On this day: April 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 27.

41 African footballers in our database were born on April 27, including Bakary Koné, Mostafa Ziko and Saîf-Eddine Khaoui.

African national teams have played 19 matches on April 27 since 1963.

Footballers born on April 27 (41)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Bakary Koné	1988	Burkina Faso	Centre-back
Mostafa Ziko	1997	Egypt	Forward
Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	1995	Tunisia	Forward
Willy Semedo	1994	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Ridha El Louze	1953	Tunisia	Defender
Sambou Sissoko	1999	Mali	Defender
Hocine Achiou	1979	Algeria	Midfielder
Ilombe Mboyo	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Jemal Tassew	1989	Ethiopia	Goalkeeper
Abu Francis	2001	Ghana	Midfielder
Mamadou Danso	1983	Gambia	Defender
Thompson Usiyan	1956	Nigeria	Forward
Tounkara Sadio	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Nassim Ouammou	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Sunday Patrick Okoro	1986	Nigeria	Forward
John Benson	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Redouane Zerzouri	1989	Morocco	Midfielder
Debola Ogunseye	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sifiso Mlungwana	1997	South Africa
Hugues Nanmi	1983	Cameroon	Defender
Bally Smart	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Oumar Timbo	1978	Mauritania	Midfielder
Laakkad Abdelhadi	1977	Morocco	Forward
Emment Kapengwe	1943	Zambia	Midfielder
Idrissa Kouyaté	1991	Ivory Coast	Forward
Albert Foday	1985	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Anouar Abdelmalki	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Abdelkader Ghalem	1938	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Hervé Lougoundji	1975	Central African Republic
Fasika Asfaw	1986	Ethiopia	Midfielder
George Wienand	1910	South Africa	Defender
Karim Mosaad	1990	Egypt	Defender
Sameh Ali	1984	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Mondher Mokrani	1962	Tunisia	Wide midfielder
Othello Bah	1995	Liberia	Forward
Salem Jaziri	1962	Tunisia	Defender
Gauthier Madjo-Matsingi	1992	DR Congo
Ndiaye Pathé	2004	Senegal
Christemilie Onomo	2002	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Makume Theletsane	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Efetobore Norbert Yarhere	1982	Nigeria	Midfielder