On this day: October 6

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 6.

61 African footballers in our database were born on October 6, including Yasin Ayari, Bruce Grobbelaar and Abdoulaye Méïté.

African national teams have played 33 matches on October 6 since 1954.

Footballers born on October 6 (61)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yasin Ayari	2003	Tunisia	Midfielder
Bruce Grobbelaar	1957	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Méïté	1980	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Silas Katompa Mvumpa	1998	DR Congo	Forward
Mohamed Kallon	1979	Sierra Leone	Forward
Samir El Mourabet	2005	Morocco	Midfielder
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Jamal Sellami	1970	Morocco	Defender
Chahir Belghazouani	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Jannick Buyla	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Wing half
Anderson Niangbo	1999	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Richard Soumah	1986	Guinea	Midfielder
Mogakolodi Ngele	1990	Botswana	Forward
Khaled El-Amin	1976	Egypt	Forward
Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Youssef Toutouh	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Samson Kayode	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Lys Gomis	1989	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Babatounde Bello	1989	Benin	Midfielder
Ireen Lungu	1997	Zambia	Midfielder
Yamen Ben Zekry	1979	Tunisia	Defender
Daniel Tshabalala	1977	South Africa	Midfielder
Ayman Aourir	2004	Morocco
Fortune Bassey	1998	Nigeria	Centre-forward
Ibrahima Dramé	2001	Senegal	Wing half
Daniel Cardoso	1988	South Africa	Defender
Salim Boukhanchouche	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
King Osanga	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Maurice Sunguti	1977	Kenya	Forward
Elvis Hammond	1980	Ghana	Forward
Peter Mgangira	1980	Malawi	Midfielder
Ibrahima Kone	1977	Mali	Defender
Daylam Meddah	2002	Morocco
Emmanuel Mwape	1950	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Ali Lakroum	1987	Algeria	Forward
Malik Hebbar	1973	Algeria	Forward
Kassim Doumbia	1990	Mali	Defender
Alassane Diaby	1995	Mali	Centre-back
Paul-Philipp Besong	2000	Cameroon
Prince Ofori	1988	Ghana	Centre-back
Victor Demba Bindia	1989	Senegal	Defender
Jean Stéphane Yao Yao	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ibrahima Passy Camara	1992	Guinea	Midfielder
Sibusiso Papa	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
Abou Diop	1993	Senegal	Forward
Braíma Injai	1975	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Baba Laouissi	1943	Morocco
Cyprian Hedrick	1989	Cameroon	Defender
Westley Laboucherie	1978	Mauritius	Midfielder
Ousmane Soumah	1973	Guinea
Valdinho	1989	Angola	Wing half
Sidi Ould Achour	1983	Mauritania	Defender
Farai Mbidzo	1972	Zimbabwe
Ankyofna Encada	1979	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Alice Ngii	1993	Kenya	Forward
Mário Jorge	1969	Angola	Midfielder
Loïc Mesanvi	2003	Togo	Midfielder
Charif Nasseri	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Jonas Nahimana	1987	Rwanda	Defender
Abdu Aziz Kayondo	2002	Uganda	Full-back
Qays Salhi	2002	Tunisia	Attacking midfielder