On this day: January 4

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 4.

60 African footballers in our database were born on January 4, including Odilon Kossounou, Younes Kaboul and Bwanga Tshimen.

African national teams have played 26 matches on January 4 since 1967.

Footballers born on January 4 (60)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Odilon Kossounou	2001	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Younes Kaboul	1986	Morocco	Centre-back
Bwanga Tshimen	1949	DR Congo	Defender
Alexander Ndoumbou	1992	Gabon	Midfielder
Arnaud Lusamba	1997	DR Congo	Midfielder
Christian Chukwu	1951	Nigeria	Defender
Eric Mouloungui	1984	Gabon	Forward
Jason Mayélé	1976	DR Congo	Wing half
Igor Engonga	1995	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Mahmoud Metwalli	1993	Egypt	Defender
Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	1985	Ivory Coast	Forward
Toaster Nsabata	1990	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Daniel Bameyi	2006	Nigeria	Centre-back
Néstor Senra	2002	Equatorial Guinea
Moussa Yahaya	1975	Niger	Forward
Marc Batchelor	1970	South Africa	Forward
Landú Mavanga	1990	Angola	Goalkeeper
Tatenda Mkuruva	1996	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
André Neles	1978	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Haytham Farouk	1971	Egypt	Defender
Paulo Pina	1983	Cape Verde	Defender
Arsène Né	1981	Ivory Coast	Defender
Jeff Gyasi	1989	Nigeria	Centre-back
Younès Kadri	1991	Algeria	Forward
Chemseddine Nessakh	1988	Algeria	Defender
Zouhair El Moutaraji	1996	Morocco	Wing half
Shadreck Biemba	1965	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Jacques Kingambo	1962	DR Congo	Midfielder
Drissa Diallo	1973	Guinea	Defender
Benjamín Akoto Asamoah	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Francis Koroma	1975	Sierra Leone	Defender
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	1985	Algeria	Forward
Bilel Herbache	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Soumaila Traoré	1973	Mali
Nabil Hamouda	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Ali Maatouk	1988	Libya
Richard Sila	1998	DR Congo	Forward
Bakari Camara	1994	Mauritania
Romano Scott	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Marcel Elame	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Alsény Camara Agogo	1995	Guinea	Forward
Collins Tanor	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Faouz Faidine Attoumane	1994	Comoros	Midfielder
Younes El Bahraoui	2005	Morocco	Forward
Said Makapu	1996	Tanzania
Zaid Patel	1994	South Africa	Forward
John Bheki Nkambule	1981	South Africa	Midfielder
Jeannot Lamarque	1982	Mauritius	Midfielder
Francis Dady N'Goy	1990	DR Congo	Midfielder
Bertrand Okafor	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed El Beshbeshi	1993	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Isnaba Graça	2002	Guinea-Bissau
Adama Fofana	2001	Ivory Coast
Ricky Rose	1977	Seychelles
Musa Isah	2002	Nigeria
Sékou Gassama	2001	Mali	Forward
Shakirat Moshood	2008	Nigeria	Midfielder
Amanda Uju	1999	Nigeria	Midfielder
Fatima Ahmed Combo	2004	Comoros	Forward
Marcos Bakale	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Forward