On this day: August 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 22.

41 African footballers in our database were born on August 22, including Mwepu Ilunga, Adrien Regattin and Micheal Azira.

African national teams have played 24 matches on August 22 since 1965.

Footballers born on August 22 (41)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mwepu Ilunga	1948	DR Congo	Defender
Adrien Regattin	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Micheal Azira	1987	Uganda	Midfielder
Ghizlane Chebbak	1990	Morocco	Forward
Endurance Idahor	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Shehab El-Din Ahmed	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Lawrence Quaye	1984	Ghana	Midfielder
Salaheddine Aqqal	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Siyabonga Nkosi	1981	South Africa	Forward
Charly Musonda	1969	Zambia	Midfielder
Hans Nunoo Sarpei	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Kenza Chapelle	2002	Morocco	Forward
Godfrey Stephen	2000	Nigeria	Defender
Ricardo Job Estêvão	1987	Angola	Midfielder
Halid Lwaliwa	1996	Uganda	Centre-back
Eric Ocansey	1997	Ghana	Wing half
Oliva Amani	1979	Uganda
Karounga Keita	1942	Mali	Forward
Chris Dawson	1979	Seychelles	Midfielder
Moussa Sidibé	1981	Mali	Midfielder
Saviour Godwin	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Ebewa-Yam Mimbala	1986	DR Congo	Defender
Yassine Naoum	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Hamada Barakat	1988	Morocco	Defender
Rédha Bensayah	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Amdy Gueye	1980	Senegal	Defender
Abou El Kacem Hadji	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Youcef Saïbi	1982	Algeria	Forward
Sid Ahmed Khedis	1985	Algeria	Centre-back
Elhadj Bah	2001	Guinea
Eric Ndizeye	1999	Burundi	Defender
Kebba Badjie	1999	Gambia	Winger
Joseph Tetteh Zutah	1994	Ghana
Pierre Nlate	1988	Cameroon	Defender
Boudjemaa Bourtal	1933	Algeria	Midfielder
Ahmed Abdelfattah	1996	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Salif Ballo	1988	Mali	Forward
Luriel Milandou	1985	Congo
Mampona Lekenyane	2008	Lesotho
Henry Msanga	1999	Burundi	Defensive midfielder
Elijah Sodiq Akanni	2001	Nigeria	Central midfielder