On this day: September 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 3.

54 African footballers in our database were born on September 3, including Samuel Kuffour, Lyle Foster and Modibo Maïga.

African national teams have played 66 matches on September 3 since 1920.

Footballers born on September 3 (54)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Samuel Kuffour	1976	Ghana	Centre-back
Lyle Foster	2000	South Africa	Forward
Modibo Maïga	1987	Mali	Forward
Rui Marques	1977	Angola	Defender
Mokhtar Naili	1953	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Bernard Tekpetey	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Omar El Hilali	2003	Morocco	Defender
Fodé Mansaré	1981	Guinea	Forward
Best Ogedegbe	1954	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Christopher Udeh	1997	Nigeria	Defender
Bill Antonio	2002	Zimbabwe	Forward
Daniel Ashley Addo	1989	Ghana	Defender
Souleymane Dembélé	1984	Mali	Midfielder
Samuel Kotto	2003	Cameroon
Danny Jordaan	1951	South Africa
Tangeni Shipahu	1987	Namibia	Forward
Uche Sherif	1983	Nigeria	Midfielder
Shamo Abbey	1980	Ghana	Forward
Herbert Rawson	1852	Mauritania	Forward
Baba Malick	1983	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Redallah Doulyazal	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Lawrence Doe	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Wajih Abdel-Azim	1979	Egypt	Midfielder
Nelson Gabolwelwe	1977	Botswana	Defender
Joseph Kabagambe	1984	Uganda	Midfielder
Karim Meliani	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Charles Agada	2006	Nigeria
Javier Akapo	1996	Equatorial Guinea
Vando Félix	2002	Guinea-Bissau
Said Maulid	1984	Tanzania	Forward
Adama Barro	1996	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Arlette Mafuta	1989	DR Congo
Robert Teah	1982	Liberia	Midfielder
Chad Harpur	1982	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Salah Akacha	1914	Tunisia
Michel Joubert	1986	Seychelles
Jean-Claude Ntenda	2002	DR Congo	Defender
Mkhanyiseli Siwahla	1988	South Africa	Midfielder
Serge Makofo	1986	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ally Hamis Ng'anzi	2000	Tanzania	Midfielder
El Hadi Benturki	1948	Algeria	Midfielder
Amara Konaté	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
George Graham Martin	1933	South Africa	Full-back
Hassen Akacha	1914	Tunisia	Midfielder
Tebogo Potsane	1993	South Africa	Right winger
Hamza Abed Meraim	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Ikechukwu Samuel M	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ali Klibi	1942	Tunisia	Midfielder
Younoussa Abiboulaye	2004	Niger	Goalkeeper
Baba Musah	1999	Ghana	Defender
Hamza Yadroudj	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Samuel Ssenyonjo	2001	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Abubakar Lawal	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Laurinda Verónica Quinguengo Maonte	1999	Angola	Forward