On this day: January 9

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 9.

57 African footballers in our database were born on January 9, including Issa Diop, Cédric Si Mohamed and Kamal Sowah.

African national teams have played 36 matches on January 9 since 1965.

Footballers born on January 9 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Issa Diop	1997	Morocco	Centre-back
Cédric Si Mohamed	1985	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Kamal Sowah	2000	Ghana	Defender
Yassin Mikari	1983	Tunisia	Midfielder
Manasseh Ishiaku	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Ali Bencheikh	1955	Algeria	Midfielder
Karim Zaza	1975	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Alaa Mayhoub	1962	Egypt	Midfielder
Kalifa Cissé	1984	Mali	Centre-back
Hatten Baratli	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Pape Maly Diamanka	1990	Senegal	Midfielder
Rasheed Alabi	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Hakim Abdallah	1998	Madagascar	Forward
Hicham Boussefiane	1998	Morocco	Wing half
Zié Ouattara	2000	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Abdelâali Zahraoui	1949	Morocco	Midfielder
Mohammed Alhassan	1984	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Mohamed El-Bouazzati	1997	Morocco	Centre-back
Zahir Zerdab	1982	Algeria	Midfielder
Funsho Bamgboye	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Fernand Mayembo	1996	Congo	Defender
Ivanildo Cassamá	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Souleymane Sawadogo	1993	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Nour El Sayed	1984	Egypt	Midfielder
Marouane Sahraoui	1996	Tunisia	Defender
Thuto Ramafifi	1992	Botswana	Forward
Ibubeleye Whyte	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Honour Gombami	1983	Zimbabwe	Defender
Youssoupha Mbodji	2004	Senegal	Defender
Berlin Auchumeb	1974	Namibia	Forward
Franck Mbarga	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
João Bonde	1997	Mozambique	Midfielder
Héritier Deyonge	2002	DR Congo	Defender
Jonathan Armogam	1981	South Africa	Midfielder
Adil Lamrabet	1979	Morocco	Midfielder
Lemouya Goudiaby	1997	Senegal	Midfielder
Mustapha Yahaya	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Kinglord Safo	2002	Ghana	Forward
Abdoulaye Niang	1983	Senegal	Midfielder
Lanto	1988	Madagascar	Midfielder
Frédéric N'Doumbé	1935	Cameroon	Forward
Basem Abdel Aziz	1992	Egypt	Defender
Jésah Ayessa	2000	Congo
Zaina Namuleme	2000	Uganda	Forward
Laura Taleb Muller	1999	Algeria	Forward
Vincent Ngongang	1979	Cameroon	Defender
Jacques Joel Tsimi	1984	Cameroon	Defender
Clément Lebe	1979	Cameroon	Defender
Mohamed Haggag	1985	Egypt	Defender
Bismark Ngissah	1998	Ghana	Forward
Zeca Amaral	1967	Angola
Adama Niang	1975	Senegal	Defender
Djakaridja Traoré	1995	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Garry Robert	1973	Seychelles
Ismaila Bidemi Bisoye	1987	Nigeria	Defender
Abdelkrim Zefzef	1938	Algeria	Midfielder
Brandon Ndezi	2000	DR Congo	Midfielder