On this day: October 9

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 9.

49 African footballers in our database were born on October 9, including Patson Daka, Robin Quaison and Asisat Oshoala.

African national teams have played 84 matches on October 9 since 1954.

Footballers born on October 9 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Patson Daka	1998	Zambia	Forward
Robin Quaison	1993	Ghana	Wing half
Asisat Oshoala	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Djamel Mesbah	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Modeste Mbami	1982	Cameroon	Midfielder
Andy Delort	1991	Algeria	Forward
Mame Thiam	1992	Senegal	Forward
Bongani Zungu	1992	South Africa	Midfielder
António Mendonça	1982	Angola	Wing half
Fahid Ben Khalfallah	1982	Tunisia	Wing half
Evans Kangwa	1992	Zambia	Wing half
René N'Djeya	1953	Cameroon	Defender
Patrick Kaddu	1995	Uganda	Forward
Rayan Frikeche	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Oliver Makor	1973	Liberia	Midfielder
Tarek El-Sayed	1978	Egypt	Defender
Kelvin Yondan	1984	Tanzania	Defender
Mohamed Youssef	1970	Egypt	Defender
Oscar Ewolo	1978	Congo	Defensive midfielder
Cristiano Alves Pereira	1980	Togo	Defender
Lúcio Antunes	1966	Cape Verde
Aprocius Petrus	1999	Namibia
Eric Bokanga	1989	DR Congo	Forward
Tesfalem Tekle	1993	Eritrea	Midfielder
Ibrahima Diédhiou	1994	Senegal	Defender
Mark Arber	1977	South Africa	Defender
Foley Okenla	1967	Nigeria	Wing half
Issa Sarr	1986	Senegal	Midfielder
Gideon Mensah	2000	Ghana
Thierry Makon	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Prosper Padera	2006	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Remond Mendy	1985	Senegal	Forward
Topister Situma	1992	Kenya
Alfred Mugabo	1995	Rwanda	Midfielder
Mama Diop	1994	Senegal	Forward
Lovemore Mokgweetsi	1974	Botswana	Defender
Salah Atef	1989	Egypt	Midfielder
Mfana Futhi Bhembe	1982	Eswatini	Midfielder
Nassim Ahmed	2000	Comoros
Abednego Tetteh	1990	Ghana	Forward
Chokri Zaalani	1980	Tunisia	Full-back
Bamba Susso	2002	Gambia	Forward
Richard Ocran	1998	Ghana	Centre-back
Pierre Durin	1927	Tunisia	Defender
Maati Khezzar	1945	Morocco	Defender
Ibrahim El Hadji Touré	1983	Equatorial Guinea	Attacker
Mohamed Bentarcha	1998	Morocco	Defender
Rashid Toha Freedon	1997	Uganda	Centre-back
Brian Sebapole	1975	South Africa	Forward