On this day: October 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 19.

40 African footballers in our database were born on October 19, including Habib Beye, Lucas Thwala and Albert Meyong.

African national teams have played 13 matches on October 19 since 1958.

Footballers born on October 19 (40)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Habib Beye	1977	Senegal	Full-back
Lucas Thwala	1981	South Africa	Centre-back
Albert Meyong	1980	Cameroon	Forward
Francisca Ordega	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Monday James	1986	Nigeria	Centre-back
Souffian El Karouani	2000	Morocco	Defender
Mustapha Zitouni	1928	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Fakhir	1953	Morocco	Midfielder
Michael Tukura	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Salif Keita	1975	Senegal	Forward
Armand Ossey	1978	Gabon	Forward
Lasso Coulibaly	2002	Ghana
Will Antwi	1982	Ghana	Defender
Abdi Kassim	1984	Tanzania	Midfielder
Pathé Mboup	2003	Senegal	Midfielder
Brian Stein	1957	South Africa	Forward
Jane Ayiyem	1997	Ghana	Forward
Emmanuel Omodiagbe	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Brandon Agounon	1994	Benin	Midfielder
Whiteson Changwe	1964	Zambia	Defender
Nelson Laurence	1984	Seychelles	Forward
Pere Ariweriyai	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Abdoul Abass Guiro	1994	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Papa Amady Gadio	2001	Senegal	Midfielder
Nelson Lemaire	2001	Mauritius
Wahab Ackwei	1996	Ghana	Defender
Adawá Mokanga	1988	Angola	Midfielder
Abderrahmane Laabi	1983	Morocco	Defender
Sami Hlel	1988	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Katulondi Kati	1999	DR Congo
Percy Mackrill	1894	South Africa	Full-back
Ahmed Fawzi	1977	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Nuro Tualibudane	1973	Mozambique	Forward
Louisa Djemaï	1998	Algeria	Defender
Abdelhamid Dif	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Hope Avayevu	2002	Ghana
Jane Ayieyam	1997	Ghana	Forward
Zola Oniesim	2003	DR Congo
Jacques Mbiandjeu	2002	Cameroon
Bisola Olaide Mosaku	2006	Nigeria	Midfielder