On this day: October 2

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 2.

51 African footballers in our database were born on October 2, including Ayyoub Bouaddi, Aymen Tahar and Tshepang Moremi.

African national teams have played 22 matches on October 2 since 1960.

Footballers born on October 2 (51)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ayyoub Bouaddi	2007	Morocco	Midfielder
Aymen Tahar	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Tshepang Moremi	2000	South Africa	Winger
Loza Abera	1997	Ethiopia	Forward
Sofian Kiyine	1997	Morocco	Midfielder
Cebio Soukou	1992	Benin	Midfielder
Taha Basry	1946	Egypt	Midfielder
Yacouba Coulibaly	1994	Burkina Faso	Full-back
Mohamed Berrabeh	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Freddy dos Santos	1976	Cape Verde	Defender
Sabri Raheel	1987	Egypt	Full-back
Gift Links	1998	South Africa	Forward
Leger Djime	1987	Chad	Winger
Nasir El Kasmi	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Chidera Ezeh	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Sami Ouaissa	2004	Morocco
Simon Uutoni	1970	Namibia	Defender
Mohamed Abdel-Galil	1968	Egypt	Midfielder
Ibrahim Imoro	1999	Ghana
Kossi Koudagba	1995	Togo	Forward
Bobo Bola	1985	Rwanda	Forward
Brahim Kerrit	1940	Tunisia	Midfielder
Vivian Aquino	1998	Kenya	Midfielder
Mourad Delhoum	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Teddy Averlant	1999	Gabon
Sam Adams	1989	Ghana	Midfielder
Gift Muzadzi	1974	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Yanis Youcef	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Mzwandile Ndzimandze	1985	Eswatini	Midfielder
Princess Marfo	2003	Ghana	Forward
Chanda Mwaba	1988	Zambia	Midfielder
Bibey Mutombo	1961	DR Congo
Abdelhamid Shabana	1985	Egypt	Midfielder
Alaeddine Labiod	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Benjamin Reed	1961	South Africa	Forward
Salomão Mondlane	1995	Mozambique
Osei Mawuli	1989	Ghana	Forward
Ami Diallo	2000	Ivory Coast
Leonard Gweth	2002	Cameroon
Tsito Razafindrasata	1996	Madagascar
Basile Yéhoumé	1986	Senegal
Pape Boubacar Gadiaga	1970	Senegal	Forward
Aïcha Hamidèche	2001	Algeria	Midfielder
Gabriel Kunda Junior	1992	Zambia	Midfielder
Balkissa Sawadogo	1998	Burkina Faso
Daouda Amadou	2002	Cameroon	Midfielder
Hicham Khalfallah	1991	Algeria	Forward
Mac-Donald N'Diefi	1976	Cameroon	Attacker
Fredrik Fladby	1994	Gambia	Midfielder
Shehat Juma Mohamedi	2005	Tanzania	Forward
Adam Musa	2007	Nigeria	Centre-forward