On this day: August 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 27.

49 African footballers in our database were born on August 27, including Sulley Muntari, Nabil El Zhar and Adama Ba.

African national teams have played 17 matches on August 27 since 1948.

Footballers born on August 27 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sulley Muntari	1984	Ghana	Centre-back
Nabil El Zhar	1986	Morocco	Forward
Adama Ba	1993	Mauritania	Midfielder
Segun Odegbami	1952	Nigeria	Forward
Samir Beloufa	1979	Algeria	Centre-back
Nasreddine Kraouche	1979	Algeria	Midfielder
Yoro Lamine Ly	1988	Senegal	Forward
Aziz Corr Nyang	1984	Gambia	Forward
Jonas Okétola	1983	Benin	Midfielder
Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira	1967	Angola	Midfielder
Hernâni Borges	1981	Cape Verde	Defender
Usman Sani Sale Hassan	1995	Nigeria	Attacker
George Weah Jr.	1987	Liberia	Midfielder
Rosemary Ampem	1992	Ghana	Defender
Nyambe Mulenga	1987	Zambia	Defender
Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir	1950	Sudan	Midfielder
Jacquette Ada	1991	Cameroon	Forward
Patrick Edema	1992	Uganda	Defender
Kgotso Moleko	1989	South Africa	Defender
Cornelius Udebuluzor	1974	Nigeria	Forward
Darren Holden	1993	South Africa	Defender
Marwan Dawoud	1997	Egypt
Emeka Obidile	1977	Nigeria	Midfielder
Abel Gebor	1990	Liberia	Midfielder
Abdelhamid Salhi	1947	Algeria	Midfielder
Mahmoud Kaoud	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Patricia Mantey	1992	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Ahmed Ahmedou	1993	Mauritania	Full-back
Ghazi Ghrairi	1965	Tunisia	Wing half
Shakur Mohammed	2003	Ghana	Forward
Winie Mapangou	1993	Gabon	Midfielder
Thierry Bayock	1979	Cameroon	Midfielder
Niaré Benogo	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Khanyisa Mayo	1998	South Africa	Centre-back
Tesfaye Alebachew	1988	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Ibrahim Shikanda	1984	Kenya	Defender
Hamed Kammoun	1955	Tunisia	Forward
Osama Azab	1986	Egypt	Defender
Mohamed Aziz Khouini	1977	Tunisia	Midfielder
Patrick Aimée	1976	Mauritius	Defender
Youssouf Koïta	2000	Mali	Goalkeeper
Redouane Dardouri	1984	Morocco	Defender
Omar Adlani	1991	Algeria
Emmanuel Vincent	1997	Mauritius
Veronique Raharimalala	1987	Madagascar
Aminata Sacko	1984	Mali	Defender
Seluleko Mahlambi	2004	South Africa	Forward
Veronica Gabriel Mapunda	2006	Tanzania	Forward
Lamine Diompy	1985	Senegal	Midfielder