On this day: May 7

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 7.

49 African footballers in our database were born on May 7, including Seko Fofana, Simy and Serge Gakpé.

African national teams have played 7 matches on May 7 since 1967.

Footballers born on May 7 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Seko Fofana	1995	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Simy	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Serge Gakpé	1987	Togo	Midfielder
William Okpara	1968	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Sadiq	2000	Ghana	Forward
Esteban Obiang	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Paul Bahoken	1955	Cameroon	Forward
Sliman Kchouk	1994	Tunisia	Full-back
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya	2005	Cameroon	Attacking midfielder
Erasto Nyoni	1988	Tanzania	Defender
Janet Egyir	1992	Ghana	Defender
Lanry Kahinda	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Faisal Mohammed	1991	Ghana	Forward
Ismaila Soro	1998	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Hicham Khaloua	1995	Morocco	Forward
Mavis Tchibota	1996	Congo	Forward
Moussa Limane	1992	Central African Republic	Forward
Binta Diakité	1985	Ivory Coast	Forward
Haythem Jouini	1993	Tunisia	Forward
Aymane Mourid	2000	Morocco
Fabien Pithia	1987	Mauritius	Midfielder
Evandro Brandão	1991	Angola	Forward
Ronan Carolino Falcão	1985	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Domingos Andrade	2003	Angola
Fouad Bouguerra	1981	Algeria	Forward
Mohamed Mahmoud	1998	Egypt	Midfielder
Djibril Moussa Souna	1992	Niger	Defender
Eddy Kouadio	2006	Ivory Coast	Defender
Sylvio Ouassiero	1994	Madagascar	Forward
Fabrice Pithia	1987	Mauritius	Midfielder
Mohamed Fofana	1985	Mali	Midfielder
Ifeanyi Eze	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Yacine Kechout	1982	Algeria	Defender
Sofiane Djebarat	1983	Algeria	Defender
Me Aboubacar Diomande	1988	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Hamza Banouh	1990	Algeria	Forward
Mahmoud Fathi	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Mohapi Ntobo	1984	Lesotho	Defender
Mahdi Ouedherfi	1995	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mark Tovey	1955	South Africa	Defender
Owen Oseni	2003	Nigeria
Tafadzwa Rusike	1989	Zimbabwe	Forward
Anfane Ahamada	2002	Comoros
Reagan Mpande	2000	Uganda	Forward
Saïd Hamimi	1960	Algeria	Forward
Lamine Nsaybi	1982	Tunisia	Full-back
Bénie Kubiena	1999	DR Congo	Attacking midfielder
Happyness Hezron	1996	Tanzania	Defender
Nouredine Messalti	2002	Algeria	Forward