On this day: October 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 1.

68 African footballers in our database were born on October 1, including George Weah, William Troost-Ekong and Trézéguet.

African national teams have played 23 matches on October 1 since 1955.

Footballers born on October 1 (68)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
George Weah	1966	Liberia	Forward
William Troost-Ekong	1993	Nigeria	Defender
Trézéguet	1994	Egypt	Forward
Bartholomew Ogbeche	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Gaby Mudingayi	1981	DR Congo	Midfielder
Mohamed Abdelwahab	1983	Egypt	Defender
Haruna Babangida	1982	Nigeria	Wing half
Ousmane Mané	1990	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Jerry Mbakogu	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Magid Mohamed	1985	Sudan	Forward
Ofentse Nato	1989	Botswana	Midfielder
Ronny Marcos	1993	Mozambique	Defender
Ahmed Khairy	1987	Egypt	Defender
Mahmoud Gad	1998	Egypt
Abdelhaq Ait Laarif	1983	Morocco	Midfielder
Serges Déblé	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Inès Tia	1993	Ivory Coast	Forward
Amin Askar	1985	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Gideon Baah	1991	Ghana	Defender
Karim Fouad	1999	Egypt	Defender
Roger De Sá	1964	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Chinonyerem Macleans	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Mourtala Diakité	1980	Mali	Midfielder
Geoffrey Chinedu	1997	Nigeria
Abdelouahed Chakhsi	1986	Morocco	Defender
Amr Barakat	1991	Egypt	Wing half
Abdellatif Jrindou	1974	Morocco	Midfielder
Dieudonné Kalulika	1981	DR Congo	Midfielder
Boualem Amirouche	1942	Algeria	Forward
Sunusi Ibrahim	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Fabien Tchenkoua	1992	Cameroon	Wing half
Ibrahim Juma	1993	Uganda	Midfielder
Khamis Mcha Khamis	1989	Tanzania	Midfielder
Ahmed Tawfik	1991	Egypt	Midfielder
Ebenezer Hagan	1975	Ghana	Midfielder
Wasiu Taiwo	1976	Nigeria	Forward
Lamin Conateh	1981	Gambia	Defender
Salomon Wisdom	1988	Benin	Forward
Osama Mohamed	1979	Egypt	Full-back
Mahmoud Tobah	1989	Egypt	Midfielder
Mohamed Abdal Salam	1997	Egypt	Centre-back
Daniel Coleman	1984	Ghana	Defender
Rafik Deghiche	1983	Algeria	Forward
Lamri Laachi	1951	Algeria	Defender
Ismaila Jagne	1984	Gambia	Midfielder
Abdelhafid Benamara	1995	Algeria	Midfielder
Emeka Atuloma	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Mohsen	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Amidu Karim	1974	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Selu Diallo	2003	Guinea
Razak Salifu	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Islam Shokry	1983	Egypt	Forward
Tshegofatso Mabaso	1996	South Africa	Forward
Freddie Mwila Jr.	1974	Zambia	Midfielder
Aziz El Ouali	1970	Morocco	Midfielder
Precious Benjamin	2006	Nigeria
Richard Monday Ubong	2005	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Odeh Ogar	1981	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed Ashraf Bakry	2001	Egypt
Hamdy Alaa	2000	Egypt	Midfielder
Papu Mendes	2000	Guinea-Bissau
Fanny Amun	1962	Nigeria
Roberto Nditi	2000	Tanzania
Achour Salah	1933	Algeria	Defender
Chidera Anih Kelit	2001	Nigeria
Stanley Okoroigwe	1982	Nigeria	Forward
Maria Camara	1997	Gambia	Midfielder
Banele Gama	1999	South Africa	Central midfielder