On this day: February 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 16.

39 African footballers in our database were born on February 16, including Amine Gouiri, Loïs Openda and Eliesse Ben Seghir.

African national teams have played 21 matches on February 16 since 1930.

On February 16 1970, Sudan won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Ghana in the final.

On February 16 1957, Egypt won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Ethiopia in the final.

Footballers born on February 16 (39)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Amine Gouiri	2000	Algeria	Forward
Loïs Openda	2000	Morocco	Forward
Eliesse Ben Seghir	2005	Morocco	Forward
Willy Aubameyang	1987	Gabon	Forward
Hamed Junior Traoré	2000	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ignatius Ganago	1999	Cameroon	Forward
Anis Ayari	1982	Tunisia	Defender
Ayoub Abdellaoui	1993	Algeria	Defender
Mamadou Samassa	1990	Mali	Goalkeeper
Moreto Cassamá	1998	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Oumarou Balé	1993	Niger	Midfielder
Ezechiel Banzuzi	2005	DR Congo	Midfielder
Seyfo Soley	1980	Gambia	Midfielder
Luís Lopes	2000	Cape Verde
Richard Emeka Friday	2000	Nigeria	Winger
Abdul Aziz Keita	1989	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Kalifa Traoré	1991	Mali	Defender
Frank Arhin	1999	Ghana	Forward
Samir Hadjaoui	1979	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Noureddine Moukrim	1966	Morocco	Midfielder
Ibrahima Diarra	1971	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Dimitri Carlos Zozimar	1988	Madagascar	Midfielder
Frank Domayo	1993	Tanzania	Midfielder
Youssouf Agnaou	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Magnus Okuonghae	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed Ben Ali	1995	Tunisia	Defender
Godfrey Chibanga	1989	Zambia	Midfielder
Bilal Moumen	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Adel Guemari	1984	Algeria	Defender
Nabil Ejenavi	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Milison Niasexe	1986	Madagascar	Forward
Lucky Mhlathe	1980	South Africa	Midfielder
Guy Bwelle	1979	Cameroon	Midfielder
Marks Maponyane	1962	South Africa	Forward
Nansha Kalonji	1973	Congo	Defender
Guy Bwele	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Muzi Dlamini	1993	Eswatini	Midfielder
Mamadouba Diaby	1997	Guinea
Robert Mukongotya	1996	Uganda	Forward