On this day: August 20

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 20.

58 African footballers in our database were born on August 20, including Evan Ndicka, Ali Dia and Andrew Surman.

African national teams have played 35 matches on August 20 since 1945.

Footballers born on August 20 (58)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Evan Ndicka	1999	Cameroon	Defender
Ali Dia	1965	Senegal	Forward
Andrew Surman	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Abdelmajid Dolmy	1953	Morocco	Midfielder
Macauley Chrisantus	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Emir Mkademi	1978	Tunisia	Defender
Bonaventure Djonkep	1961	Cameroon	Forward
Saïd Makasi	1982	Rwanda	Forward
John Banda	1993	Malawi	Midfielder
Kenneth Malitoli	1966	Zambia	Forward
Ahmad Belal	1980	Egypt	Forward
Rudinilson Silva	1994	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Patric Pfeiffer	1999	Ghana
Bashir Abdel Samad	1966	Egypt	Forward
Luc Kassi	1994	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Abraham Tedros	1993	Eritrea	Defender
Abdelhameed Amarri	1984	Sudan	Forward
Thomas Job	1984	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abderrahim Makran	1994	Morocco	Forward
James Sangala	1986	Malawi	Defender
Fillemon Angula	1974	Namibia	Forward
Godberg Cooper	1997	Ghana
Kylian Kaïboué	1998	Algeria
Eric Sackey	1987	Ghana	Forward
Ndew Niang	1954	Senegal
Alain Bede	1970	Ivory Coast	Defender
Baba Mensah	1994	Ghana	Defender
Geraldo Antonio	1994	Angola	Forward
Kamel Zeghli	1993	Algeria	Defender
Marcel Gomis	1987	Senegal	Forward
Maxwell Chimezie Egwuatu	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Latif Amadu	1993	Ghana	Forward
Joseph Adjei	1995	Ghana	Defender
Ibrahima Thiam	1981	Senegal	Forward
Ahmed Sary	1968	Egypt	Forward
Alain Ipiélé	1997	Congo
Rami Raofat	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Dayo António	1988	Mozambique	Forward
Arcadia Martin Wesay Toe	1982	Liberia	Forward
Ropapa Mensah	1997	Ghana	Forward
Ryder Mofokeng	1950	South Africa	Defender
Souleymane Sangaré	1969	Mali
Jean-Jacques Radonamahafalison	1978	Madagascar
Avelino Maluana	1978	Mozambique	Forward
Don Tchilao	1996	Benin	Midfielder
Isaac Amoako	1983	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Jamal Jebrane	1957	Morocco	Forward
Adem Izghouti	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Mahmoud Ateya	1984	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Salah Zaki	2003	Egypt
Daniel Fernandes Jaló	1994	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mayibongwe Mabuza	2003	Eswatini
Benjamin Nyangweso	1968	Kenya
Tshegofatso Nyama	1999	South Africa	Full-back
Abdelhakim Bassaine	1994	Morocco	Defender
Bright Joseph Vuni	1998	Uganda	Defender
Boubacar Traoré	2001	Mali	Defensive midfielder
Serges Ekollo	1998	Cameroon	Forward