On this day: January 2

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 2.

71 African footballers in our database were born on January 2, including Basile Boli, Elye Wahi and Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche.

African national teams have played 18 matches on January 2 since 1956.

Footballers born on January 2 (71)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Basile Boli	1967	Ivory Coast	Defender
Elye Wahi	2003	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1985	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Ismaël Bangoura	1985	Guinea	Forward
Adam Masina	1994	Morocco	Full-back
Chidera Ejuke	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Aaron Tshibola	1995	DR Congo	Midfielder
Luis Pedro Cavanda	1991	Angola	Full-back
Dioko Kaluyituka	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Formose Mendy	2001	Senegal	Defender
Ali Fathy	1992	Egypt	Defender
Shimelis Bekele	1990	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Opoku Ampomah	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Emmanuel Latte Lath	1999	Ivory Coast	Forward
Amadou Dia Ndiaye	2000	Senegal	Forward
Ibtissam Bouharat	1990	Morocco	Midfielder
Éva Allice	2002	Morocco	Defender
Aymen Belaïd	1989	Tunisia	Midfielder
Christian Obi	1967	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Camara	1980	Mali	Defender
Sunny Omoregie	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Yazid Atouba	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Obi Ikechukwu Charles	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Abiodun Agunbiade	1983	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bondoa Adiaba	1987	Cameroon	Defender
Ahmed El-Basha	1982	Sudan	Centre-back
Adefolarin Durosinmi	1991	Nigeria	Wing half
Ahmed Sghaïer	1937	Tunisia	Defender
Ababacar Lô	2000	Senegal
Charles Zulu	1996	Zambia	Midfielder
Badr Kachani	1990	Morocco	Forward
Ali Sami Yachir	1985	Algeria	Forward
Mouhamed Dabo	1996	Senegal	Midfielder
Oussama Lamlioui	1996	Morocco	Forward
Mamadou Diaw	2001	Senegal
Teklemariam Shanko	1998	Ethiopia
Siphiwe Mkhonza	1979	South Africa	Defender
Mohammed Rahoui	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Sheka Fofanah	1998	Sierra Leone	Forward
Faustin Senghor	1994	Senegal
Ndeye Awa Diakhaté	1997	Senegal
Sean Roberts	1983	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Halim	1977	Egypt	Midfielder
David Nshimirimana	1993	Burundi	Defender
Joshua Boateng	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Courage Pekuson	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Charlie Dopékoulouyen	1991	Central African Republic	Forward
Albert Dikwa	1998	Cameroon	Forward
Platiny Alves	1996	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Ibuchi Chukwu	2006	Nigeria	Winger
Haruna Aliyu	2006	Nigeria
Barthélemy Diedhiou	2001	Senegal
Kofi Kordzi	1995	Ghana
Jean Mousté	1994	Guinea
Momo Blamo	1974	Liberia	Goalkeeper
Kamdem Fotou Eric	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Keagile Kgosipula	1996	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Bushi Moletsane	1984	Lesotho	Midfielder
Edwin Lavatsa	1993	Kenya	Forward
Karamba Gassama	2005	Gambia
Gabriel David	2007	Nigeria	Forward
Clement Ansah	2005	Ghana
Hamidou Maïga	1995	Mali	Defender
Hichem Haj Kacem	1976	Tunisia	Full-back
Kumba Brima	2002	Sierra Leone
Mounir Chebil	1962	Tunisia
Zakaria Bahrou	1997	Morocco	Forward
Mahad Kabogoza	2007	Uganda	Left wing
Karim Kamana	2004	Burundi	Midfielder
Boyo Lechaena	1998	Botswana	Midfielder
Moisés Eboko	2000	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward