On this day: October 8

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 8.

53 African footballers in our database were born on October 8, including Ola Aina, Armand Traoré and Razak Omotoyossi.

African national teams have played 95 matches on October 8 since 1949.

Footballers born on October 8 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ola Aina	1996	Nigeria	Defender
Armand Traoré	1989	Senegal	Full-back
Razak Omotoyossi	1985	Benin	Forward
Guélor Kanga	1985	Gabon	Midfielder
Joseph-Antoine Bell	1954	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Kodjovi Obilalé	1984	Togo	Goalkeeper
Selim Benachour	1981	Tunisia	Midfielder
Jaycee John Okwunwanne	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Ali Benarbia	1968	Algeria	Midfielder
Larrys Mabiala	1987	DR Congo	Defender
Didier Angibeaud	1974	Cameroon	Midfielder
Marcelo Djaló	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Centre-back
Mahamadou Sidibé	1978	Mali	Goalkeeper
Dioh Williams	1984	Liberia	Forward
Frédéric Nimani	1988	Chad	Wing half
Mamadou Zongo	1980	Burkina Faso	Forward
Rahim Ouédraogo	1980	Burkina Faso	Defender
Dugary Ndabashinze	1989	Burundi	Forward
Formose Mendy	1993	Senegal	Defender
Eduardo Ferreira	1983	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Fernando Manuel Có	1973	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Malcom Edjouma	1996	Morocco	Midfielder
Chima Okorie	1968	Nigeria	Forward
Abdelaziz Bennij	1965	Morocco	Midfielder
Mohamed Helal	1995	Egypt	Midfielder
Lokenge Mungongo	1978	DR Congo	Defender
Ibrahim Buhari	2001	Nigeria
Alou Traoré	1984	Mali	Defender
Nassim Oussalah	1981	Algeria	Midfielder
Mokhtar Tlili	1942	Tunisia	Defender
Lakhdar Bentaleb	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Djamal Mohamed	1980	Comoros	Stopper
Jordan Opoku	1983	Ghana	Forward
Aymen Attou	1997	Algeria	Full-back
Neville Ogidi Nwankwo	2002	Nigeria	Defender
Víctor Guambe	1998	Mozambique
Yohan M'Vila	1988	Congo	Midfielder
Jonah Osabutey	1998	Ghana	Forward
Zachary Hadji	1996	Morocco
Thero Setsile	1995	Botswana	Midfielder
Amara Soumah	1990	Guinea	Forward
Ramkel Lok	1994	Ethiopia	Forward
Adama Diakite	1993	Ivory Coast	Forward
Souleymane Diaby	1999	Ivory Coast	Defender
Günther von Hundelshausen	1980	Namibia
Didier Gopaul	1983	Mauritius	Goalkeeper
Lotfi Laâroussi	1955	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ndzhoku Daniel Chajdzhoke	1980	Nigeria	Forward
Webster Lichaba	1954	South Africa	Midfielder
Maxwell Baakoh	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Simphiwe Mcineka	1996	South Africa	Defender
Molemo Mokhothu	1998	Lesotho
Christian Molina	1999	Equatorial Guinea	Central midfielder