On this day: August 31

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 31.

41 African footballers in our database were born on August 31, including Christopher Katongo, Mahamane Traoré and Ibrahim Diakité.

African national teams have played 20 matches on August 31 since 1969.

Footballers born on August 31 (41)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Christopher Katongo	1982	Zambia	Forward
Mahamane Traoré	1988	Mali	Midfielder
Ibrahim Diakité	2003	Guinea
Simon Tchobang	1951	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Esteban Becker Churukian	1964	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Amir Sayoud	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Vianney Mabidé	1988	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Maher Hannachi	1984	Tunisia	Midfielder
Saïdou Simporé	1992	Burkina Faso	Defender
Adanna Nwaneri	1975	Nigeria	Defender
Henry Kisekka	1989	Uganda	Forward
Youssoupha Sanyang	2005	Senegal
Umeh Emmanuel	2004	Nigeria
L'Imam Seydi	1985	Senegal	Forward
Duncan Ochieng	1978	Kenya	Goalkeeper
Ira Eliezer Tapé	1997	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Edward Sadomba	1983	Zimbabwe	Forward
Tommy Sylvestre	1946	Togo	Goalkeeper
Henry Acquah	1965	Ghana	Forward
Nadia Benmokhtar	1985	Algeria	Defender
Kali Ongala	1979	Tanzania	Midfielder
Constance Mantey	1976	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Michael Agbekpornu	1998	Ghana
Eddie Odhiambo	1985	Tanzania	Defender
Alexander Opoku	1974	Ghana	Midfielder
Cosmos Dauda	1993	Ghana	Forward
Eric Wright	1980	Liberia	Defender
Ibrahim Abukari	1996	Ghana
Lazarus Muhoni	1976	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Ayoub Bourhim	1990	Morocco	Midfielder
Uriah Asante	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Gregory Mulamba	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Dramane Kamaté	1985	Mali	Forward
Slim Mezlini	1987	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Alexandre Morfaw	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Asaad Babiker	2003	Egypt
Geoffrey Namwandu	1979	Tanzania
Oumar Sané	1975	Senegal	Midfielder
Simão Pedro	2006	Angola	Forward
Norman Gofaone Mabaya	1995	Botswana	Midfielder
Dylan Sia	2004	Ivory Coast