On this day: April 15

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 15.

59 African footballers in our database were born on April 15, including Finidi George, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie and Fouad Bachirou.

African national teams have played 23 matches on April 15 since 1928.

Footballers born on April 15 (59)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Finidi George	1971	Nigeria	Wing half
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	1986	Ghana	Forward
Fouad Bachirou	1990	Comoros	Midfielder
Boubakar Kouyaté	1997	Mali	Centre-back
Soumaila Coulibaly	1978	Mali	Midfielder
Georges Mouyémé	1971	Cameroon	Forward
Philip Otele	1999	Nigeria	Winger
Hassan Benabicha	1964	Morocco	Midfielder
Samir Bertin d'Avesnes	1986	Comoros	Forward
Menzi Masuku	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Bruce Abdoulaye	1982	Congo	Defender
Mauro Rodrigues	2001	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Gbolahan Salami	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Bassekou Diabaté	2000	Mali	Forward
Valery Nahayo	1984	Burundi	Defender
Salah Bakour	1982	Algeria	Midfielder
Joseph Aghoghovbia	1941	Nigeria	Forward
Bio Paulin	1984	Cameroon	Defender
Seybou Koita	1994	Niger	Forward
Jonathan Quartey	1988	Ghana	Defender
Bruno Ibeh	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Fallou Fall	2004	Senegal	Defender
Rachid Nadji	1988	Algeria	Forward
Mounir Benkassou	1976	Morocco	Midfielder
Samuel Gidi	2004	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdeslam Akouzar	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Bakaré Koné	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Akwety Mensah	1983	Ghana	Centre-back
Gaoussou Youssouf Siby	2000	Guinea
Omar Hassi	1976	Morocco	Midfielder
Owen Kouassi	2003	Ivory Coast
Yanis Guermouche	2001	Algeria
Sampson Lamptey	1958	Ghana
Frank Assinki	2002	Ghana	Defender
Thomas Wanyama	1989	Kenya	Defender
Nduka Anyanwu	1980	Nigeria	Defender
Boualem Mesmoudi	1994	Algeria	Defender
Emiliano Té	1983	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Cecil Filanckembo	1988	Congo	Defender
Ahmed Qessab	1981	Morocco	Defender
Ahmed El Siady	1992	Egypt	Forward
Felix Mordeku	1974	Ghana	Forward
Abubakar Kamara	1977	Sierra Leone	Defender
Gbadamosi Amosa	1942	Ghana
Wilfried Ndollo Bille	2005	Cameroon
Yaser Muzmel	1993	Sudan
Elvis Banyihwabe	1983	Burundi	Midfielder
Emmanuel Besea	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Berthe Andiolo	1992	Cameroon
Zine El Abidine Boulekhoua	1990	Algeria	Defender
بلخير محمد لمين	1982	Algeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Hagan	2000	Ghana	Defender
Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	1982	Algeria	Forward
Hassan Hormat Allah	1952	Morocco	Defender
Essam Ayashi	1999	South Sudan	Defender
Djamalldine Bounou	1991	Comoros	Defender
Rennick Esther	1987	Seychelles
David Lebne Daogo	1989	Niger	Defender
Kabon Living	1998	Uganda	Central midfielder