On this day: May 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 5.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on May 5, including Jayden Adams, Tsepo Masilela and Samu Aghehowa.

African national teams have played 16 matches on May 5 since 1954.

Footballers born on May 5 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Jayden Adams	2001	South Africa	Midfielder
Tsepo Masilela	1985	South Africa	Defender
Samu Aghehowa	2004	Nigeria	Forward
Moustapha Name	1995	Senegal	Midfielder
Yannick Djaló	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Ishaq Abdulrazak	2002	Nigeria	Midfielder
Farid El Mellali	1997	Algeria	Attacker
Abdelkarim Kissi	1980	Morocco	Midfielder
Mrisho Ngasa	1989	Tanzania	Wing half
Nana Falemi	1974	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ibrahima Wadji	1995	Senegal	Forward
Sékou Sanogo	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohamed Rabie Meftah	1985	Algeria	Defender
Simon Omossola	1998	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Fahd Moufi	1996	Morocco	Defender
Hardlife Zvirekwi	1987	Zimbabwe	Defender
Hellings Mwakasungula	1980	Malawi	Midfielder
Chidi Omeje	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Kwadwo Poku	1985	Ghana	Forward
Richard Mwanza	1959	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Mahmoud Ezzat	1992	Egypt	Defender
Duke Udi	1976	Nigeria	Midfielder
John Soko	1968	Zambia	Defender
Sid O'Linn	1927	South Africa	Inside forward
Hugh Gerhardi	1933	South Africa	Defender
Mohamed Ali Diallo	1978	Burkina Faso	Defender
Onyekachi Hope Ugwuadu	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Johann Paul	1981	Madagascar	Midfielder
Benjamin Teidi	1994	Nigeria	Defensive midfielder
Vincent Kayizi	1984	Uganda	Midfielder
Samuel Chomba	1964	Zambia	Defender
Rodolfo Lima	1980	Cape Verde	Forward
Godfrey Kateregga	1960	Uganda	Forward
Safia Rahman	1986	Ghana	Forward
Brima Kamara	1972	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Martina Ohadugha	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
Nassim Bouchema	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Albert Yobo	1979	Nigeria	Defender
Yvann Titi	2006	Angola	Defender
Rania Aouina	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Joseph Nwafor	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Andrew Parkinson	1959	South Africa	Forward
Abdelghani Zitouni	1932	Algeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Antwi	1996	Ghana	Forward
Robert Hammond	1950	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdelmalek Mokdad	1986	Algeria	Forward
Goodman Dlamini	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Obasi Onyebuchi	2005	Nigeria	Winger
Makaya Nsilulu	1977	DR Congo	Midfielder
Jean Rémy Bitana	1983	Rwanda	Defender
Salimu Khamis Aiyee	1996	Tanzania
Thatayaone Mothuba	1978	Botswana	Defender
Samuel Tesfagabr	1985	Eritrea	Defender
Okba Hezil	1988	Algeria	Defender
Osman Bashiru	1989	Ghana	Forward
Abdelkader Benayada	1982	Algeria	Defender
Rose Bella	1994	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamad Farag	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Lloyd Mumba	1983	Zambia	Defender
Alex Namazaba	1973	Zambia	Midfielder
Wade du Plessis	1967	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Walter Bwalya	1995	DR Congo
Souleymane Sylla	1984	Guinea	Forward
Paulo Jorge da Silva	1975	Angola	Defender
Minabo Asechemie	1980	Nigeria	Midfielder
Manuel Sala	1982	Angola	Defender
Guy Akpagba	1990	Benin	Defender
Christophe Sagna	1954	Senegal	Midfielder
Etor Daniel	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Nadege Essoh	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Hamza Elias	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Simba Sithole	1989	Zimbabwe	Forward
Djé D'Avilla	2003	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Fatou Dioup	1994	Mauritania	Forward
Rats	1977	Angola	Midfielder
Daniel Mbuizeo	1983	South Africa	Forward
Sabeur Ben Rejeb	1983	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Noureddine Hammel	1950	Algeria	Forward
Michelle Katsvairo	1990	Zimbabwe	Forward
Marvin Joseph Youngman	1998	Uganda	Midfielder