On this day: August 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 16.

49 African footballers in our database were born on August 16, including Ismaïl Aissati, Kalusha Bwalya and Raouf Bouzaiene.

African national teams have played 39 matches on August 16 since 1966.

Footballers born on August 16 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ismaïl Aissati	1988	Morocco	Wing half
Kalusha Bwalya	1963	Zambia	Wing half
Raouf Bouzaiene	1970	Tunisia	Left midfielder
George Ilenikhena	2006	Nigeria
Tico-Tico	1973	Mozambique	Forward
Dominique Da Silva	1989	Mauritania	Forward
Álvaro Djaló	1999	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Maxime Poundjé	1992	Cameroon	Defender
Tarek Thabet	1971	Tunisia	Defender
Said Ghandi	1948	Morocco	Defender
Karim Bridji	1981	Algeria	Midfielder
Guy Ramos	1985	Cape Verde	Centre-back
Juliette Nana	2000	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Wajdi Bouazzi	1985	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Keita	1990	Mali	Goalkeeper
Samira Suleman	1991	Ghana	Forward
Emmanuel Banahene	1988	Ghana	Defender
Houssem Tka	2000	Tunisia	Midfielder
Aimé Mabika	1998	Zambia	Defender
Ahmad Sedik	1983	Egypt	Defender
Farid Djahnine	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Stéphan Raheriharimanana	1993	Madagascar	Midfielder
Simon Ebonog	2004	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abel Gigli	1990	Somalia	Defender
David Habarugira	1988	Burundi	Defender
Enoque Paulo Guilherme	1987	Angola	Defender
Saihou Sarr	1951	Gambia	Attacker
Forster Ajago	2001	Ghana	Forward
Saidou Kébé	1976	Senegal	Defender
Kerfala Cissoko	1999	Guinea	Forward
Godfrey Denis Armel	1985	Seychelles	Defender
Youssef Essaiydy	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Mor Diouf	1988	Senegal	Defender
Warren Goodhind	1977	South Africa	Full-back
Boman Irie Aimé	1989	Ivory Coast	Defender
Nahim Khadi, Jr.	1979	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Youssef Ben Sellam	2000	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Zeca Marques	1961	South Africa	Midfielder
Mustafa Benzia	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Solomon Yambassu	1983	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Jesús Mansogo	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Haja Ralaikera	1965	Madagascar	Midfielder
Adli Nachi	1981	Tunisia	Defender
Moncef Klibi	1922	Tunisia
Joel Stephane Obele Mba	1994	Cameroon	Midfielder
Pa Malick Joof	1985	Gambia	Midfielder
Eishaddai Acheamponng	2003	Ghana	Midfielder
Mardochee Tchakoumi	1998	Cameroon	Defensive midfielder
Mohamed Kader Traoré	2002	Senegal	Centre-back