On this day: January 6

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 6.

67 African footballers in our database were born on January 6, including Bongani Khumalo, Bubista and Mohamed Camara.

African national teams have played 30 matches on January 6 since 1963.

Footballers born on January 6 (67)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Bongani Khumalo	1987	South Africa	Defender
Bubista	1970	Cape Verde
Mohamed Camara	2000	Mali	Midfielder
Taha Yassine Khenissi	1992	Tunisia	Forward
Adem Zorgane	2000	Algeria	Midfielder
Costa Nhamoinesu	1986	Zimbabwe	Defender
Abel Camará	1990	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mohamed Oulhaj	1988	Morocco	Defender
Nill De Pauw	1990	DR Congo	Forward
Axel Bakayoko	1998	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Hanafy Bastan	1922	Egypt	Defender
Bassey Akpan	1984	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Amara Conde	1997	Guinea	Midfielder
Karim Ghazi	1979	Algeria	Midfielder
Johnson Akuchie	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Bassira Touré	1990	Mali	Forward
Faisal Bangal	1995	Mozambique	Forward
Djibril Diop	1999	Senegal	Defender
Mohamed Ben Salem	1996	Tunisia	Centre-back
Marius Mbaiam	1987	Chad	Midfielder
Edi Semedo	1999	Cape Verde
Tarek Ghoul	1975	Algeria	Defender
Jonathan Matijas	1990	Algeria	Goalkeeper
George Kwasi Semakor	1988	Ghana	Defender
Tayeb Berramla	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
John Tshibumbu	1989	DR Congo	Forward
El Mehdi Sidqy	1984	Morocco	Defender
Moses Kpakor	1965	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sidiki Diarra	1952	Burkina Faso
Bernard Makufi	1979	Zambia	Forward
Mehdi Khalis	1989	Morocco	Defender
Arslane Mazari	1989	Algeria	Defender
Kenneth Muguna	1996	Kenya	Midfielder
Patrick Phungwayo	1988	South Africa	Defender
Adedoyin Sanni	1995	Nigeria	Defender
Lena Noreses	1994	Namibia	Midfielder
Younes Lachaab	2005	Algeria
Stephen Chinedu	2000	Nigeria
Hacène Djemaâ	1942	Algeria	Midfielder
Ghost Mulenga	1954	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Daouda Compaoré	1973	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Emad Fathi	1993	Egypt	Midfielder
Stanley Nyazamba	1983	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Samir Bourenane	1978	Algeria	Midfielder
Simba Marumo	1978	South Africa	Forward
Mourad Ranene	1967	Tunisia	Forward
Hamza Anani	1988	Algeria	Forward
Guillaume N'Kendo	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Hamidou Bojang	1997	Gambia	Defender
Bill Strauss	1916	South Africa	Wing half
Ahmad Maher	1989	Egypt	Defender
Jean Balékita	1948	DR Congo	Forward
Younes Ataba	1976	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Mor Talla Ndiaye	2008	Senegal
Bamba Moussa	1985	Ivory Coast	Defender
Aaron Dankwah	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Habib Gasmi	1957	Tunisia	Forward
Islam Saleh	1995	Egypt	Midfielder
Rita Wanki Awachwi	1994	Cameroon	Defender
Emmanuel Jalai	1999	Zimbabwe
Fodé Guirassy	1996	Guinea	Forward
Thomas Phousseyne Diaby	1995	Mali	Midfielder
Mballa Zambo	1987	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Issa Habri	2006	Morocco	Defender
Benson Kitso Mangolo	1999	Botswana	Defender
Asante Agyemang	1993	Ghana
Jibril Abubakar	2000	Nigeria	Forward