On this day: April 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 23.

52 African footballers in our database were born on April 23, including Victor Anichebe, Mathias Jørgensen and John Boye.

African national teams have played 32 matches on April 23 since 1986.

Footballers born on April 23 (52)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Victor Anichebe	1988	Nigeria	Wing half
Mathias Jørgensen	1990	Gambia	Defender
John Boye	1987	Ghana	Defender
Ibrahim Adel	2001	Egypt	Forward
Valdo	1981	Cape Verde	Wing half
Khalil Azmi	1964	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Yves Bitséki Moto	1983	Gabon	Goalkeeper
Warmed Omari	2000	Comoros	Defender
Prince Buaben	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Metinho	2003	DR Congo	Midfielder
Bernard Aryee	1973	Ghana	Defender
Marcel Kimemba Mbayo	1978	DR Congo	Midfielder
Carlitos	1985	Cape Verde	Defender
Olakunle Olusegun	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Mathyas Randriamamy	2003	Madagascar	Goalkeeper
Florence Dadson	1992	Ghana	Forward
Bassirou Compaoré	1998	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Oscarine Masuluke	1993	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Jude Aneke	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Papy Lukata Shumu	1978	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Kofi Amponsah	1978	Ghana	Defender
Sindou Dosso	1986	Ivory Coast	Forward
Alboury Lah	1966	Senegal	Forward
Ousmane Sidibé	1985	Guinea	Defender
Janet Owusu	1991	Ghana	Forward
Tony Cabaça	1986	Angola	Goalkeeper
Addoquaye Addo	1985	Ghana	Forward
Patrick Okonkwo	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Larbi Tabti	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohammed Enyass	1982	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Gock Habib	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Sunday Ngbede	1998	Nigeria	Wing half
Valdemiro Pinto Domingos	2003	Angola
Younes Aitamer	2003	Algeria
Phazha Butale	1976	Botswana	Midfielder
Ahmed Magdy Elhusseiny	1989	Egypt	Defender
Ekow Benson	1989	Ghana	Wing half
Ndongo Serge Philippe	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mbom Mbom Julien	1984	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Amer	1954	Egypt
Farid Zato-Arouna	1992	Togo	Midfielder
Natus Ponnie	1984	Liberia	Midfielder
Bubacarr Sanyang	1995	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Hedi Hamoudia	1935	Tunisia
Ibrahim Diakité	2004	Ivory Coast
Shadirac Chyreme Say	2004	Ghana
Mario Albano	2006	South Sudan	Midfielder
Katlego Maphathe	1993	South Africa	Defender
Enzo Bovis	1994	Madagascar
Alberta Ahialey	1997	Ghana	Forward
Álvaro Amado	1998	São Tomé and Príncipe	Winger
Paul Baptiste Behe Leonardi	2000	Ivory Coast	Central midfielder