On this day: March 9

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 9.

51 African footballers in our database were born on March 9, including Zakaria Labyad, Jordan Amavi and Bilel Ifa.

African national teams have played 21 matches on March 9 since 1969.

Footballers born on March 9 (51)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Zakaria Labyad	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Jordan Amavi	1994	Togo	Full-back
Bilel Ifa	1990	Tunisia	Defender
John Mary	1993	Cameroon	Forward
Kamel Ghilas	1984	Algeria	Forward
Zito Luvumbo	2002	Angola	Wing half
Kamel Chebli	1954	Tunisia	Defender
Hossam Ashour	1986	Egypt	Centre-back
Edwin Gyimah	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Albert Baning	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dawa Hotessa	1996	Ethiopia	Forward
Yusuf Abdulazeez	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Amar Rouaï	1932	Algeria	Midfielder
Moussa Traoré	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Adrienne Iven	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Françoise Bella	1983	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abderrahmane Boubekeur	1932	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Noël Séka	1984	Benin	Defender
Valdemar António Almeida	1992	Angola	Midfielder
Oumar Ngom	2004	Mauritania
Mathew Yakubu	1999	Nigeria
Mlungisi Mdluli	1980	South Africa	Midfielder
Emile Paul Tendeng	1992	Senegal	Forward
Adil Bourabaa	2005	Algeria
Abdel Zagré	2004	Burkina Faso	Forward
Delain Sasa	1978	DR Congo	Forward
Sunday Rotimi	1980	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Nabil Kouki	1970	Tunisia	Midfielder
Patrick Mafisango	1980	Rwanda	Midfielder
Jerson Ribeiro	1988	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Chikoti Chirwa	1992	Malawi	Midfielder
Sal Jobarteh	1993	Gambia	Midfielder
Rudy Ndey	1990	Congo	Forward
Warren Neidel	1980	Namibia	Midfielder
Patrick Mbeu	1986	Rwanda	Goalkeeper
Mohamed El Morsy	1986	Egypt	Forward
Wiyao Sanda-Nabede	1986	Togo	Full-back
Phanuel Kavita	1993	DR Congo	Defender
Mohamed Lahbib Yeken	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Freddy Mulongo	1939	DR Congo
Eddie Mukahanana	1977	Zimbabwe	Defender
Jalloul Chaoua	1943	Tunisia
Preston Corporal	1987	Liberia	Forward
Jacques Dago	1999	Ivory Coast
Dolores Louise Tsadjia	1999	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ramzi Louanas	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Rafik Boussaïd	1988	Algeria
James Ajako	2003	Nigeria	Defender
Ismail Taïeb Chehaima	2006	Algeria
Yosra Ben Hadj Mahmoud	2001	Tunisia	Midfielder
James Alitho	1995	Uganda	Goalkeeper