On this day: October 4

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 4.

47 African footballers in our database were born on October 4, including Moussa Wagué, Thompson Oliha and Jackson Muleka.

African national teams have played 40 matches on October 4 since 1958.

Footballers born on October 4 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Moussa Wagué	1998	Senegal	Defender
Thompson Oliha	1968	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jackson Muleka	1999	DR Congo	Forward
Ahmed Reda Madouni	1980	Algeria	Defender
Éamon Zayed	1983	Libya	Forward
Nasser Chamed	1993	Comoros	Wing half
Moses Effiong	1959	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Amr Fahim	1976	Egypt	Defender
Ilias Sebaoui	2001	Morocco
Moussa Djitté	1999	Senegal	Forward
Jawad Ouaddouch	1981	Morocco	Forward
Serge Dié	1977	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Adewale Wahab	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Yakubu Adamu	1981	Nigeria	Defender
Alex Bapela	1969	South Africa	Midfielder
Rambé	1989	Cape Verde	Forward
Jean-Paul Eale Lutula	1984	Rwanda	Forward
Vieux Sané	1989	Senegal	Defender
Samy Faraj	2001	Algeria
Daniel Goumou	1990	Guinea	Midfielder
Mathew Olorunleke	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Bright Esieme	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Taty Mbungu	1949	DR Congo	Midfielder
Martial Yao	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Amethyst Bradley Ralani	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
Imoro Lukman	1984	Ghana	Defender
Cyriaque Mayounga	2000	Central African Republic	Defender
Roger Links	1963	South Africa	Defender
Jude Sunday	2004	Nigeria
Bruce Clarke	1910	South Africa	Wing half
Amed Davy Sylla	1982	Ivory Coast	Forward
Issouf Kaboré	1985	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Biramahire Abeddy	1998	Rwanda
Santiago Hondo	1974	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Motlatsi Maseela	1971	Lesotho	Defender
Mohamed Kabia	1988	Sierra Leone	Forward
Craig Martin	1993	South Africa
Hadj Sadok Bouziane	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Driss Belaamri	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Okeme Eleojo	1992	Nigeria	Centre-back
Beltran Mvuka	1998	Burundi
Mendy Mamadou	1998	Senegal
Jorge Joaquim Messa Vulande	1971	Mozambique	Midfielder
Mavó	1971	Mozambique
Khaled Hattab	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Ali Ben Brahim	1926	Tunisia	Forward
Rodriguez Shamamba	2004	Uganda	Midfielder