On this day: May 3

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

47 African footballers in our database were born on May 3, including Alex Iwobi, Mohamed Simakan and Rabah Saâdane.

African national teams have played 8 matches on May 3 since 1926.

Footballers born on May 3 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Alex Iwobi	1996	Nigeria	Playmaker
Mohamed Simakan	2000	Guinea	Defender
Rabah Saâdane	1946	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hélio Varela	2002	Cape Verde
Gharib Amzine	1973	Morocco	Midfielder
Mohamed Abarhoun	1989	Morocco	Defender
Evans Kondogbia	1989	Central African Republic	Forward
Chima Akas	1994	Nigeria	Defender
Soufiane Bouftini	1994	Morocco	Defender
Christian Annan	1978	Ghana	Forward
Patrick Phiri	1956	Zambia	Midfielder
Anita Mulenga	1995	Zambia	Defender
Hakim Saci	1977	Algeria	Forward
Constant Tamboucha	1976	Gabon	Midfielder
Touhami Sebie	1988	Algeria	Defender
Abdelkader Besseghir	1978	Algeria	Defender
Adel Chbouki	1971	Morocco
Jacques Yvon Ndolou	1944	Congo
Francis Mustafa	1996	Burundi	Midfielder
Sedera Randriamparany	1990	Madagascar	Defender
Mustapha Ben M'Barek	1926	Morocco	Forward
Mohamed Ben Ammar	1990	Tunisia	Forward
Alvin S Dixon	1993	Liberia	Defender
Hervenogi Unzola	1992	DR Congo	Defender
Sylvia Kabene	2007	Uganda
John Phiri	1962	Zimbabwe	Defender
Luciano Mutasi	1988	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Adama Keita	1990	Mali	Goalkeeper
Naceur Chouchane	1955	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Josue Mohy	1990	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ramy Sabry	1987	Egypt	Defender
Kalifa Kujabi	2000	Gambia
Cédric Franck Don	2004	Ivory Coast
Gion Fadri Chande	1998	Mozambique	Goalkeeper
Doug Rudham	1926	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mehdi Bettache	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Ivan Cruz	1996	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Aboubakar Sidibé	1996	Mali
Michael Yeboah	2001	Ghana
McCarthy Ofori	2005	Ghana
Nicholas Odjer	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Mamby Koita	1998	Mali
Carolyne Mathyola	2000	Malawi
Roni Mbomio	2005	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Faustina Aidoo	2001	Ghana	Defender
Latifah Nakasi	2003	Uganda