On this day: April 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 21.

45 African footballers in our database were born on April 21, including Mitchell Weiser, Ibrahima Traoré and Prejuce Nakoulma.

African national teams have played 25 matches on April 21 since 1973.

Footballers born on April 21 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mitchell Weiser	1994	Algeria	Defender
Ibrahima Traoré	1988	Guinea	Wing half
Prejuce Nakoulma	1987	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Ali M'Madi	1990	Comoros	Midfielder
Mustafa Merry	1958	Morocco	Forward
Badr Boulahroud	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Sipo Bohale	1988	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Mory Koné	1994	Ivory Coast	Defender
Firmin Sanou	1973	Burkina Faso	Defender
Gladys Enti	1975	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Enoch Showunmi	1982	Nigeria	Forward
Keanin Ayer	2000	South Africa	Midfielder
Albino Cossa	1982	Mozambique	Goalkeeper
Mehdi Zoubairi	1987	Morocco	Defender
Dalil Benyahia	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Alberto Edjogo-Owono	1984	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Vuza Nyoni	1984	Zimbabwe	Wing half
Yannick Loemba	1990	Congo	Forward
Tshepo Gumede	1991	South Africa	Defender
Royce Openda	2002	Gabon	Winger
Mourad Meziane	1964	Algeria	Forward
Arohasina Andrianarimanana	1991	Madagascar	Midfielder
Rayan Ghrieb	1999	Algeria	Attacking midfielder
Manuel Estêvão Sanches	1979	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Ahmed Krawa'a	1989	Libya	Forward
Abdenour Mahfoudhi	1980	Algeria	Defender
Kwame Baah	1998	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Abdelmoula Berrabeh	1990	Morocco	Forward
Joshua Tijani	1992	Ghana	Centre-back
Sydney Osazuwa	2007	Nigeria
Jackson Kasanzu	2003	Tanzania
Michel Charlin Tcheumaleu	1975	Cameroon	Midfielder
Cheikh Sarr	2000	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Hammouche	1995	Algeria	Defender
Filipe Nzanza	1970	Angola	Midfielder
Hussein El Husseiny	1991	Egypt	Defender
Hesham Abokhalil	1987	Egypt	Midfielder
Ahmed Hossam	1981	Egypt	Defender
N'Sira Ouédraogo	2008	Ivory Coast
Slim Mhadhebi	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Samir Saïd Soualah	1979	Algeria	Defender
Boubaker Haddad	1931	Tunisia	Forward
Jules Ulimwengu	1999	Burundi	Forward
Ouseini Badamassi	1997	Niger	Midfielder
Enock Luyima	2004	Uganda	Defender