On this day: January 7

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 7.

56 African footballers in our database were born on January 7, including Antoine Semenyo, Adekanmi Olufadé and João Ricardo.

African national teams have played 30 matches on January 7 since 1955.

Footballers born on January 7 (56)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Antoine Semenyo	2000	Ghana	Forward
Adekanmi Olufadé	1980	Togo	Forward
João Ricardo	1970	Angola	Goalkeeper
Karim Guédé	1985	Togo	Midfielder
Isaac Success	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Wilfrid Kaptoum	1996	Cameroon	Midfielder
Kaies Ghodhbane	1976	Tunisia	Midfielder
Noureddine Bouyahyaoui	1955	Morocco	Defender
Jean Kalala N'Tumba	1949	DR Congo	Forward
Zakarya Bergdich	1989	Morocco	Defender
Sizwe Motaung	1970	South Africa	Defender
Ayman Taher	1966	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Khaly Thiam	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Oumar Tchomogo	1978	Benin	Forward
Patiyo Tambwe	1984	DR Congo	Forward
Onismor Bhasera	1986	Zimbabwe	Full-back
Joseph Aziz	1974	Ghana	Forward
Prince Owusu	1997	Ghana	Forward
Alhassan Wakaso	1992	Ghana	Defender
Tito Okello	1997	South Sudan	Centre-forward
Kassim Guyazou	1982	Togo	Midfielder
Lionel Enguene	1996	Cameroon	Midfielder
Makan Aïko	2001	Ivory Coast
Augustine Mulenga	1990	Zambia	Forward
Mohamed Trabelsi	1968	Tunisia	Defender
Boubekeur Belbekri	1942	Algeria	Defender
Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam	1984	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Ahmad Adel	1984	Egypt	Defender
Félix Nzouango	2003	Cameroon	Defender
Saafan El-Sagheer	1965	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Junior Mapuku	1990	DR Congo	Forward
Moussoro Kabirou	1978	Benin	Forward
Fard Ibrahim	2000	Ghana	Defender
George Maluleka	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Islam Salah	1991	Egypt	Defender
Raymonde Kacou	1987	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mobido Sidibé	1970	Mali
Karim Oumarou	1985	Niger	Defender
Armel Disney	1980	Congo	Forward
Aminu Abdallah	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Massiré Sylla	2005	Senegal	Defender
Moody Chana	1999	Cameroon
El Sayed Salem	1987	Egypt	Defender
Sunday Seah	1978	Liberia	Goalkeeper
José Fidel Sipi	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Left back
Adaon Kalalla	1991	DR Congo	Forward
Kemokho Cissokho	1990	Senegal	Defender
Rodson Dedy Tojosoa	1974	Madagascar	Midfielder
Allassane Sango	1993	Burkina Faso	Defender
Wassim Karoui	1996	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Chinwendu Johan Nkama	1998	Nigeria
Aron Kalambo	1995	Tanzania	Goalkeeper
Mengistu Assefa	1988	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Jennifer Osawaru	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Walter Kubheka	1999	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Patrice Kabuya	2000	DR Congo	Wing half