On this day: April 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 16.

48 African footballers in our database were born on April 16, including Taye Taiwo, Ramy Bensebaini and Ilias Akhomach.

African national teams have played 17 matches on April 16 since 1963.

Footballers born on April 16 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Taye Taiwo	1985	Nigeria	Full-back
Ramy Bensebaini	1995	Algeria	Centre-back
Ilias Akhomach	2004	Morocco	Midfielder
Rahim Ayew	1988	Ghana	Full-back
Nasief Morris	1981	South Africa	Centre-back
Hamza Younés	1986	Tunisia	Forward
Jonathan Sundy Zongo	1989	Burkina Faso	Wing half
Mourad Meghni	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Gordon Hodgson	1904	South Africa	Forward
Habib Habibou	1987	Central African Republic	Forward
Alhaji Kamara	1994	Sierra Leone	Forward
Mustapha Kouici	1954	Algeria	Defender
Djamel Tlemçani	1955	Algeria	Midfielder
Sirajeddine Chihi	1970	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal	2006	Morocco	Centre-back
Luís Carlos Almada Soares	1986	Cape Verde	Wing half
Nacereddine Khoualed	1986	Algeria	Centre-back
Haji Mnoga	2002	Tanzania	Defender
Paul Kessany	1982	Gabon	Midfielder
Stella Mbachu	1978	Nigeria	Forward
Isaac Isinde	1991	Uganda	Defender
Alhassane Keita	1992	Guinea	Forward
Cheick Keita	1996	Mali	Defender
Pierre Kwizera	1991	Burundi	Midfielder
Lhadji Badiane	1987	Senegal	Forward
John Ibeh	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kaled Gourmi	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Dylan Collard	2000	Mauritius
Yannick Mboné	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dikete Tampungu	1980	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Benji Nzeakor	1964	Nigeria	Forward
Seydou Diarra	1968	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Mouhamadou Traoré	1982	Senegal	Forward
Josiah Maduabuchi	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Cliff Durandt	1940	South Africa	Wing half
Waberi Hachi	1981	Djibouti	Defender
Rodney Bush	1955	South Africa	Wing half
Djibril Coulibaly	1982	Mali	Forward
Franck Tayou	1990	Cameroon	Forward
Edem Mortotsi	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Badr Zaki	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Alain Rakotondramanana	1970	Madagascar	Defender
Kamel Chergui	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Giovanni de Abreu	2007	South Africa
Louis Démoléon	1997	Madagascar	Defender
Hugo Nyamé	1986	Cameroon
Fayçal Hebbaïche	1981	Algeria	Defender
Ongeziwe Ndlangisa	1994	South Africa	Defender