On this day: August 15

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 15.

63 African footballers in our database were born on August 15, including Oussama Assaidi, Clinton Njie and Mbark Boussoufa.

African national teams have played 33 matches on August 15 since 1964.

Footballers born on August 15 (63)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Oussama Assaidi	1988	Morocco	Wing half
Clinton Njie	1993	Cameroon	Forward
Mbark Boussoufa	1984	Morocco	Forward
Olivier Mbaizo	1997	Cameroon	Defender
Moussa Doumbia	1994	Mali	Midfielder
Chokri El Ouaer	1966	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Fuad Ibrahim	1991	Ethiopia	Forward
Lumor Agbenyenu	1996	Ghana	Defender
Ndifreke Udo	1998	Nigeria	Defender
Isaac Donkor	1995	Ghana	Centre-back
Lerato Chabangu	1985	South Africa	Forward
Khalifa Sankaré	1984	Senegal	Defender
Camaldine Abraw	1990	Togo	Forward
Luciano Vassallo	1935	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Ibrahima Breze Fofana	2002	Guinea	Midfielder
Mohamed Ofei Sylla	1974	Guinea	Midfielder
Mahmudu Bajo	2004	Gambia
Allen Nono	1992	Gabon	Forward
Kennedy Ugoala Nwanganga	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mario Booysen	1988	South Africa	Defender
Malek Aït Alia	1977	Algeria	Defensive midfielder
Georges Santos	1970	Cape Verde	Defender
Saliou Lassissi	1978	Ivory Coast	Defender
Houssine Benali	1969	Morocco	Midfielder
Andrea Cossu	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Obeng Regan	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Mohamed Gouda	1979	Egypt	Midfielder
Armel Koulara	1989	Chad	Goalkeeper
Ifeanyi Ifeanyi	1995	Nigeria	Midfielder
Austin Ikenna	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Amr Nabil	1987	Egypt	Centre-back
Amine Chabane	2006	Morocco
Titus Ssematimba	2003	Uganda
Habib Sadegh	1962	Tunisia
Siphelele Mthembu	1987	South Africa	Forward
Musa Nyatama	1987	South Africa	Defender
Leroy Kwadwo	1996	Ghana	Centre-back
Simon Feindouno	1985	Guinea	Defender
Rahim Meftah	1980	Algeria	Defender
Mamadi Baldé	1978	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Gabriel Steven	1994	Nigeria	Midfielder
Celesdonio Abeso	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Julien N'Da	1985	Ivory Coast	Defender
Nabil Lamara	1993	Algeria	Defender
Sabbah Meftah Saoues	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Hassan Ouboukar	1986	Morocco
Túbia	1966	Angola	Forward
Chardente Ndoulou	1990	Congo	Forward
Emilio Martin	1990	Namibia	Defender
Jhony	1990	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Mohamed Hassani Mbalia	1984	Comoros	Goalkeeper
Forbs	1963	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Barnor Bright Egir	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Lamine Conte	1998	Guinea
Emmanuel Nwakire	1978	Nigeria	Defender
David Mimbang	2008	Cameroon	Midfielder
Chidinma Okoro	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Ratanda Mbazuvara	1989	Namibia	Goalkeeper
Laley Fofana	2000	Burkina Faso	Defender
Mosili Motšoeneng	1996	Lesotho	Defender
Esther Elastus Mayala	2000	Tanzania	Defender
Mosili Mots'oeneng	1996	Lesotho
Pedro Obama	1996	Equatorial Guinea	Central midfielder