On this day: January 11

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 11.

45 African footballers in our database were born on January 11, including Leroy Sané, Diadie Samassékou and Ali Zitouni.

African national teams have played 35 matches on January 11 since 1969.

Footballers born on January 11 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Leroy Sané	1996	Senegal	Winger
Diadie Samassékou	1996	Mali	Midfielder
Ali Zitouni	1981	Tunisia	Wing half
Muhammad Shaban	1998	Uganda	Forward
Pascal Mendy	1979	Senegal	Defender
Reeve Frosler	1998	South Africa	Defender
David Sambissa	1996	Gabon	Full-back
Feisal Salum	1998	Tanzania	Midfielder
Emmanuel Gyasi	1994	Ghana	Forward
Bassem Boulaâbi	1984	Tunisia	Defender
Ishmael Yartey	1990	Ghana	Wing half
Zakaria Benchaâ	1997	Algeria	Forward
Peter Ademo	2003	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bafo Biyela	1981	South Africa	Midfielder
Florian Makhedjouf	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Zakaria Sawo	2000	Gambia	Forward
Ibrahim Cissé	1999	Ivory Coast	Defender
Hicham Dmiai	1971	Morocco	Midfielder
David Byrne	1960	South Africa	Forward
Islam Gamal	1989	Egypt	Defender
Kamel Tahir	1945	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Guy Ngosso	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Kparobo Arierhi	2007	Nigeria
Ibrahim Mensah	1995	Ghana	Forward
Hicham El Aroui	1990	Morocco	Forward
Gloria Thato	1989	South Africa	Wing half
Saeed Issah	2000	Ghana	Defender
Kwame Otu	2002	Ghana
Iyad Issimaila	1987	Comoros	Midfielder
Bakary Sissoko	1998	Mali	Defender
Achille Njanke	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Abdoul Diakité	1986	Mali	Midfielder
Mohamed Anwar	1990	Egypt	Defender
Mohamed Ablaye Gaye	1983	Senegal	Midfielder
Abdoulie Tamba	2006	Gambia
Pathy Nsele Essengo	1978	DR Congo	Forward
Fahd Gomaa	1999	Egypt
Hayder Sherefa	1994	Ethiopia
Dadie Mayila	1990	DR Congo	Midfielder
Julieta Iala	2008	Guinea-Bissau
Motez Nourani	2002	Tunisia	Left winger
Sam Obisanya	2000	Nigeria	Right winger
abdulmunem aleiyan	1997	Libya	Midfielder
Saïd Saïhi	1977	Algeria
Robai Ayoyi Kebedi	1993	Kenya	Defender