On this day: January 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 5.

68 African footballers in our database were born on January 5, including Ikechukwu Uche, Afriyie Acquah and Tino Kadewere.

African national teams have played 29 matches on January 5 since 1962.

Footballers born on January 5 (68)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ikechukwu Uche	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Afriyie Acquah	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Tino Kadewere	1996	Zimbabwe	Forward
Baba Diawara	1988	Senegal	Forward
Zinédine Machach	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Tarek Alaa	2002	Egypt	Defender
Abdeslam Laghrissi	1962	Morocco	Forward
Samba Diallo	2003	Senegal	Midfielder
Mootez Zaddem	2001	Tunisia	Midfielder
Pape Ibnou Bâ	1993	Senegal	Forward
Mamadou Camara	2003	Senegal
Vera Okolo	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Hamid Termina	1977	Morocco	Midfielder
Carlos Silveira da Graça	1988	Cape Verde	Defender
Pape Ndiaga Yade	2000	Senegal	Forward
Etienne Alain Djissikadie	1977	Gabon	Midfielder
Nouhoum Kobéna	1985	Benin	Midfielder
Alf Ackerman	1929	South Africa	Forward
Etienne Bito'o	1980	Gabon	Midfielder
Moses Lamidi	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo	1986	DR Congo	Forward
Jalal Abdulai	2005	Ghana	Forward
Alaeddine Ajaraie	1993	Morocco
Rufin Lué	1968	Ivory Coast	Defender
Emmanuel Koum	1946	Cameroon	Forward
Achille Pensy	1987	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Keita	1994	Mali	Midfielder
Abdoulie Ceesay	2004	Gambia	Forward
Nathan Gassama	2001	Mali
Ibrahima Sory Bangoura	2004	Guinea
Ayache Belaoued	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Isaac Boye	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Guyan Kanté	1982	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Thierry Mukuta	1989	DR Congo	Midfielder
Kingstone Mutandwa	2003	Zambia	Forward
Abubakar Kasule	1999	Uganda
Oussama Boughanmi	1990	Tunisia	Midfielder
Bilel Yaken	1981	Tunisia	Centre-back
Ailton César Duarte Silva	1996	Cape Verde	Forward
Daniel Odafin	1989	Nigeria	Wing half
Yanis Senhadji	2005	Algeria
Mohamed Sherif	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Michael Butler	1976	Liberia	Forward
Mouhamadou Sarr	1997	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Paul Manon	1944	Gabon
Youssou Lo	1992	Senegal	Forward
Seyni Mbaye Ndiaye	2005	Senegal
Musah Mohammed	2002	Ghana
Chawanangwa Kawonga	1995	Malawi
Wass Freestyle	1987	Algeria
Noel Yobou	1982	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Mouchili	1998	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ali Doudou	1927	Algeria
Ossama Boughanmi	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
N'Diaye Djiby	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Maël Fernandez	2007	Cameroon
Sadat Seidu	2004	Ghana
Dan Birikwalira	1996	South Sudan	Defender
Sudi Abdallah	2000	Burundi
Jean-Christophe Koffi	1998	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Itumeleng Sekwale	1983	South Africa	Midfielder
Alaya Sassi	1942	Tunisia	Forward
Ricky Ngatchou	2002	Cameroon	Defender
Ahmed Ankrah	2002	Ghana	Midfielder
Aalyah Samadi	2007	Comoros	Defender
Kiki Meva	2008	Cameroon	Forward
Nestorly Lumbu	1998	DR Congo	Defender
Chouaïb Jikouni	2006	Morocco	Playmaker