On this day: March 6

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

54 African footballers in our database were born on March 6, including Kevin-Prince Boateng, Shabani Nonda and Iliman Ndiaye.

African national teams have played 14 matches on March 6 since 1966.

Footballers born on March 6 (54)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Kevin-Prince Boateng	1987	Ghana	Forward
Shabani Nonda	1977	DR Congo	Forward
Iliman Ndiaye	2000	Senegal	Right winger
Alfred N'Diaye	1990	Senegal	Defender
Bakaye Traoré	1985	Mali	Midfielder
Thomas Dossevi	1979	Togo	Wing half
Rita Chikwelu	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Aminu Umar	1995	Nigeria	Midfielder
Thalente Mbatha	2000	South Africa
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui	1972	Morocco	Defender
Manuel Cafumana	1999	Angola	Midfielder
Kazadi Mwamba	1947	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Yassin Ayoub	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Álex Balboa	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Defensive midfielder
Moussa Saïb	1969	Algeria	Midfielder
Cédric Mensah	1989	Togo	Goalkeeper
Ayisat Yusuf	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed Magdy Afsha	1996	Egypt	Midfielder
Ernest Agyiri	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Harrison Manzala	1994	DR Congo	Midfielder
Césaire Gandzé	1989	Congo	Midfielder
Eberechi Opara	1976	Nigeria	Defender
Mamadou Danfa	2001	Senegal	Midfielder
Ousmane Traoré	1977	Burkina Faso	Defender
Mamadou Koné	1974	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Kwabena Adusei	1987	Ghana	Defender
Daniel Addo	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Hocine Rabet	1953	Algeria	Midfielder
Ahmed Adams	1993	Ghana	Defender
Marouene Guezmir	1974	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ahmed Guilouzi	1987	Tunisia	Centre-back
Boubacar Coulibaly	1985	Mali	Midfielder
Khoto Sesinyi	1977	Lesotho	Defender
Geoffrey Myers	1986	Liberia	Forward
Fredy Mbuna	1979	Tanzania	Defender
Avelete Yves	2003	Togo	Forward
Mabrouk Jendli	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Dennis Tetteh	1997	Ghana	Forward
Ernest Nsombo	1991	Cameroon	Forward
Charles Narkotey	1985	Ghana	Forward
Ndompetelo Mbabu	1970	DR Congo	Midfielder
Baba Issaka	1982	Equatorial Guinea
Chidozie Johnson	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Maricruz Mangue	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Eric Ayiah	2000	Ghana
Wissem Maaref	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Boubacar Jiddou	1982	Mauritania
Antwi Dacosta	2007	Ghana	Centre-back
Mahamadou Sangaré	2007	Mali	Forward
Wesam Abubaker Albodi	1980	Libya	Goalkeeper
Joy Igbokwe	2006	Nigeria	Midfielder
Cédrique Nguimzon	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Refilwe Tshambani	1994	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Uzochukwu Adighibe	1996	Nigeria	Forward