On this day: May 8

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 8.

62 African footballers in our database were born on May 8, including Yasser Ibrahim, Onome Ebi and Olarenwaju Kayode.

African national teams have played 11 matches on May 8 since 1968.

Footballers born on May 8 (62)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yasser Ibrahim	1989	Egypt	Defender
Onome Ebi	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Olarenwaju Kayode	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Habib Bamogo	1982	Burkina Faso	Forward
Firas Chaouat	1996	Tunisia	Forward
Kamunda Tshinabu	1946	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ashleigh Plumptre	1998	Nigeria	Defender
Thomas Fontaine	1991	Madagascar	Defender
Abdoulie Sanyang	1999	Gambia	Midfielder
Cícero Semedo	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mamadou Ba	1985	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Lamjed Chehoudi	1986	Tunisia	Wing half
Gottlieb Nakuta	1988	Namibia	Defender
Ludovic Soares	1994	Cape Verde	Full-back
Kheireddine Kherris	1973	Algeria	Defender
Edward Weah Dixon	1976	Liberia	Midfielder
Innocent Hamga	1981	Cameroon	Defender
Eric Appiah	2001	Ghana	Forward
Eric Nshimiyimana	1972	Rwanda	Midfielder
Saïd Aït-Bahi	1984	Morocco	Defender
Hugo Enyinnaya	1981	Nigeria	Forward
Dahmane Defnoun	1936	Algeria	Midfielder
Ange Nanizayamo	1998	Burundi	Forward
Edema Fuludu	1970	Nigeria	Midfielder
Aamir Abdallah	1999	Sudan
Moslem Anatouf	2006	Algeria	Forward
Tim Akinola	2001	Nigeria
Mohamed Amine Najmi	1981	Morocco	Defender
Rhoda Chileshe	1998	Zambia	Defender
Edouard Oum Ndeki	1976	Cameroon	Midfielder
Bruno Rajaozara	1981	Madagascar	Goalkeeper
Dimitry Caloin	1990	Madagascar	Midfielder
Travis Graham	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Emmanuel Biumla	2005	Cameroon	Defensive midfielder
Jocelin Behiratche	2000	Ivory Coast
Mounir Benmeddour	1988	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Djamila Marek	1980	Algeria	Forward
Davy Uwimana	1985	Burundi	Defender
Daniel Martins	1972	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Peter Moyo	1988	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Sofiane Bezzou	1981	Algeria	Midfielder
Kwame Opoku	1999	Ghana	Forward
Shimane Kgope Ntshweu	1981	Botswana	Midfielder
Rahamim Checkol	1988	Ethiopia	Defender
Kamal Ait El Haj	1984	Morocco	Defender
Sam Ketsekile	1981	Lesotho	Goalkeeper
Jumária Barbosa de Santana	1979	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Faouzi Jamal	1966	Morocco
Chérif Bouchache	1929	Algeria	Forward
Golopo Nemba	1986	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Fathi Al-Khoga	1984	Libya
Conrad Whitby	1984	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Yassine Bouabid	1999	Tunisia	Centre-back
Rayan-Elie Guibero	2004	Ivory Coast	Forward
Souleymane Cissé	2000	Senegal
El-Hassane M'Barki	1987	Morocco
Abdelhamid Tadjet	1942	Algeria	Midfielder
Benjamin Agyare	1994	Ghana
Anisha Bateman	1976	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Oswald Xamseb	1994	Namibia	Defender
Boelo Lepheana	1995	Lesotho	Goalkeeper
Ernesto Ropa	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward