On this day: August 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 24.

57 African footballers in our database were born on August 24, including Peter Rufai, James Obiorah and Joseph Akpala.

African national teams have played 21 matches on August 24 since 1957.

Footballers born on August 24 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Peter Rufai	1963	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
James Obiorah	1978	Nigeria	Forward
Joseph Akpala	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Abdoul-Gafar Mamah	1985	Togo	Full-back
CJ dos Santos	2000	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Yassine Jebbour	1991	Morocco	Defender
Joseph Minala	1996	Cameroon	Midfielder
Hicham Belkaroui	1990	Algeria	Centre-back
Okey Isima	1956	Nigeria	Defender
Vá	1998	Angola	Forward
Augustus Kargbo	1999	Sierra Leone	Forward
Khalid Labied	1955	Morocco	Midfielder
Mavis Ogun	1973	Nigeria	Defender
Faisal Agab	1978	Sudan	Midfielder
Edan Diop	2004	Morocco
Almamy Schuman Bah	1974	Guinea	Defender
Yassine Lakhal	1989	Morocco	Forward
Sisay Bancha	1989	Ethiopia	Goalkeeper
Thabang Lebese	1973	South Africa	Midfielder
Leroy Rosenior	1964	Sierra Leone	Forward
Mauricio Mina	1982	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Franklin Ayodele	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Aluspah Brewah	1983	Sierra Leone	Forward
Marco Randriana	1983	Madagascar	Defender
Mouhamadou Moustapha N'Diaye	1994	Senegal	Forward
Francis Olaki	1994	Uganda	Forward
Abdessamad Badaoui	1999	Morocco
Tristan Mombo	1974	Gabon	Defender
Aymen Bouchhioua	1979	Tunisia	Midfielder
Youssef Salimi	1972	Algeria	Defender
Timoti Muzi	2001	South Africa
Christian Kinsombi	1999	DR Congo	Wing half
Donewell Yobe	1983	Zambia	Forward
Salah Chaoua	1946	Tunisia	Forward
Lyès Saïdi	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Simon Okwi	1993	Uganda	Forward
Naby Twimumu	1990	Congo	Forward
Komba Yomba	1976	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Katleho Moleko	1986	Lesotho	Midfielder
Alhassane Sylla	1995	Senegal
Mohamed Mourad Naji	1990	Morocco	Defender
Siaka Bamba	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mustapha Sahd	1993	Morocco	Forward
Yves Nyami	1995	DR Congo	Midfielder
Owusu-Ansah Kontoh	1993	Ghana	Defender
Nathanael Mbourou	1996	Gabon	Midfielder
Lawrence Chelin	1958	South Africa	Midfielder
Rigoberte M'Bah	1984	Cameroon	Defender
Mohamed Mahjoub	1924	Morocco	Forward
Mohamed Camara	1982	Guinea
Makiadi Pambani	1985	DR Congo
Abdulrasaq Wuraola	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ridha Boushih	1956	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hassen Toumi	1942	Tunisia
Alcaly Camara	1980	Senegal	Defender
Delano Abrahams	1991	South Africa	Defender
Hamim Semakula	1993	Uganda	Defender