On this day: October 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 3.

41 African footballers in our database were born on October 3, including Kelechi Iheanacho, El Bilal Touré and Amor Layouni.

African national teams have played 30 matches on October 3 since 1953.

Footballers born on October 3 (41)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Kelechi Iheanacho	1996	Nigeria	Forward
El Bilal Touré	2001	Ivory Coast	Forward
Amor Layouni	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Thabo Nthethe	1984	South Africa	Defender
Adi Yussuf	1992	Tanzania	Forward
Abdul Zubairu	1998	Nigeria	Midfielder
Afeez Aremu	1999	Nigeria	Midfielder
Meftah Ghazalla	1977	Libya	Goalkeeper
Maher Hammam	1956	Egypt	Defender
Hamid Nizar	1988	Sudan	Midfielder
Vincent Péricard	1982	Cameroon	Forward
Ahmed Nabil "Manga"	1991	Egypt	Full-back
Rolan de la Cruz	1984	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Lanfia Camara	1986	Guinea	Defender
Thabiso Brown	1995	Lesotho	Forward
Nii Welbeck	1976	Ghana	Defender
Mustafa Kizza	1999	Uganda	Defender
Lassana N'Diaye	2000	Mali	Forward
Bruno Mauro	1973	Angola	Wing half
Koffi Fiawoo	1969	Togo	Forward
Cuthbert Malajila	1985	Zimbabwe	Forward
Esaie Djikoloum	1991	Chad	Forward
Salifou Soumah	2003	Guinea	Winger
Hussayn Touati	2001	Algeria
Ali Badawi	1940	Egypt
Mamadou Traoré	1994	Mali	Midfielder
Ibtoihi Hadhari	2003	Comoros	Wing half
Maâmar Youcef	1989	Algeria	Defender
Patrice Feussi	1986	Cameroon	Full-back
Andrew Buteera	1994	Rwanda
Khaled Bousseliou	1997	Algeria	Forward
Abdelkrim Nemdil	1989	Algeria	Defender
Razak Cromwell	1994	Ghana	Defender
Youcef Saadi	1987	Algeria	Forward
Mohamed Hassan	1993	Egypt	Midfielder
Hatim El Ouahabi	1999	Morocco	Defender
Mariama Bojang	1997	Gambia	Defender
Elisio	1980	Angola	Defender
Botsile Alphious Kebaikanye	2000	Botswana	Midfielder
Khélis Mahdar	1997	Algeria