On this day: August 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 21.

50 African footballers in our database were born on August 21, including Sofyan Amrabat, Zion Suzuki and Yahia Fofana.

African national teams have played 14 matches on August 21 since 1960.

Footballers born on August 21 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sofyan Amrabat	1996	Morocco	Defensive midfielder
Zion Suzuki	2002	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Yahia Fofana	2000	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Omar El Kaddouri	1990	Morocco	Attacking midfielder
Robert Malm	1973	Togo	Forward
Kalifa Coulibaly	1991	Mali	Forward
Nyasha Mushekwi	1987	Zimbabwe	Forward
Lars Veldwijk	1991	South Africa	Forward
Mamadou Diallo	1971	Senegal	Forward
Joel Kojo	1998	Ghana	Forward
Salaheddine Sbaï	1985	Morocco	Defender
Nathaniel Adjei	2002	Ghana
François Zahoui	1962	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Aboubacar Sidiki Koné	1984	Mali	Defender
Nambatingue Toko	1952	Chad	Forward
Wilfried Zahibo	1993	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Ebenezer Annan	2002	Ghana	Defender
Youssouf Assogba	2001	Benin	Full-back
Germain Mendome	1970	Gabon	Goalkeeper
Admiral Muskwe	1998	Zimbabwe	Forward
Toafik Salhi	1979	Tunisia	Midfielder
Pierre Sagna	1990	Senegal	Defender
Ali Boulebda	1980	Algeria	Forward
Eugène Dadi	1973	Ivory Coast	Forward
Tarek Amer	1989	Egypt	Forward
Joshua Silva	1990	South Africa	Defender
Ben Hamed Touré	2003	Ivory Coast
Prince Abedi	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Adewale Olufade	1994	Togo	Full-back
Moussa Seydi	1996	Senegal	Forward
Bourama Coulibaly	1990	Mali	Defender
Manuel Kanté	1986	Mali	Midfielder
Carlos das Neves	1968	South Africa	Midfielder
Vargas Fernandes	1977	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Manuel Kambala	1991	Mozambique	Midfielder
Nnaemeka Anyanwu	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Houssem Eddine Sdiri	1987	Tunisia	Defender
Doxa Gikanji	1990	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ablaye Sy	1994	Mauritania
Alois Ngwerume	1983	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Alaa Shaaban	1989	Egypt
George Midenyo	1981	Kenya
Hassen Bayou	1949	Tunisia
Alex Ngonga	1992	Zambia	Forward
Bassem Nafti	1985	Tunisia	Midfielder
Glody Kilangalanga	1999	DR Congo
Hocine Azzizene	1976	Algeria	Forward
Laaroussi Barguougui	1985	Tunisia	Centre-back
Veronicah Mogotsi	1992	Botswana	Defender
Rayco Villanueva	1980	Equatorial Guinea	Central midfielder