On this day: March 3

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

80+ African footballers in our database were born on March 3, including Sphephelo Sithole, Emmanuel Pappoe and Abdoulaye Touré.

African national teams have played 25 matches on March 3 since 1963.

Footballers born on March 3 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sphephelo Sithole	1999	South Africa
Emmanuel Pappoe	1981	Ghana	Defender
Abdoulaye Touré	1994	Guinea	Forward
Femi Opabunmi	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Issama Mpeko	1986	DR Congo	Defender
Nacer Abdellah	1966	Morocco	Defender
Eugénio Fernando Bila	1979	Mozambique	Midfielder
Manuel David Afonso	1994	Angola	Midfielder
Mouhcine Moutouali	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Christoffer Mafoumbi	1994	Congo	Goalkeeper
Rayane Bounida	2006	Morocco
Stephane Aziz Ki	1996	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Daniel Tagoe	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Arthur Moses	1973	Ghana	Forward
André Bukia	1995	DR Congo	Midfielder
Tiémoko Konaté	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Parfait Bizoza	1999	Burundi
Luke Fleurs	2000	South Africa
Basaula Lemba	1965	DR Congo	Midfielder
Bobley Anderson	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Morciré Sylla	1948	Guinea	Forward
Onyinyechi Zogg	1997	Nigeria	Defender
Samson Akinyoola	2000	Benin
Mahmoud Saad	1952	Egypt	Defender
Abdullahi Ishaka	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Marciano Tchami	2004	Guinea-Bissau
Sammy Onyango	1961	Kenya	Midfielder
Sello Muso	1986	Lesotho	Defender
Grant Young	1971	South Africa	Forward
Mlondi Dlamini	1997	South Africa	Midfielder
Abdelfattah El Khattari	1977	Morocco	Attacker
Derrick Jones	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Owen Kasule	1989	Uganda	Midfielder
Mohammad Mothnani	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Sega Keita	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Abdel Hamid Ahmed	1984	Egypt	Defender
Ibrahim Sulemana	1987	Ghana	Forward
Adel Djerrar	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Boti Goa	1989	Ivory Coast	Forward
Alioune Ndour	2001	Senegal
Sabinah Thom	1996	Malawi	Attacking midfielder
Patrick Sunday	1975	Nigeria	Forward
Philip Obhafuoso	1982	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kola Anubi	1987	Nigeria	Midfielder
George Kolala	1976	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Adlen Griche	1979	Algeria	Defender
Mahamat Hissein	1979	Chad	Forward
Aymen Zidan	1983	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Abdelaziz Kerkache	1965	Morocco
Emmanuel Mbende	1996	Cameroon	Centre-back
Kebotseng Moletsane	1995	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Ivane Chegra	2004	Algeria
Saidu Bah Kamara	2002	Sierra Leone
Ubong Friday	1998	Nigeria	Wing half
Khalled Loualid	1941	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
David Adjei	1977	Ghana	Midfielder
Chaâbane Meftah	1990	Algeria	Defender
Godwin Osei Bonsu	1989	Ghana	Defender
Dramani Masud Didi	1966	Ghana	Defender
Michel Ndahinduka	1990	Rwanda	Forward
Lebogang Mabatle	1992	South Africa	Defender
Paul de Vries	1996	Ghana	Forward
Moses John	1998	Nigeria	Wing half
Bright Nxumalo	1978	Eswatini	Goalkeeper
Auguston Leonard	1991	South Africa	Midfielder
Alaa Kamal	1985	Egypt
Gilbert Manier Muvunyi	1990	Rwanda	Defender
Mohssine Achir	1990	Morocco	Defender
Daniel Bakongolia	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Ahmed Saleh	1977	Egypt	Defender
Malak Zaid Alkilani	2004	Morocco
Shafik Kwikiriza	2004	Uganda	Forward
Abdul Karim Watambala	2000	Uganda
Cédrick Bakala	1992	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Gilmar Tavinho	1995	São Tomé and Príncipe	Goalkeeper
Diana Meriva	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Winger
Aminata Gaye	1996	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Sami Nasri	1968	Tunisia	Midfielder
Eusebio Edjang	1994	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Yassin Tallal	2005	Morocco	Winger