On this day: May 11

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 11.

33 African footballers in our database were born on May 11, including Abou Diaby, Gelson Martins and Alex Nimely.

African national teams have played 11 matches on May 11 since 1935.

Footballers born on May 11 (33)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Abou Diaby	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Gelson Martins	1995	Cape Verde	Wing half
Alex Nimely	1991	Liberia	Forward
Nouhaila Benzina	1998	Morocco	Centre-back
Rkia Mazrouai	2002	Morocco	Midfielder
Ayman El Wafi	2004	Morocco	Defender
Gbassay Sessay	1968	Sierra Leone	Forward
Reda Laalaoui	2005	Morocco
Mohamed Azzi	2002	Algeria	Defender
Issame Charaï	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Romeni Scott Bitsindou	1996	Congo	Midfielder
Gloria Foriwa	1981	Ghana	Forward
Siphelele Ntshangase	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Petrus Shitembi	1992	Namibia	Midfielder
Clement Benhaddouche	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Serge Bando	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Bilal Biat	1989	Morocco	Forward
Pascal Karama	1993	Burkina Faso
Jean Fridolin Nganbe Nganbe	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Didier Bizimana	1975	Burundi	Defender
Emil Sambou	1994	Gambia	Forward
Francis Eliezer Omam	1973	Cameroon	Forward
Evans Quao	1990	Ghana	Defender
Timité Sekou	1985	Ivory Coast	Forward
El Sayed Farid	1987	Egypt	Defender
Blessing Dankwah	2006	Ghana
Fatima El Ghazouani	2005	Morocco	Defender
Frank Jericho Nagbe	1958	Liberia	Midfielder
Brahim Ghellab	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Musa Muhammad Docca	1985	Uganda	Defender
Precious Tlhapi	2002	Botswana	Midfielder
Fatima Bambara	2002	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Samson Kigozi	1995	Uganda	Midfielder