On this day: March 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 5.

51 African footballers in our database were born on March 5, including Youssouf Sabaly, Liassine Cadamuro and Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub.

African national teams have played 44 matches on March 5 since 1961.

On March 5 1972, Congo won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Mali in the final.

Footballers born on March 5 (51)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Youssouf Sabaly	1993	Senegal	Full-back
Liassine Cadamuro	1988	Algeria	Defender
Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub	1993	Egypt	Forward
Shikabala	1986	Egypt	Wing
Kunle Odunlami	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Mouez Hassen	1995	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Redouane Halhal	2003	Morocco	Defender
El Hadji Ba	1993	Mauritania	Midfielder
Hassane Kamara	1994	Gambia	Midfielder
Karim Maroc	1958	Algeria	Midfielder
Festus Onigbinde	1938	Nigeria
Blessing Eleke	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Walid Hichri	1986	Tunisia	Defender
Daouda Bamba	1995	Ivory Coast	Forward
Dumisa Ngobe	1973	South Africa	Midfielder
Iyad Mohamed	2001	Comoros	Midfielder
Heinrich Isaacks	1985	Namibia	Forward
Stephen Sama	1993	Cameroon	Defender
Chris Bedia	1996	Ivory Coast	Forward
Hajry Redouane	1964	Morocco	Midfielder
Danilo Clementino	1982	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Youssouf Dao	1998	Ivory Coast
Vuyo Mere	1984	South Africa	Defender
Rabea Al-Laafi	1990	Libya	Defender
Doreen Nabwire	1987	Kenya	Midfielder
Miracle Friday Akpadiaha	1991	Nigeria	Defender
Yassine El Had	1984	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Kamel Habri	1976	Algeria	Defender
Patrick Apataki	1978	DR Congo	Midfielder
Kingsley Onuegbu	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Yves Yuvuladio	1978	DR Congo	Defender
Amine Aksas	1983	Algeria	Defender
Hocine Fenier	1983	Algeria	Forward
Alton Meiring	1976	South Africa	Forward
Shaban Nditi	1983	Tanzania	Midfielder
Merouane Kial	1972	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Gerard Biena Mukunku	1977	DR Congo	Defender
Abderrazak El Mnasfi	1982	Morocco	Forward
Mehdi Ressaissi	1990	Tunisia	Defender
Guedes Lupapa	1988	Angola	Forward
Albert Uytenbogaardt	1930	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Tsoloane Mosakeng	1977	Lesotho	Midfielder
Sammy Kahsai	1995	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Bernard Hartze	1950	South Africa	Midfielder
Solomon Sosu	2005	Ghana
George Boe	1985	Liberia	Midfielder
Emerson Samba	1987	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Momo Coly	1985	Senegal	Forward
Evans Nyabaro	1977	Kenya	Midfielder
Michael Dacosta	2005	Equatorial Guinea	Left winger
Nesta Zahui	2003	Ivory Coast	Defender