On this day: April 29

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 29.

26 African footballers in our database were born on April 29, including Christopher Opéri, Samba Sow and Malek Baayou.

African national teams have played 22 matches on April 29 since 1960.

Footballers born on April 29 (26)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Christopher Opéri	1997	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Samba Sow	1989	Mali	Midfielder
Malek Baayou	1999	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
Aloysius Atuegbu	1953	Nigeria	Forward
Assia Zouhair	1991	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Kamara	1999	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Ugonna Anyora	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ladji Keita	1983	Senegal	Forward
Mamary Traoré	1980	Mali	Defender
Dawit Fekadu	1986	Ethiopia	Forward
Pablo Becker	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Solomon Taiwo	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele	1984	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Samaké	1987	Mali	Goalkeeper
Ahmed Alami Elouali	1982	Morocco	Defender
Amine Haboubi	2002	Tunisia	Forward
Ellis Samuel Ato	1989	Ghana	Midfielder
Tiko Messina	1990	Cameroon	Midfielder
Waliu Ojetoye	2004	Nigeria
Amine El Amali	1988	Algeria	Forward
Abdelhak Atek	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
James Takashi Teaway Jr	1991	Liberia	Forward
Daouda Bangoura	1968	Guinea
Ryen Jiba	2001	South Sudan	Defender
Kgoleng Ratisani	2006	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Myriam Belkiri	1992	Algeria	Defender