On this day: July 2

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 2.

51 African footballers in our database were born on July 2, including Baba Rahman, Kossi Agassa and Yassine Meriah.

African national teams have played 25 matches on July 2 since 1963.

Footballers born on July 2 (51)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Baba Rahman	1994	Ghana	Centre-back
Kossi Agassa	1978	Togo	Goalkeeper
Yassine Meriah	1993	Tunisia	Midfielder
Neil El Aynaoui	2001	Morocco	Midfielder
Onema Grace Geyoro	1997	DR Congo	Midfielder
Lamine Diatta	1975	Senegal	Centre-back
Aatif Chahechouhe	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Mortadha Ben Ouanes	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Baffour Gyan	1980	Ghana	Forward
Louis Mafouta	1994	Central African Republic	Forward
Oumar Ben Salah	1964	Ivory Coast	Forward
Maxwell Woledzi	2001	Ghana	Defender
Darlington Omodiagbe	1978	Nigeria	Defender
Mattéo Ahlinvi	1999	Benin	Midfielder
Reda El Hajhouj	1994	Morocco	Wing half
Bireme Diouf	1984	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Abdul Thompson Conteh	1970	Sierra Leone	Forward
Moha tobal	1988	Algeria	Defender
Sunday Chibuike	1982	Nigeria	Defender
Malek Chergui	1988	Algeria	Forward
Sherif Abdel-Fadil	1983	Egypt	Defender
Nizar Trabelsi	1970	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abubakr Barry	2000	Gambia
Teboho Moloi	1968	South Africa	Midfielder
Islam Awad	1987	Egypt	Midfielder
Sid Ahmed Aouedj	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Jamal Sadat	1983	Ethiopia	Goalkeeper
Abdelrahman Ramadan Fetori	1984	Libya	Defender
Fatou Kanteh	1997	Gambia	Forward
Boliguibia Ouattara	1988	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ali Bamba	1991	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ramzi Khaled	1992	Egypt	Midfielder
Shana Battouri	2002	Algeria
Mamadou M. Diallo	1990	Guinea	Forward
Enock Kwakwa	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Nathan Opoku	2001	Ghana	Forward
Bernardinho	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Delfín Mosibe	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Emmanuel Kofi Nyarko	1996	Ghana	Full-back
Masautso Mwale	1961	Zambia	Midfielder
Thok James	1994	Ethiopia	Defender
Gislain Ahoudo	1999	Benin	Midfielder
Nathalie Suivestin	1976	Madagascar
Anis Ben Amor	1987	Tunisia	Defender
Nchawaka Saili	1996	Zambia	Forward
James Mofokeng	1992	South Africa	Defender
Samuel Nnoshiri	2001	Nigeria	Midfielder
Linda Amoako	1999	Ghana	Defender
Moses Mthembu	2001	South Africa	Midfielder
Alice Ukiru Muderi	1996	Kenya	Defender
Dalila Mohamed	2005	Comoros	Defender