On this day: June 6

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on June 6.

79 African footballers in our database were born on June 6, including Yvon Mvogo, Rayan Aït-Nouri and Tony Yeboah.

African national teams have played 86 matches on June 6 since 1928.

Footballers born on June 6 (79)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yvon Mvogo	1994	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Rayan Aït-Nouri	2001	Algeria	Full-back
Tony Yeboah	1966	Ghana	Forward
Pape Souaré	1990	Senegal	Full-back
Abdul Mumin	1998	Ghana	Centre-back
Roger Lukaku	1967	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ebrima Darboe	2001	Gambia	Midfielder
Dimitry Bertaud	1998	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Noah Sonko Sundberg	1996	Gambia	Defender
Axel Meye	1995	Gabon	Forward
Mohamed Amine Aoudia	1987	Algeria	Forward
Alex Chola	1956	Zambia	Forward
Bakery Jatta	1998	Gambia	Winger
Sidy Koné	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Ali Rabo	1986	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Birama Touré	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Paul Moukila	1950	Congo	Midfielder
Imane Saoud	2002	Morocco	Forward
Larbi Aherdane	1954	Morocco	Defender
Kevin Sousa	1994	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Nasiru Mohammed	1994	Ghana	Forward
Dieudonné Londo	1976	Gabon	Midfielder
Priscilla Okyere	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Osarimen Ebagua	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Claude Kalisa	1977	Rwanda	Defender
Eze Vincent Okeuhie	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kaiser Kalambo	1953	Zambia	Defender
Emeka Obi	2001	Nigeria	Defender
Ashious Melu	1957	Zambia	Forward
Eduardo Jumisse	1985	Mozambique	Midfielder
Yoann Folly	1985	Togo	Midfielder
Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes	1976	Angola	Centre-forward
Musa Mohammed	1991	Kenya	Defender
Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	1990	DR Congo	Forward
Issac Honey	1993	Ghana	Centre-back
Ousmane Ba	2002	Senegal
John Noble Barinyima	1993	Nigeria
Salifu Ibrahim	2000	Ghana	Midfielder
Saikou Touray	2000	Gambia
Abdelrahman Ramadan	1993	Egypt	Forward
Odafe Onyeka Okolie	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Elvis Mashike Sukisa	1994	Congo	Forward
Ahmed Al Trbi	1992	Libya	Midfielder
Philip Ipole	2001	Nigeria	Defender
Emmanuel Msichilli	1978	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Michael Okoro Ibe	1995	Nigeria	Midfielder
Edmilson Correia	2000	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Thernand Bakouboula	1988	Congo	Forward
Karim Kaddour	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Baba Iddi	1982	Ghana	Forward
Linda Jiwuaku	2006	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Hamady Diop	2002	Senegal	Defender
Chloé N'Gazi	1996	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Olivier Dhauholou	1997	Ivory Coast
Samuel Kyere	1983	Ghana	Forward
Jimmy Mayasi	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Felicien Mbanza	1977	Burundi	Forward
Alex Somian	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Samuel Anum Okai	1936	Ghana
Karimou Djibrill	1933	Togo	Forward
Devon Saal	1992	South Africa	Forward
Emmanuel Dogbe	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Emmanuel Ofei Ansah	1953	Ghana
Mahamat Saleh	1980	Chad	Midfielder
Mehdi Ben Mrad	1998	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Kignelman Athanase	1988	Ivory Coast	Defender
Franck Fiawoo	1942	Togo	Forward
Médard Zanou	1986	Benin	Midfielder
Ishmael Koroma	1996	Sierra Leone	Defender
Paschal Ekwueme	1982	Nigeria	Wing half
Saidi Tama Nduwimana	1989	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Valentine Nguele	1983	Cameroon
Léonard Besabotsy	1993	Madagascar
Lami Yakini	1985	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ahmed Hammami	1944	Tunisia	Centre-back
Auwalu Ali Malam	2001	Nigeria	Winger
Bashirat Amoo	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Islam Abdelghani	1991	Egypt	Defender
Bilal Jabri Jabri	2004	Morocco	Goalkeeper