On this day: March 2

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

47 African footballers in our database were born on March 2, including Yahia Attiyat Allah, Sambou Yatabaré and Bazoumana Touré.

African national teams have played 17 matches on March 2 since 1972.

Footballers born on March 2 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yahia Attiyat Allah	1995	Morocco	Defender
Sambou Yatabaré	1989	Mali	Midfielder
Bazoumana Touré	2006	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Solomon Okoronkwo	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Ali Bin Nasser	1944	Tunisia
Edson Nobre	1980	Angola	Midfielder
Babacar Gueye	1986	Senegal	Forward
Mohammed Usman	1994	Nigeria	Midfielder
Benjamín Zarandona	1976	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Zié Diabaté	1989	Ivory Coast	Defender
Hamza El-Gamal	1970	Egypt	Defender
Mustapha Mrani	1978	Morocco	Defender
Kofi Danning	1991	Ghana	Forward
Samsondin Ouro	2000	Togo	Midfielder
Mamadou Mariem Diallo	1967	Senegal	Defender
Kolawole Agodirin	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Boubacar Konté	2001	Mali	Forward
Younes Bnou Marzouk	1996	Morocco	Forward
Gigli Ndefe	1994	Angola	Midfielder
Christophe Atangana	2000	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Peter Anieke	1946	Nigeria	Midfielder
Alhassane Soumah	1996	Guinea	Midfielder
Mehdi Boudar	1980	Algeria	Midfielder
Lydia Belkacemi	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Siboniso Conco	1996	South Africa	Midfielder
Fidadi Mohamed	1968	Morocco	Forward
Edson	1984	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Panin Boakye	1995	Ghana	Forward
Anges Ngapy	1963	Congo	Forward
Christ Tape	2006	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Obi Moneme	1975	Nigeria	Forward
Abdoulaye Coulibaly	1988	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Saliw Babawo	1999	Ghana	Midfielder
Gérard Lifondja	1989	DR Congo	Midfielder
Taiwo Tewogbola Afolabi	2007	Nigeria	Midfielder
Nafian Legason Alionzi	1996	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Patrick Lebekwe	1973	Botswana	Defender
Rodrigue Ele	1998	Cameroon	Defender
Abdelaziz Dahmani	1934	Tunisia	Forward
Arnold Odong	1999	Uganda	Centre-back
Lenny Pirringuel	2004	Benin
Lazhar Benhacène	1976	Algeria	Defensive midfielder
Lyes Benyoucef	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Pedro Bengui	1993	Angola	Midfielder
Philip Umukoro	1980	Nigeria	Forward
Hashim Sempala	1995	Uganda	Midfielder
Ghislain MPetshi-Kalongo	1971	Congo	Defender