On this day: August 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 23.

57 African footballers in our database were born on August 23, including Abdoul Tapsoba, Francis Amuzu and Ibrahim Aoudou.

African national teams have played 12 matches on August 23 since 1973.

Footballers born on August 23 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Abdoul Tapsoba	2001	Burkina Faso	Forward
Francis Amuzu	1999	Ghana	Forward
Ibrahim Aoudou	1955	Cameroon	Defender
Henri Junior Ndong	1992	Gabon	Defender
Stephan Loboué	1981	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Victor Nyirenda	1988	Malawi	Forward
Wayne Sandilands	1983	South Africa	Goalkeeper
David Djigla	1995	Benin	Forward
Robert Nauseb	1974	Namibia	Midfielder
Miguel Francisco Pereira	1975	Angola	Forward
Richard Gadze	1994	Ghana	Forward
Samir Benamar	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Lassaad Chabbi	1961	Tunisia	Midfielder
Kamohelo Mahlatsi	1998	South Africa	Midfielder
Yvan Rajoarimanana	1988	Madagascar	Forward
Délis Ahou	1984	Niger	Defender
Regina Ansah	1974	Ghana	Defender
Robyn Johannes	1986	South Africa	Centre-back
Mohamed Ait Abbou	1985	Morocco	Centre-back
Junior Lokosa	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Billel Benaldjia	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Osei	1982	Ghana	Defender
Mawugbe Atsu	1986	Togo	Goalkeeper
Elione Fernandes Neto	2005	Angola
Gilles Ngomo	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Daniel Onyekachi	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Serge Ayeli	1981	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mamadou Seck	1979	Senegal	Defender
Jean-Chrysostome Raharison	1979	Madagascar	Goalkeeper
Manoubi Haddad	1996	Tunisia	Midfielder
Vénuste Baboula	1998	Central African Republic	Winger
Maïdine Douane	2002	Algeria
Roy Davies	1924	South Africa	Wing half
Kenan Simambe	1974	Zambia	Defender
Mehdi Harb	1979	Tunisia	Forward
Lonathemba Mhlongo	2002	South Africa	Defender
Zhaimu Jambo	1987	Zimbabwe	Defender
Ditaola Ditaola	1978	Botswana	Midfielder
Kevin Beugré	1992	Ivory Coast	Forward
Abdoul Kader Kobré	1996	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Exaucé Mayombo	1990	DR Congo	Forward
Oussama Amar	2003	Algeria	Midfielder
Cletus Nombil	2000	Ghana
Abderrahmane Alane	1970	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Two-Boys Gumede	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Yassine Bouchaâla	1980	Tunisia	Forward
Madjid Adjaoud	1971	Algeria	Midfielder
Yanga Gcilisha	1988	South Africa	Defender
Mamadou Lamarana Diallo	1985	Guinea	Forward
Michael Idowu	2006	Nigeria	Right winger
Tekalinge Kassahun	1950	Ethiopia
Najib Melhi	1965	Morocco	Defender
Lucrecia Ngui	1988	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Tidiam Baba Kourouma	1991	Guinea	Midfielder
Mohamed Atef	2002	Egypt	Forward
William Likuta	1997	DR Congo
Masindi Nemtajela	2001	South Africa	Midfielder