On this day: May 4

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 4.

44 African footballers in our database were born on May 4, including Abdou Diallo, Éric Djemba-Djemba and Dailon Livramento.

African national teams have played 12 matches on May 4 since 1969.

Footballers born on May 4 (44)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Abdou Diallo	1996	Senegal	Centre-back
Éric Djemba-Djemba	1981	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dailon Livramento	2001	Cape Verde	Forward
Raheem Lawal	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Houboulang Mendes	1998	Guinea-Bissau	Centre-back
Christine Manie	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Gaëtan Missi Mezu	1996	Gabon	Forward
Prince Polley	1969	Ghana	Forward
Abdallahi Mahmoud	2000	Mauritania	Centre-back
Olumuyiwa Aganun	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Skelly Alvero	2002	Angola
Afonso Abel de Campos	1962	Angola	Wing half
Emmanuel Ndong	1992	Gabon	Midfielder
Francis Kahata	1992	Kenya	Midfielder
Oumar Sako	1996	Ivory Coast
Sidney Obissa	2000	Gabon	Defender
Nadjib Maâziz	1989	Algeria	Defender
Pinto Barros	1973	Mozambique	Defender
Eyemen Henaini	1984	Algeria	Forward
Sherif Jimoh	1996	Ivory Coast	Defender
Zak Ansah	1994	Ghana	Forward
Lorraine Jossob	1993	Namibia	Defender
Karim El-Khebir	1974	Niger
Beni Kiendé	1986	Gabon	Midfielder
Dodo Dokou	2004	Benin	Defensive midfielder
Mpho Makola	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Moukaila Goga	1987	Togo	Forward
Jean-Paul Kielo-Lezi	1984	DR Congo	Forward
Amine Megateli	1987	Algeria	Defender
João Mawete	1983	Angola	Forward
Alphonse Yanghat	1947	Congo
Khaled Sobhi	1995	Egypt	Centre-back
Munze Ulrich	1984	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Makindu Sabhou Makengo	1964	DR Congo
Raúl	1997	Mozambique
Nelson Mandela Mbouhom	1999	Cameroon
Zoumana Doumbia	1991	Mali	Defender
Fawaz Abdullahi	2003	Nigeria
Loyce Mbaba	1998	Gabon
Julien Pontgerard	1997	Madagascar
Wally Fofana	2002	Gambia	Inside forward
Mohamed Amine Chekhrit	1994	Algeria	Forward
El Hadj Koné	2006	Ivory Coast	Defender
Derrick Ochan	1995	Uganda	Goalkeeper