On this day: September 9

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

71 African footballers in our database were born on September 9, including Alex Song, Ahmed Elmohamady and Colin Dagba.

African national teams have played 64 matches on September 9 since 1958.

Footballers born on September 9 (71)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Alex Song	1987	Cameroon	Defender
Ahmed Elmohamady	1987	Egypt	Wing half
Colin Dagba	1998	Benin	Full-back
Kalilou Traoré	1987	Mali	Midfielder
Wissem Ben Yahia	1984	Tunisia	Midfielder
Albert Rafetraniaina	1996	Madagascar	Defender
Beni Baningime	1998	DR Congo	Midfielder
Gilbert Koomson	1994	Ghana	Wing half
Uchechi Sunday	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Arthur Okonkwo	2001	Nigeria
Abel Dhaira	1987	Uganda	Goalkeeper
David Abagna	1998	Ghana	Attacking midfielder
Sarah Kassi	2003	Morocco	Defender
Aissata Traore	1997	Mali	Midfielder
Sofiane Fekih	1969	Tunisia	Midfielder
Sunny Ekeh Kingsley	1981	Nigeria	Forward
Issa Gouo	1989	Burkina Faso	Defender
Issa Traoré	1979	Mali	Midfielder
Felix Ademola	1974	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jaouad Akaddar	1984	Morocco	Forward
Ernest Antwi	1995	Ghana	Forward
Ayman Mansour	1963	Egypt	Forward
Akinjide Idowu	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Aboud Omar	1992	Kenya	Defender
Landry Poulangoye	1976	Gabon	Midfielder
Alioune Touré	1978	Mali	Forward
Mark Mayambela	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
George Alhassan	1941	Ghana	Forward
Chibuike Okeke	1979	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ademola Bankole	1969	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
January Zyambo	1980	Zambia	Forward
Mahmoud Abou-Regaila	1941	Egypt	Defender
Sibi Gwar	1987	Nigeria	Midfielder
Keaghan Jacobs	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Baldwin Bazuaye	1968	Nigeria	Forward
Lyes Boukria	1981	Algeria	Defender
Ibrahim Olanrewaju	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Kamel Beroudji	1945	Algeria
Brahima Touré	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Felix Chindungwe	1982	Zimbabwe	Defender
Varel Rozan	1992	Tanzania
Youssef Abdelli	1998	Tunisia	Forward
Sadock Ndobé	1998	Central African Republic
Patrick Tobo	1962	Cameroon	Defender
Ndoda Mthethwa	1987	Eswatini	Forward
Lenin Steenkamp	1969	South Africa	Midfielder
Ibrahim Koneh	1994	Cameroon	Attacker
Isaac Gyamfi	2000	Ghana
Hillary Echesa	1981	Kenya	Midfielder
Edmond Kingston	1981	Liberia	Midfielder
Gregorio Manuel Salvador	1981	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Fankélé Traoré	1981	Niger	Forward
Barkley Miguel Panzo	1992	Angola	Forward
Aaron Bibout	2004	Cameroon	Forward
Sophie Basenga	1993	DR Congo
Mustapha El Yousfi	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Aloys Kwaakum	1987	Cameroon	Defender
Brian Banda	1995	Zimbabwe
Richmond Gyamfi	2004	Ghana
Frank Ssebuufu	2001	Uganda	Forward
Pape Yaré Fall	2000	Senegal
Romaric Lignanzi	1988	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Mohamed Ali Slama	1988	Tunisia	Forward
Charfeddine Ouni	2000	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
Moses Okabo Aliro	1996	Uganda	Defender
Sello Glen Motsepe	1993	South Africa	Defender
Frank Ssebufu	2001	Uganda	Centre-forward
Yves Allarabaye	2000	Chad
Victor James	2002	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Konstantinos Feutchine	1999	Cameroon	Centre-back
Margret Kunihira	2004	Uganda	Midfielder