On this day: May 6

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 6.

55 African footballers in our database were born on May 6, including Achraf Dari, Manuel da Costa and Chukwuma Akabueze.

African national teams have played 10 matches on May 6 since 1960.

Footballers born on May 6 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Achraf Dari	1999	Morocco	Defender
Manuel da Costa	1986	Morocco	Defender
Chukwuma Akabueze	1989	Nigeria	Wing half
Bradley Locko	2002	Congo	Defender
Mehdi Ben Dhifallah	1983	Tunisia	Forward
Sally Sarr	1986	Mauritania	Defender
Marcel Ndjeng	1982	Cameroon	Midfielder
Roxanne Kimberly Barker	1991	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Kelvin Yeboah	2000	Ghana	Forward
Désiré Segbé Azankpo	1993	Benin	Forward
Adigun Salami	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Michelle Abueng	2001	Botswana	Forward
Ibroihim Djoudja	1994	Comoros	Forward
Sténio	1988	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Tebogo Langerman	1986	South Africa	Defender
Mudathir Yahya	1996	Tanzania	Midfielder
Buomesca Tué Na Bangna	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Attacker
Sekou Gassama	1995	Senegal	Forward
Sam Johnson	1993	Liberia	Forward
Francisco Massinga	1986	Mozambique	Defender
Guy Zock	1994	Cameroon	Midfielder
Marcel Essombé	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Wycliffe Juma	1980	Kenya	Midfielder
Samuel Alabi	2000	Ghana
Taoufik Rouabah	1970	Algeria
Noureddine Saâdi	1950	Algeria
Judson Augusto do Bonfim Santos	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Ayoub Boukhari	1997	Morocco	Midfielder
Myron Shongwe	1981	South Africa	Forward
Mahmoud Ben Salah	1988	Tunisia	Centre-back
Mohamed Megherbi	1987	Algeria	Defender
Souleymane Sagnan	2005	Mali
Henry Camara	2006	Guinea
Michael Travis	1993	South Africa	Defender
Isaac Kwakye	1977	Ghana	Midfielder
François Makita	1963	Congo	Forward
Idrissa Traoré	1991	Mali	Midfielder
Lassana Traoré	2007	Senegal
Momoh Kamara	2005	Sierra Leone
Andy Elysée Logbo	2004	Ivory Coast
Nasser Daineche	1982	Algeria
Koutche Kabirou	1993	Benin	Wing half
Christian Nana	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Yoan Zouma	1998	Central African Republic	Defender
Kassiaty Gildas Laby	1984	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Edmund Hottor	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Tahar Doghmi	1983	Morocco	Midfielder
Essam Saad	1981	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Don Annacoura	1981	Seychelles
Ibrahim Juma	2004	Uganda	Defender
Frankline Okoye	1999	Nigeria
El Hadji Youssoupha Konate	1994	Senegal	Defender
Gabriel Wesseh	2008	Liberia	Midfielder
Ghaith Zaalouni	2002	Tunisia	Full-back
Amar Benmelouka	1988	Algeria	Defender