On this day: January 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 3.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on January 3, including Habib Diarra, Fodé Ballo-Touré and Carlos Baleba.

African national teams have played 15 matches on January 3 since 1960.

Footballers born on January 3 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Habib Diarra	2004	Senegal	Midfielder
Fodé Ballo-Touré	1997	Senegal	Defender
Carlos Baleba	2004	Cameroon	Midfielder
Jérémie Boga	1997	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Moumouni Dagano	1981	Burkina Faso	Forward
Youssef Safri	1977	Morocco	Midfielder
Perpetua Nkwocha	1976	Nigeria	Forward
Pablo Thiam	1974	Guinea	Midfielder
Yvan Neyou	1997	Cameroon	Midfielder
Faouzi Benzarti	1950	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ismail Rafat	1912	Egypt	Defender
Alioum Boukar	1972	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Yacine Qasmi	1991	Morocco	Forward
Kenny Rocha Santos	2000	Cape Verde	Forward
José Pierre Vunguidica	1990	Angola	Forward
Yassin Oukili	2001	Morocco
Guy Tchingoma	1986	Gabon	Midfielder
Mohamed Onajem	1992	Morocco	Forward
Yousef Alaeldin	1982	Sudan	Midfielder
Saminu Abdullahi	2001	Nigeria	Midfielder
Samya Hassani	2000	Morocco	Forward
Ibrahim Kargbo Jr.	2000	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Karim Kerkar	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Saad Ait Khorsa	1994	Morocco	Full-back
Aminatu Ibrahim	1979	Ghana	Defender
Youness Bengelloun	1983	Morocco	Defender
Abdeladim Khadrouf	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Marlyse Bernadett Ngo Ndoumbouk	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Modou Diagne	1994	Senegal	Defender
Raoul Kouakou	1980	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mamadou Diop	2000	Mauritania
Baba Alhassan	2000	Ghana	Midfielder
Karim Achahbar	1996	Morocco	Forward
Glory Iroka	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Gloria Ofoegbu	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Hesham Mohamed	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Djibril Diawara	1975	Senegal	Defender
Isaac Koné	1991	Ivory Coast	Defender
Alaeddine Marzouki	1990	Tunisia	Wing half
Mzamiru Yassin	1996	Tanzania
Sikiru Olatunsosun	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Alex Freeman	1972	Liberia	Midfielder
Zidane Mebarakou	1989	Algeria	Defender
Raoul Shungu	1958	DR Congo	Forward
Isaskar Gurirab	1998	Namibia	Forward
Vicent Philipo	1993	Tanzania	Defender
Pule Maraisane	1995	South Africa
Affandi Aboudou	2003	Seychelles
Arnaud Randrianantenaina	2001	Madagascar	Forward
Tsweu Mokoro	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Said Mohamed Otta	1992	Egypt	Playmaker
Jules Alex Nyom	1984	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Abdelhek ben chikha	1956	Algeria
Ahmed Gamal	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Khalil Boudraa	1964	Morocco
Khaled Hmani	1986	Tunisia	Defender
Habib Meïté	1991	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Alassane Sow	1997	Senegal	Midfielder
Kautar Azraf	2008	Morocco	Forward
Assad Aboudou	2003	Seychelles
Joseph Fotso	1983	Uganda	Forward
Serigne Mbaye	1996	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Hassane Toual	1983	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Kelvin Medina	1994	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Francois Xavier Koufana Eyengue	1988	Cameroon	Centre-back
Emmanuel Zulu	1981	Zambia	Midfielder
William Opoku Mensah	1996	Ghana	Forward
Crispin Olando	1988	Kenya	Midfielder
Patrick M'Bele	1975	Cameroon	Defender
Jean-Pierre Da Sylva	1997	Senegal	Left winger
Eguedegue Magloire	2006	Cameroon
Alabi Adewale	2001	Nigeria
Bilel Gontassi	1983	Tunisia	Midfielder
Nfansu Njie	2005	Gambia	Winger
Ousmane Mbengue	1991	Senegal
Yussufu Habimana	1988	Rwanda	Forward
Stéphane Laberdesque	1999	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Aires Gonzaga Zeca Emilson	1996	Angola	Defender
Omphile Ramoagi	2004	Botswana	Midfielder
Rubén Kake	2002	Equatorial Guinea