On this day: July 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 1.

67 African footballers in our database were born on July 1, including Rigobert Song, Mehdi Carcela-González and Evann Guessand.

African national teams have played 38 matches on July 1 since 1950.

Footballers born on July 1 (67)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Rigobert Song	1976	Cameroon	Centre-back
Mehdi Carcela-González	1989	Morocco	Midfielder
Evann Guessand	2001	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	1985	Egypt	Full-back
Chaouki Ben Saada	1984	Tunisia	Forward
Soufiane Alloudi	1983	Morocco	Forward
Frank Boya	1996	Cameroon	Attacker
Ebenezer Ofori	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Linda Motlhalo	1998	South Africa	Midfielder
Amin Erbati	1981	Morocco	Defender
Kacem Slimani	1948	Morocco	Defender
Faris Pemi Moumbagna	2000	Cameroon	Forward
Amine Atouchi	1992	Morocco	Defender
Donashano Malama	1991	Zambia	Defender
Claudine Meffometou	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Alex Agbo	1977	Nigeria	Forward
Thierry Doubai	1988	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Patrick Motsepe	1981	Botswana	Midfielder
Lubandji Ochumba	2001	Zambia	Midfielder
Reda Ereyahi	1972	Morocco	Midfielder
Nabil Jaadi	1996	Morocco	Forward
Gladys Amfobea	1998	Ghana	Defender
Ghouti Loukili	1973	Algeria	Midfielder
Guillaume Dah Zadi	1978	Ivory Coast	Forward
Fernander Kassaï	1987	Central African Republic	Centre-back
Islam Adel	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Marco Tagbajumi	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Benjamin Dwomoh	1935	Ghana
Amany Rashad	1983	Egypt	Midfielder
Yaa Avoe	1982	Ghana	Defender
Mourad Fahmy	1910	Egypt
Peter Itodo	2003	Nigeria
Enez Mango	1993	Kenya	Defender
Sidney Kargbo	1986	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Alain Behi	1978	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Bernard Kyere	1995	Ghana	Centre-back
Ameur Derbal	1978	Tunisia	Defender
Jamal Ait Lmaalem	1990	Morocco	Defender
Claudia Dabda	2001	Cameroon	Defender
Sandile Ndlovu	1980	South Africa	Forward
Charles Asamoah	1985	Ghana	Forward
Ocean Mushure	1985	Zimbabwe	Defender
Onkabetse Makgantai	1995	Botswana	Forward
Mohamed Marhoum	1990	Sudan	Forward
Ibtissem Ben Mohamed	1997	Tunisia	Defender
Abderrahmane Medjadel	1998	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Abdelmoneim Ankaba	1990	Sudan	Forward
Junior Atemengue	1995	Cameroon	Forward
Christian Gandu	1992	Congo	Midfielder
Abdullah Fusseini	1982	Ghana	Midfielder
Boy-Boy Mosia	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Maker Maker	1999	South Sudan
Emmanuel Ngama	1992	Burundi	Midfielder
Dennis Agyekum	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Mounir Bordjah	1997	Algeria	Full-back
Amr El Monoufy	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Yussuf Ndikumana	1993	Burundi	Defender
Joan Nabirye	1993	Uganda	Midfielder
Saâd Sahraoui	1985	Algeria	Forward
Kada El Hadjari	1984	Algeria	Defender
Modibo Diarra	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Daniel Sowatey	1994	Ghana	Defender
Siviwe Magidigidi	2005	South Africa	Forward
Murape Murape	1980	Zimbabwe	Forward
Claudia Voulania	2001	Cameroon	Forward
Claudine Meffometou Tcheno	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Samson Obi	1996	Nigeria