On this day: February 17

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 17.

57 African footballers in our database were born on February 17, including Timothée Atouba, Abdelillah Bagui and Anissa Lahmari.

African national teams have played 24 matches on February 17 since 1950.

Footballers born on February 17 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Timothée Atouba	1982	Cameroon	Full-back
Abdelillah Bagui	1978	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Anissa Lahmari	1997	Morocco	Forward
Tahar Chaïbi	1946	Tunisia	Midfielder
Tristan Dingomé	1991	Cameroon	Defender
Anthony Laffor	1985	Liberia	Wing half
Joseph Okoro	2001	Nigeria
Yahaya Mohammed	1988	Ghana	Centre-back
Moustapha Dabo	1986	Senegal	Forward
Janvier Ndikumana	1983	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Eric Ayuk	1997	Cameroon	Forward
Colin Bell	1979	Mauritius	Midfielder
Reyaad Pieterse	1992	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Amira Ould Braham	1998	Algeria	Midfielder
Kurt Lentjies	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Boualem Charef goat	1958	Algeria
Amr El-Safty	1982	Egypt	Defender
Clinton Larsen	1971	South Africa	Midfielder
Ibrahim Kasule	2004	Uganda	Midfielder
Tom Masiko	1996	Uganda	Forward
Barket Bekrar	1975	Algeria	Midfielder
Kareem Ahmed	2007	Egypt
Hugo Évora	1981	Cape Verde	Defender
Khumo Motlhabane	1981	Botswana	Defender
Cecilia Akeng	1994	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Sofiane Boutebba	1989	Algeria	Defender
Mourad Hedhli	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Jones Joubert	1984	Seychelles
Mamadou Bouba	1988	Chad	Goalkeeper
Childran Djodjo Miangounina	1989	Congo	Defender
Christian Imga	2009	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
David Mbaihouloum	1989	Chad	Midfielder
Sabrine Mamay	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Reitumetse Moloisane	1985	Lesotho	Forward
Aymen Trabelsi	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Douglas Pajetat	1986	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Benjamin Feindouno	1983	Guinea	Forward
Ange N'Silu	1986	DR Congo	Forward
Mohammed Bourkadi	1985	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Luis Taraveira	1985	São Tomé and Príncipe	Defender
Lansana Sagna	1994	Senegal	Defender
Henrino Makaya	1993	Congo	Midfielder
Clement Niyigena	2001	Rwanda
Bienvenu Eva Nga	1993	Cameroon
Hector Kandy Rambelomasina	1981	Madagascar
Mohamed Haddi	1943	Algeria
Amine Hadj Saïd	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Itubu Imbem	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Olivier Razafindramboa	1990	Madagascar	Midfielder
Leroy Mathiot	1992	Seychelles
Leah de Oliveira	2006	South Africa
Nabil Natama	2004	Burkina Faso
Audrey Zepatta	1999	Cameroon
Mohamed Nezlioui	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Blaise Tohou	1997	Central African Republic
Ben Patrick Musaka	1997	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Gothusang Osego	1999	Botswana	Defender