On this day: June 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on June 3.

61 African footballers in our database were born on June 3, including Désiré Doué, Vozinha and Papiss Cissé.

African national teams have played 67 matches on June 3 since 1962.

Footballers born on June 3 (61)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Désiré Doué	2005	Ivory Coast	Winger
Vozinha	1986	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Papiss Cissé	1985	Senegal	Forward
Farouk Ben Mustapha	1989	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Racheal Kundananji	2000	Zambia	Forward
Ibrahim Yattara	1980	Guinea	Wing half
Faneva Imà Andriatsima	1984	Madagascar	Forward
Osei Kofi	1940	Ghana	Midfielder
Zakaria Aboub	1980	Morocco	Midfielder
Abdelwahed El-Sayed	1977	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Samir Zaoui	1976	Algeria	Defender
Leonard Owusu	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Oumar Barro	1974	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Issa Modibo Sidibé	1992	Niger	Forward
Louis Nganioni	1995	DR Congo	Defender
Samuel Nnamani	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Karim Coulibaly	1993	Senegal	Midfielder
John Baraza	1974	Kenya	Forward
Ibrahima Sory Conte	1981	Guinea	Defender
Grant Margeman	1998	South Africa	Midfielder
Willie Phiri	1953	Zambia	Midfielder
Charles Hambira	1990	Namibia	Defender
Allan Kateregga	1994	Uganda	Midfielder
Emmanuel Ngobese	1980	South Africa	Midfielder
Rabah Djennadi	1959	Algeria	Defender
Joseph Agyemang-Gyau	1939	Ghana	Defender
Ralekoti Mokhahlane	1986	Lesotho	Midfielder
Aidan Jenniker	1989	South Africa	Defender
Karim Eddafi	1983	Morocco	Wing half
Islam Tarek	2008	Egypt
Moses Phiri	1993	Zambia	Forward
Francis Kaboré	1994	Burkina Faso	Forward
Kenechuhwu Uchenwa	1991	Nigeria	Defender
Zaharouna Haoudadji	2000	Comoros	Forward
Edmore Sibanda	1984	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Talent Chawapiwa	1992	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Bassilia Sakanoko	1985	Ivory Coast	Forward
Julius Ntambi	1992	Uganda	Midfielder
Keegan Ritchie	1990	South Africa	Defender
John Oyemba	1993	Kenya	Goalkeeper
Coulouba Sogoré	1997	Mali	Defender
Kevin Gnatiko	1986	Togo	Midfielder
Antonio Sapalo Lohoca Justo	1990	Angola	Midfielder
Henry Tonderai Mutambikwa	1976	Zimbabwe	Forward
Amadu Turé	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Moké Kajima	1974	Congo	Defender
Mohamed Reda Boumechra	1997	Algeria	Midfielder
Ronald Chitiyo	1992	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Rafik Mezriche	1978	Algeria	Midfielder
Philippe Ndinga	2005	Gabon	Defender
José Guirrugo	1992	Mozambique
Benjamin Boateng	1991	Ghana	Forward
Olayinka Kolawole	1990	Nigeria	Centre-forward
Amissah Assan	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdelmajid Djae	2005	Comoros
Mamadou Fall	2005	Senegal
Eugenia Bokoka	2000	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Felly Mulumba	1987	DR Congo	Defender
Esther Maseke Marwa	2008	Tanzania	Defender
Toto Majub	2006	Uganda	Centre-back
Kévin Uwimana	2000	Burundi	Defender