On this day: October 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 5.

57 African footballers in our database were born on October 5, including Wilfred Agbonavbare, Mostapha El Kabir and Liban Abdi.

African national teams have played 20 matches on October 5 since 1954.

Footballers born on October 5 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Wilfred Agbonavbare	1966	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Mostapha El Kabir	1988	Morocco	Forward
Liban Abdi	1988	Somalia	Midfielder
Mohamed Shawky	1981	Egypt	Midfielder
Efe Sodje	1972	Nigeria	Defender
Bobo Baldé	1975	Guinea	Centre-back
Olivier Verdon	1995	Benin	Defender
Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	1990	Tunisia	Defender
Jamiu Alimi	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Wole Odegbami	1962	Nigeria	Forward
Hamad Ndikumana	1978	Rwanda	Defender
Richard Justin	1979	South Sudan	Defender
Thierno Bah	1982	Guinea	Defender
Spencer Sautu	1994	Zambia	Midfielder
Oumed Oukri	1990	Ethiopia	Forward
Prince Ikpe Ekong	1978	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Amine Zidane	1983	Algeria	Defender
Abbas Mohamed Djallal Aïssaoui	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Rabah Deghmani	1975	Algeria	Midfielder
Ernesto da Conceição Soares	1979	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Youssef Ashraf	1965	Egypt	Defender
Jean-Sebastien Bax	1972	Mauritius	Midfielder
Alioune Ndoye	2001	Senegal
Moutarou Baldé	1993	Senegal
Mohamed Amine Hamia	1989	Algeria	Forward
Maklibè Kouloum	1987	Togo	Defender
Bakari Mwamnyeto	1995	Tanzania
Ruvimbo Mucherera	1996	Zimbabwe	Forward
Bonginkosi Macala	1985	South Africa	Defender
Abia Nale	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Rui Dabó	1994	Guinea-Bissau	Goalkeeper
Agnes Quaye	1989	Ghana	Midfielder
Ty Shipalane	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Soga Sambo	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Lartee Jackson	1980	Liberia	Goalkeeper
Khamis Martin	1986	South Sudan	Midfielder
Abdul Ganiyu Salami	1942	Nigeria	Forward
Benziane Senouci	1981	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Massoun	1912	Morocco
Asekho Tiwani	2005	South Africa	Defender
Moses Jarju	2003	Gambia
Glody Likonza	1998	DR Congo
Baroan Tagro	1977	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Udeorah Uche	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Youssef Gabsi	1923	Tunisia	Midfielder
Didier Wacouboué	1973	Ivory Coast	Defender
Sandrinha	1997	Angola
Landry Ndikumana	1992	Burundi
Celson	1986	Angola
Stephen Alimenda	1988	Zimbabwe
Gbagnon Badie	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Hyacinthe Sèwanou	1992	Benin	Forward
Asekho Tiwane	2005	South Africa	Left back
Saxiso Magawana	1998	South Africa	Forward
Yousra Ahamadi	2003	Comoros	Midfielder
Gerardo Dougan	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Sandrina Buenatelue António	1997	Angola	Goalkeeper