On this day: September 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 1.

56 African footballers in our database were born on September 1, including Munir El Haddadi, Mario Lemina and Sammy Adjei.

African national teams have played 31 matches on September 1 since 1962.

Footballers born on September 1 (56)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Munir El Haddadi	1995	Morocco	Wing half
Mario Lemina	1993	Gabon	Midfielder
Sammy Adjei	1980	Ghana	Goalkeeper
André Kana Biyik	1965	Cameroon	Midfielder
Kei Kamara	1984	Sierra Leone	Forward
Salahdine Hmied	1961	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Elizabeth Addo	1993	Ghana	Forward
Bryan Teixeira	2000	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Salah Mohsen	1998	Egypt	Forward
Isaac Asare	1974	Ghana	Full-back
Catilina Aubameyang	1983	Gabon	Wing half
Mourad Okbi	1965	Tunisia	Defender
Lynett Mutokuto	1988	Zimbabwe	Defender
Suleman Sani	2006	Nigeria
Nabil Hemani	1979	Algeria	Forward
Chérif Abdeslam	1978	Algeria	Midfielder
Francis Kasonde	1986	Zambia	Defender
Sibusiso Dlamini	1980	Eswatini	Forward
Oumar Abaker	1979	Chad	Defender
Ali Ibrahim	1969	Ghana	Forward
Wasila Diwura-Soale	1996	Ghana	Forward
Jean-Vivien Bantsimba	1982	Congo	Midfielder
Anwar Mohamed Boudjakdji	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdeljalil Jbira	1990	Morocco	Defender
Raphael Udah	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ibrahim Mustapha	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Samir Al Wahaj	1979	Libya	Forward
Mohammed Shaaban	1993	Egypt	Midfielder
Sebastian Clemmensen	2003	Togo
Omaré Gassama	1995	Mauritania	Midfielder
Leonel Wamba	2002	Cameroon	Forward
John Arwuah	1985	Ghana	Midfielder
Owusu Afriyie	1980	Ghana	Midfielder
Ashley Hartog	1982	South Africa	Forward
Blaise Koissy	1983	Ivory Coast	Forward
Joseph Bouasse	1998	Cameroon	Midfielder
Victor Igbekoi	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Abdel Razek	1993	Egypt	Defender
Daniel Dappa	2007	Ghana
Khaled Kemas	1979	Algeria	Forward
Murhyen Kaster Mereck Bindoumou	1988	Congo	Defender
Ngouloure Mahamat	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Ahmed Bibo	1994	Sudan
Mehdi Bensib	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Mohamed Sillah	1975	Sierra Leone	Forward
Shady Radwan	2001	Egypt
Kwabena Boafo	1977	Ghana	Defender
Cecil Nyoni	1992	Zimbabwe	Defender
Chams Faraji	2000	Morocco
Samira Tebbi	1987	Algeria	Forward
Jean Belehouan	2000	Ivory Coast
Serif Nhaga	2005	Guinea-Bissau
Nadjib Toubal	1979	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Adam Kingwande	1989	Tanzania
Abdelrahman Shika	1999	Egypt	Midfielder
Alia Fikiri Salum	2006	Tanzania	Midfielder