abouta	1981	Mali	Forward
Abdelhamid Sadmi	1961	Algeria	Defender
Kouadio-Yves Dabila	1997	Ivory Coast	Defender
Hassan Ragab	1909	Egypt	Midfielder
Charles Traoré	1992	Mali	Defender
Rahim Alhassane	2002	Niger	Full-back
Ibrahima Camara	1985	Guinea	Full-back
Mudather El Tahir	1988	Sudan	Forward
Ahmed Eid	2001	Egypt
Michael Olaitan	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Alhassane Issoufou	1981	Niger	Forward
Mamadou Aliou Kéïta	1952	Guinea	Forward
David Eto'o	1988	Cameroon	Wing half
Abass Cheikh Dieng	1985	Senegal	Midfielder
Davies Nkausu	1986	Zambia	Defender
Jean-Paul Akono	1952	Cameroon	Forward
Mohammed Ali El Khider	1985	Sudan	Defender
Ahmed Ajeddou	1980	Morocco	Midfielder
Sherif Ashraf	1987	Egypt	Forward
Osama Faisal	2001	Egypt
Kalililo Kakonje	1985	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Bernard Kamungo	2002	Tanzania	Forward
Bahaeddine Rihan	1978	Sudan	Goalkeeper
Guma Mousa	1978	Libya	Goalkeeper
Chérif Fetoui	1945	Morocco	Defender
Gift Kampamba	1979	Zambia	Midfielder
Marei Al Ramly	1977	Libya	Midfielder
Billy Mwanza	1983	Zambia	Full-back
Degu Debebe	1984	Ethiopia	Centre-back
Naby Diarso	1977	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Bèbè Kambou	1982	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Mohamed El-Gabbas	1987	Egypt	Forward
Basem Morsi	1992	Egypt	Forward
Alaya Brigui	1992	Tunisia	Defender
Ibrahim Youssef	1959	Egypt	Sweeper
Rafiu Durosinmi	2003	Nigeria
Serge Wawa	1986	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mohamed Essam	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Aboubacar Bangoura	1982	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Pape Omar Faye	1987	Senegal	Forward
Happy Jele	1987	South Africa	Defender
Ahmad Shedid Qinawi	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Bamba Drissa	1990	Ivory Coast	Defender
Lucky Isibor	1977	Nigeria	Forward
Mohamed Salah Abo Greisha	1970	Egypt	Forward
Hocine Metref	1984	Algeria	Defender
Ibrahima Bah	1999	Guinea	Forward
Abdelsalem Ben Miloud Salem	1921	Morocco	Defender
Gladys Akpa	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Daniel Kofi Agyei	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Alex Emenike	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Abdoul Aziz Kaboré	1994	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Aziz El Amri	1950	Morocco	Midfielder