On this day: January 10

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 10.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on January 10, including Marouane Chamakh, Christian Atsu and Emmanuel Frimpong.

African national teams have played 44 matches on January 10 since 1969.

Footballers born on January 10 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Marouane Chamakh	1984	Morocco	Forward
Christian Atsu	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Emmanuel Frimpong	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Ali Gabr	1989	Egypt	Defender
Marcel Tisserand	1993	DR Congo	Defender
Zizo	1996	Egypt	Winger
Rachid Azzouzi	1971	Morocco	Midfielder
Nando Rafael	1984	Angola	Forward
Sigamary Diarra	1984	Mali	Left winger
Chaker Zouagi	1985	Tunisia	Midfielder
Vakoun Issouf Bayo	1997	Ivory Coast	Forward
Saturday Erimuya	1998	Nigeria	Defender
Jamel Aït Ben Idir	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Dominic Iorfa	1968	Nigeria	Forward
Capita	2002	Angola	Wing half
Michael Pienaar	1978	Namibia	Defender
Johnson Sunday	1981	Nigeria	Midfielder
Michel Ngonge	1967	DR Congo	Midfielder
Daniel Daga	2007	Nigeria
Abdoul Karim Sylla	1981	Guinea	Midfielder
Omo-Love Branch	1974	Nigeria	Defender
Wycliff Kambonde	1988	Namibia	Midfielder
Abdallah Gomaa	1996	Egypt	Midfielder
Mohamed El Yamani	1982	Egypt	Forward
Matar Dieye	1998	Senegal	Forward
Zineddine Mekkaoui	1987	Algeria	Defender
Issam Ben Khémis	1996	Tunisia	Midfielder
David Samuel Nwolokor	1996	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Nohan Kenneh	2003	Liberia
Hamadi Daou	1940	Tunisia	Defender
Ali Benfadah	1935	Algeria	Forward
Ibrahim Bekakchi	1992	Algeria	Defender
Japhet Zwane	1974	South Africa	Midfielder
Harouna Doula Gabde	1966	Niger	Full-back
Mohamed Maouche	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdul Bangura	1986	Sierra Leone	Defender
Nguenar Ndiaye	1995	Senegal
Yacine Si Salem	1988	Algeria	Forward
Simba Sithole	1991	Zimbabwe	Forward
Omar Salah	1998	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Essis Aka	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Patrice Ollo N'Doumba	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Maouche	1993	Algeria	Forward
Dennis Liwewe	1936	Zambia
Themba Ndlovu	1984	Zimbabwe	Defender
Michael Sarpong	1996	Ghana
Geo Danny Ekra	1999	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Saviour Nwafor	2002	Nigeria
Désiré-Francois Ammomoodhoo	1978	Mauritius	Goalkeeper
Maxwell Mensah	1997	Ghana	Defender
Kwame Attram	1989	Ghana	Forward
James Soto Roberts	1992	Liberia	Forward
Mailó	1992	Cape Verde	Forward
Wolimata Ndiaye	2004	Senegal
Abdelkader Zerrar	1934	Algeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Akuoko	1983	Ghana
Sogne Yacouba	1992	Burkina Faso	Forward
Hervé Otelé	2000	Cameroon	Midfielder
Jemaïl Khemir	1983	Tunisia	Forward
Mostafa Talaat	1987	Egypt	Midfielder
Addoquaye Laryea	1943	Ghana
Aboubacar Barro	1991	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Youssif Hassan	1992	Egypt	Forward
Elvis Ngondwe	2002	Uganda
Abdul Awudu	2001	Ghana
Hocine Bouaicha	1973	Algeria	Defender
Rodney Ramagalela	1989	South Africa	Forward
Fouad Cheriet	1977	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Mamady Dianga	1989	Mali
Bilal Mebarki	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Issa Hare Diawara	1998	Mali	Forward
Fabrice Raymond Fosso	1993	Cameroon	Forward
Abdulrazak Yusuf	2000	Nigeria
Adu Agyemang	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Kgomotso Molefe	1990	Botswana	Defender
Merouane Mehdaoui	1998	Algeria	Midfielder
Natacha Kamal Hamada	2002	Comoros	Defender
Kingsley Maduforo	2002	Nigeria	Midfielder
Paul Alo Samson	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder
Alelegn Azene	1998	Ethiopia	Midfielder