On this day: February 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 19.

56 African footballers in our database were born on February 19, including Sone Aluko, Affo Érassa and Yssouf Koné.

African national teams have played 17 matches on February 19 since 1932.

Footballers born on February 19 (56)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sone Aluko	1989	Nigeria	Wing half
Affo Érassa	1983	Togo	Midfielder
Yssouf Koné	1982	Burkina Faso	Forward
Hassan Kachloul	1973	Morocco	Midfielder
Oualid El Hajjam	1991	Morocco	Defender
Christopher Martins	1997	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Mourad Amara	1959	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Simon Falette	1992	Guinea	Centre-back
Kehinde Fatai	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Imad Najah	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Melvin Mastil	2000	Algeria
Geofrey Massa	1986	Uganda	Forward
Nolan Mbemba	1995	Congo	Midfielder
Alioum Saidou	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Loïc Bessilé	1999	Cameroon	Defender
Ibrahima Gueye	1978	Senegal	Defender
Muhammed Sanneh	2000	Gambia	Defender
Amadou Sidibé	1986	Mali	Midfielder
Mustapha Oussalah	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Walid Cherfa	1986	Algeria	Defender
Wake Nibombe	1974	Togo	Goalkeeper
Julian Michel	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Patrick Oboya	1987	Kenya	Midfielder
Kwadwo Poku	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Prince Amoako Junior	2007	Ghana	Winger
Mohamed Mustafa	1996	Sudan
Flavien Le Postollec	1984	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Alassane Diallo	1995	Mali	Midfielder
Faris Abdalla	1994	Sudan	Defender
Omar Charef	1981	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Mich d'Avray	1962	South Africa	Forward
Tunji Banjo	1960	Nigeria	Midfielder
Chirine Knaidil	1994	Morocco	Defender
Emmanuel Ocran	1996	Ghana	Forward
Korka Fall	1990	Senegal	Forward
Mohammed Zaboul	1979	Morocco	Forward
Celiwe Nkambule	1993	Eswatini
Kawtar Ait Omar	2004	Morocco
John Glélé	1986	Benin	Full-back
Bobby Chalmers	1941	Zimbabwe	Forward
Roméo Affessi	1984	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ahmed Reda Hashem	2000	Egypt
Noe Uwimana	2005	Rwanda
Nassim Innocenti	2002	Burkina Faso
Bryan Zamblé	2008	Ivory Coast	Forward
Josip Ravignia	2001	Seychelles
Gabin Allambatnan	2000	Chad
Ammar Ben Sassi	1990	Tunisia	Forward
Simphiwe Selepe	2005	South Africa	Midfielder
Omar Jebali	2000	Tunisia	Centre-back
Taiwo Busirat Lawal	2004	Nigeria	Forward
Nico Esono	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Hawa Keïta	1996	Mali	Goalkeeper
Kgothatso Mariba	2000	South Africa	Midfielder
Ahmed Reda	2000	Egypt	Midfielder
Mohamed Salem Ekbad	1998	Mauritania	Forward