On this day: June 1

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

69 African footballers in our database were born on June 1, including Youssef En-Nesyri, Stéphane Sessègnon and Chinedu Obasi.

African national teams have played 65 matches on June 1 since 1924.

Footballers born on June 1 (69)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Youssef En-Nesyri	1997	Morocco	Forward
Stéphane Sessègnon	1984	Benin	Wing half
Chinedu Obasi	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Samuel Inkoom	1989	Ghana	Centre-back
Moustapha Salifou	1983	Togo	Midfielder
Mahmoud Hamdy	1995	Egypt	Centre-back
Mário Hipólito	1985	Angola	Goalkeeper
Mabululu	1992	Angola	Forward
Michel Kaham	1952	Cameroon	Defender
Eise Aden Abshir	1986	Somalia	Forward
Sada Thioub	1995	Senegal	Forward
Shavy Babicka	2000	Gabon
Matt Moussilou	1982	Congo	Forward
Valentine Ozornwafor	1999	Nigeria	Defender
Jonathan Tinhan	1989	Benin	Midfielder
Abderrazzak Jadid	1983	Morocco	Wing half
Alaba Jonathan	1992	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Bachir Belloumi	2002	Algeria	Midfielder
Mahmoud Hamada	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Oscar Machapa	1987	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Aboubacar Camara	1993	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Willie Britto	1996	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Fahd El Khoumisti	1993	Morocco	Forward
Sam Pam	1968	Nigeria	Defender
Jean-Claude Bozga	1984	DR Congo	Defender
Abderahim Benkajjane	1983	Morocco	Defender
Luca Badr	1992	Egypt	Centre-back
Yaw Ackah	1999	Ghana	Midfielder
Dino Eze	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Idris Mbombo	1996	DR Congo	Forward
Michael Ohanu	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Yousef Mohamed Alghoul	1936	Libya
Osa Guobadia	1987	Nigeria	Midfielder
Petrus Haraseb	1968	Namibia	Defender
Guy Madjo	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Tayeb Maroci	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Mary Berko	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Gabriel Ngalula	1982	DR Congo	Midfielder
Hervé Ndjana Onana	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Oucasse Mendy	2001	Senegal	Winger
Sadek Abdellah El Hadj	2004	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Chiheb Labidi	2001	Tunisia	Midfielder
Thierno Thioub	1998	Senegal	Forward
Aymard Moro Mvé	1987	Gabon	Defender
Miloud Hamdi	1971	Algeria
Wael Farrag	1987	Egypt	Defender
Stredair Appuah	2004	Ghana	Winger
Abdellah Farah	2001	Morocco	Forward
Captain Bashir	1994	Sudan
Thandokuhle Mkhonza	1980	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Nassama Asselme	1990	Chad	Defender
José Andrade	1970	Cape Verde	Forward
Franck Omgba	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
Alfa Potowabawi	1979	Togo	Forward
Abel Hammond	1985	Ghana	Forward
Ahmed El Sheikh	1993	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Said Mourad	1983	Egypt	Midfielder
Festus Mbewe	1988	Zambia	Forward
Bernard Kusi	1939	Ghana
Ndulo	1996	Angola	Goalkeeper
Ebenezer Dadzie	1975	Ghana	Forward
Mohamed Rizk	1993	Egypt	Midfielder
Kombi Mandjang	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
Brunallergene Etou	1994	Congo	Midfielder
Didier Bassamagne	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Ojukwu David Ifegwu	1996	Nigeria
Fortunate Thulare	1994	Botswana	Centre back
Mahmoud Emad	1998	Egypt	Midfielder
Sabah Shaiek	2003	Tunisia	Defender