On this day: April 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 22.

50 African footballers in our database were born on April 22, including Mikel John Obi, Ezechiel N'Douassel and Toni Payne.

African national teams have played 29 matches on April 22 since 1958.

Footballers born on April 22 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mikel John Obi	1987	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ezechiel N'Douassel	1988	Chad	Forward
Toni Payne	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Radwan Yasser	1972	Egypt	Midfielder
Jean-Pierre Fiala	1969	Cameroon	Midfielder
Sayfallah Ltaief	2000	Tunisia	Wing half
Hany Saïd	1980	Egypt	Sweeper
Thapelo Tale	1988	Lesotho	Forward
Antonio Ghomsi	1986	Cameroon	Defender
Zotsara Randriambololona	1994	Madagascar	Wing half
Mouhcine Bouhlal	1970	Morocco	Defender
Danny Phiri	1989	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Ali Mathlouthi	1987	Tunisia	Forward
Michael Modubi	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Demba Traoré	1982	Mali	Defender
Hamza Sanhaji	1994	Morocco	Forward
Jean Marie Sylla	1983	Guinea	Midfielder
Ato Ampah	2006	Ghana
André Auras	1991	Senegal	Midfielder
Arsène Elogo	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dimaku Fidelis	1989	Nigeria	Defender
Patience Sackey	1975	Ghana	Defender
Roger Da Costa	1986	South Africa	Defender
Odette Gnintegma	1999	Togo
El Omar Fardi	2002	Comoros	Defender
Dazzy Kapenya	1976	Zimbabwe	Defender
Ahmed Khaled	2005	Egypt
Pape Moussa Diakhatè	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Emmanuel Armah	1968	Ghana	Defender
Amadou Samb	1988	Senegal	Forward
Islam Abo-Ouffa	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Dzikamai Gwaze	1989	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Arouna Dang Bissene	1993	Cameroon	Forward
Nedya Sawan	2002	Egypt	Forward
Ivan Anokye Mensah	2004	Ghana
Andrew Vincent	1993	Tanzania
Jérémie Basilua	1993	DR Congo	Forward
Emmanuel Ampeah	1968	Ghana	Defender
Carlton Ubaezuonu	1998	South Africa	Midfielder
Maher Ben Sghaier	1996	Tunisia	Midfielder
Danisa Phiri	1989	Zimbabwe	Defender
Chris Fagih Tchibota	1995	Congo	Defender
Elie N'Tamon	2004	Ivory Coast
Ali Frioui	1993	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Aziz Makhlouf	1979	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Benoît Mukoko	1981	Rwanda	Midfielder
Douglas Chirambo	1990	Malawi	Forward
Omar Ben Ali	2005	Tunisia	Forward
Thabo Motswagole	2000	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Patient Wassou	2004	Cameroon	Forward