On this day: October 30

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 30.

39 African footballers in our database were born on October 30, including Ilias Chair, Boureima Hassane Bandé and Gedo.

African national teams have played 12 matches on October 30 since 1954.

Footballers born on October 30 (39)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ilias Chair	1997	Morocco	Forward
Boureima Hassane Bandé	1998	Burkina Faso	Forward
Gedo	1984	Egypt	Forward
Mahmoud El Khatib	1954	Egypt	Forward
Kinnah Phiri	1954	Malawi	Forward
Mohammed Diomande	2001	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ahmed El-Sayed	1980	Egypt	Defender
Hervé Arsène	1963	Madagascar	Defender
Mohamed Soumaïla	1994	Niger	Full-back
Arnaud Séka	1985	Benin	Forward
Emeka Ifejiagwa	1977	Nigeria	Defender
Khaled Azaiez	1976	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Mahmoud Bentayg	1999	Egypt	Defender
Arsène Hobou	1967	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ashley Williams	2000	Liberia	Goalkeeper
Babajide Ogunbiyi	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Omonigho Temile	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Seth Adonkor	1961	Ghana	Defender
Doudou Diaw	1975	Senegal	Defender
Mohamed Liban Issa	1985	Djibouti	Midfielder
Allan Kamwanga	1968	Zambia	Defender
Madjid Ben Haddou	1975	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Younis	1979	Egypt	Defender
Madjid Bouabdellah	1981	Algeria	Forward
Valentin Zoungrana	1992	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Tshwarelo Bereng	1990	Lesotho
Vincent Atinga	1993	Ghana	Defender
George Shaya	1946	Zimbabwe	Forward
Jean-Roger Lappé-Lappé	1981	Cameroon	Forward
Walid Dhaouadi	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Bradley Matufueni	2001	DR Congo
Abdelkader Bakhti	1987	Algeria	Forward
Michael Kafari	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Thomas Chideu	1996	Zimbabwe	Attacker
Moncef Zouhir	1920	Tunisia
Ken Hewkins	1929	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Maghraoui	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Arnold Subeb	1981	Namibia	Goalkeeper
Kopano Thuntsane	1999	South Africa	Goalkeeper