On this day: September 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 5.

45 African footballers in our database were born on September 5, including Alfred Gomis, Salaheddine Bassir and Stephen Ahorlu.

African national teams have played 91 matches on September 5 since 1957.

Footballers born on September 5 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Alfred Gomis	1993	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Salaheddine Bassir	1972	Morocco	Forward
Stephen Ahorlu	1989	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Toni Silva	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Derby Makinka	1965	Zambia	Midfielder
Fiston Abdul Razak	1993	Burundi	Forward
Victor Olatunji	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Peter Suswam	1991	Nigeria	Full-back
Hakim Medane	1966	Algeria	Midfielder
Sylvanus Okpala	1961	Nigeria	Midfielder
Soufiane Benjdida	2001	Morocco	Forward
Bernadette Kakounan	1997	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Khadim Faye	1970	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Blessing Edoho	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Erhun Obanor	1995	Nigeria	Defender
Ranti Martins	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Boubacar Bangoura	1990	Mali	Forward
Maher Zdiri	1970	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hector Tubonemi	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Josephus Yenay	1975	Liberia	Forward
Jacob Adebanjo	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Amor Kehiha	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Joseph Bempah	1995	Ghana	Full-back
King Udoh	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Anselmo Eyegue	1990	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Ninon Abena	1994	Cameroon	Midfielder
Alaeddine Bouslimi	1990	Tunisia	Centre-back
Alusine Kamara	1989	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Patrick Ibanda	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohammed Aliyu	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Leslie Notši	1964	Lesotho	Midfielder
Hélder Graça Neto	1982	Angola	Forward
Richard Nyarko	1984	Ghana	Midfielder
Renato Campos	1980	Angola	Defender
Henry Odia	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Hassan Koeman Sesay	1981	Sierra Leone	Defender
Samy Chouchane	2003	Tunisia	Midfielder
Luke Jukulile	1973	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Wilson Obungu	1984	Kenya	Goalkeeper
Khalil Sassi	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Prince Samolah	1985	Central African Republic	Goalkeeper
Britton Mandilimana	1984	Madagascar	Forward
Natalia Abeso	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Amine Groune	1997	Algeria
Daniel Oppong Nyantakyi	2006	Ghana	Centre-back