On this day: October 7

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 7.

50 African footballers in our database were born on October 7, including Madjid Bougherra, Umaru Bangura and Amadou Dante.

African national teams have played 48 matches on October 7 since 1949.

Footballers born on October 7 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Madjid Bougherra	1982	Algeria	Centre-back
Umaru Bangura	1987	Sierra Leone	Defender
Amadou Dante	2000	Mali	Full-back
Issa Ba	1981	Senegal	Attacking midfielder
Franck Boli	1993	Ivory Coast	Forward
Flavien Enzo Boyomo	2001	Cameroon
Youssef Enríquez Lekhedim	2005	Morocco
Merouane Zemmama	1983	Morocco	Midfielder
Hamidou Traoré	1996	Mali	Wing half
Abdelkader Oueslati	1991	Tunisia	Defender
Jérôme Guihoata	1994	Cameroon	Defender
Issouf Ouattara	1988	Burkina Faso	Forward
Rui Modesto	1999	Angola	Defender
Omar Belbey	1973	Algeria	Midfielder
Ali Mohamed	1995	Niger	Midfielder
Roguy Méyé	1986	Gabon	Forward
Fabrice Moreau	1967	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abderrahmane Mehdaoui	1949	Algeria
Aziz Ansah	1980	Ghana	Defender
Vladis-Emmerson Illoy-Ayyet	1995	Congo	Defender
David Ochieng	1992	Kenya	Defender
Sékou Berthé	1977	Mali	Centre-back
Pewou Bestman	1975	Liberia	Goalkeeper
Augustine Jibrin	1988	Nigeria	Centre-back
Edson Seidou	1991	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Fauzia Najjemba	2003	Uganda
Rabie Belgherri	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohammed Lashaf	1967	Morocco	Midfielder
Toufik Addadi	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Bilal Ouali	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Jerson Tegete	1988	Tanzania	Forward
Samuel Okpodu	1962	Nigeria
Ackim Musenge	1949	Zambia	Defender
Vincent Tchalla	1987	Togo	Forward
Adel Smirani	1967	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
Jean-François Bell	1981	Cameroon	Defender
Abdoulaye Yahaya	2001	Cameroon
Steve Henriette	1987	Seychelles	Defender
Yassine El Hanoudi	1992	Morocco
Serge Bezème	1977	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Rory Jones	1955	South Africa
Adem Redjehimi	1995	Algeria	Midfielder
Anas Jabroun	1997	Morocco	Forward
Ahmed Abdelaziz Mody	1987	Egypt	Defender
Abdoulaye Kanou	2000	Mali	Forward
Godwords Amedome	2002	Ghana
Eba Viegas	1999	São Tomé and Príncipe
Jones Awuah	1983	Ghana	Forward
Umaro Baldé	2002	Guinea-Bissau
Allan Thierry Kayiwa	1997	Uganda	Midfielder