On this day: September 11

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 11.

55 African footballers in our database were born on September 11, including Jordan Ayew, Pierre Issa and Cheick Doukouré.

African national teams have played 14 matches on September 11 since 1952.

Footballers born on September 11 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Jordan Ayew	1991	Ghana	Forward
Pierre Issa	1975	South Africa	Defender
Cheick Doukouré	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Yacine Bammou	1991	Morocco	Forward
Bertin Ebwellé	1962	Cameroon	Full-back
Evelyn Badu	2002	Ghana	Defender
Slah Karoui	1951	Tunisia	Forward
Leonard Leisching	1934	South Africa	Defender
Saleh Selim	1930	Egypt	Midfielder
Adam El-Abd	1984	Egypt	Defender
Mbenza Bedi	1984	DR Congo	Forward
Youssef Zouaoui	1946	Tunisia	Forward
Ayoub El Khaliqi	1986	Morocco	Defender
Arsène Kouassi	2004	Ivory Coast
Ralph Jean-Louis	1968	Seychelles	Midfielder
N'Dinga Mbote	1966	DR Congo	Midfielder
João Mário Nunes Fernandes	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Liazid Sandjak	1966	Algeria	Midfielder
Robert Ng'ambi	1986	Malawi	Midfielder
Ydnekatchew Tessema	1921	Ethiopia	Forward
Surafel Dagnachew	1997	Ethiopia
Emanuel Matola	1967	Mozambique	Midfielder
Nyiko Mobbie	1994	South Africa	Defender
Malik Tchokounté	1988	Guinea	Forward
Mohamed Adel	1992	Egypt	Defender
Ghizlane Chhiri	1994	Morocco	Defender
Ayanda Nkili	1990	South Africa	Defender
Osahon Eboigbe	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Ishaku Konda	1999	Ghana
Thabani Zuke	1998	South Africa	Defender
Aschalew Girma	1991	Ethiopia	Forward
Oumar Sylla	1988	Senegal	Midfielder
Raki Aouani	2004	Tunisia	Forward
Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	1996	Algeria	Forward
McDonald Yobe	1981	Malawi	Forward
Abderrahim Hamraoui	1960	Morocco	Forward
Bennett Ofori	1995	Ghana	Wing half
Rana Hamdy	1989	Egypt
Mika Miche	1996	DR Congo	Midfielder
Yaovi Aziabou	1990	Togo	Midfielder
Serge Honi	1973	Cameroon	Forward
Refiloe Potse	1978	Lesotho	Forward
Essama Etogo	1987	Cameroon	Forward
Doudou	1980	DR Congo	Wing half
Erehima Biza	1987	Ethiopia	Forward
Ephrem Ashamo	1994	Ethiopia	Forward
Chaima Ben Mohamed	1997	Tunisia	Midfielder
Alagie Sanyang	1996	Gambia	Forward
Yona Ndabila	1985	Tanzania
Ahmed Bolaji	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Abdul-Aziz Nurudeen	1998	Ghana
Ibrahima Conté	1978	Guinea	Defender
Kelvin Nkrumah	2007	Ghana	Left winger
Kiwanuka Hakim	2000	Uganda	Left wing
Diana Mnali	2006	Tanzania	Defender