On this day: January 30

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 30.

48 African footballers in our database were born on January 30, including Omar Gaber, Bradley Cross and Gilles Yapi Yapo.

African national teams have played 30 matches on January 30 since 1969.

Footballers born on January 30 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Omar Gaber	1992	Egypt	Defender
Bradley Cross	2001	South Africa
Gilles Yapi Yapo	1982	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Hans Vonk	1970	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Souleymane Diamoutene	1983	Mali	Defender
Abdel-Zaher El-Saqua	1974	Egypt	Defender
François N'Doumbé	1954	Cameroon	Defender
Otmane El Assas	1979	Morocco	Midfielder
Henry Cele	1949	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Edmund Baidoo	2006	Ghana	Winger
Souleymane Diarra	1995	Mali	Midfielder
Djamel Keddou	1952	Algeria	Defender
Thendo Mukumela	1998	South Africa	Defender
Ebiabowei Baker	1994	Nigeria	Defender
Sanah Mollo	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
Ayoub Jabbari	2000	Morocco	Forward
Chiró N'Toko	1988	DR Congo	Centre-back
Binawari Williams Ajuwa	1982	Nigeria	Midfielder
Janvier Besala Bokungu	1989	DR Congo	Defender
Sibiry Keita	2001	Mali	Midfielder
Jones Chilengi	1955	Zambia	Defender
Mo'men osman	1987	Egypt	Defender
Mohamed Borji	1981	Morocco	Forward
Amine Boukhlouf	1984	Algeria	Forward
Mansour Assoumani	1983	Mali	Defender
Nana Nafihou	1988	Benin	Defender
Abderahmane Soussi	2003	Morocco
Comlanvi Akakpo	1985	Benin	Defender
Boualem Benmalek	1989	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Nader El Ashri	1985	Egypt	Midfielder
Theo George	2001	Botswana	Defender
Ali Samake	2000	Mali	Defender
Botuli Bompunga	1992	DR Congo	Midfielder
António Duarte	1967	Cape Verde	Forward
Georges Nicolas Djone	1982	Cameroon	Midfielder
Thomas Zenke	1993	Nigeria	Wing half
Aissa Draoui	1950	Algeria	Forward
Isaac Sarpong	1975	Ghana
Mohamed Ali Kasdoghli	1990	Tunisia	Defender
Exaucé Ngassaki	1997	Congo	Forward
Kevin Ndayisenga	1995	Burundi	Forward
Djobo Atcho	1988	Ivory Coast	Forward
Claude Mvé	1985	Gabon	Attacker
Adeola Olaleye	2006	Nigeria	Forward
Armelle Maffo	2002	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ferouze Mohamed Issa	2004	Djibouti	Forward
Mubaraq Adeshina	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Thais Pargaray	2004	Equatorial Guinea	Forward