On this day: February 20

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 20.

65 African footballers in our database were born on February 20, including Emam Ashour, Ime Okon and Peniel Mlapa.

African national teams have played 15 matches on February 20 since 1940.

Footballers born on February 20 (65)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Emam Ashour	1998	Egypt	Central midfielder
Ime Okon	2004	South Africa	Centre-back
Peniel Mlapa	1991	Togo	Wing half
Joël Epalle	1978	Cameroon	Forward
Emad Moteab	1983	Egypt	Forward
Aaron Appindangoyé	1992	Gabon	Centre-back
Mahmoud El-Gohary	1938	Egypt	Forward
Abdoul Camara	1990	Guinea	Forward
Abdelatif Noussir	1990	Morocco	Full-back
Dauda Mohammed	1998	Ghana	Forward
Catherine Musonda	1998	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Zakaria Draoui	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Austin Amutu	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Abdelkbir El Ouadi	1993	Morocco	Wing half
Juary Soares	1992	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Ayman Younes	1964	Egypt	Midfielder
Amane Romeo	2003	Ivory Coast
Nassir El Mimouni	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Kamel Larbi	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Hervé Tchami	1988	Cameroon	Wing half
Moussa Gueye	1989	Senegal	Forward
Abanda Herman	1984	Cameroon	Defender
Dylan Mboumbouni	1996	Central African Republic	Defender
Chidi Onyemah	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Mehdi Fennouche	1993	Algeria	Wing half
Ken Fish	1914	South Africa	Forward
Jacques Elong Elong	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Imad Omari	1982	Morocco	Defender
Urbain Some	1979	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Darrell Kamdem Tibell	2002	Cameroon	Forward
Vigori Gbe	2002	Ivory Coast	Defender
Foster Bastios	1975	Ghana	Defender
Muhamed Tehe Olawale	1999	Ivory Coast	Forward
Simon Pasteur	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Henkouche	1948	Algeria	Midfielder
Sandile Ginindza	1988	Eswatini	Goalkeeper
Robert Badjie	1984	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Djibril Zidnaba	1994	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Prince Saydee	1996	Liberia	Forward
Kader Bidimbou	1996	Congo	Forward
Mlungisi Ngubane	1956	South Africa
Aristote Lusinga	1990	Congo	Defender
Oscar Umar	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Olivier Kingue	1996	Cameroon	Defender
Abdou Aziz Fall	2007	Senegal
Gabriela Salgado	1998	South Africa	Forward
Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro	1996	Togo	Forward
Sipho Mumbi	1979	Zambia	Midfielder
Litsepe Marabe	1992	Lesotho	Midfielder
Boubacar Nimi	1988	Burkina Faso	Forward
Ghassen Mahersi	2001	Tunisia	Full-back
Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue	2001	Cameroon
Mouloud Ousmail	1977	Algeria	Defender
Khaled Touati	1963	Tunisia	Forward
Samuel Alazar	1993	Eritrea	Goalkeeper
Wills Tene Nkingne	2003	Cameroon	Full-back
Osama Mukhtar Al Shremi	2001	Libya	Central midfielder
Mohamed Tahar	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Salah Bounour	1951	Algeria	Midfielder
Samuel Bioh	1995	Ghana
Abdelali El Khanboubi	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Jennifer Einlykke	2004	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Mohamed Makhlouf	1998	Egypt	Midfielder
Reuben Bala Yakubu	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder
Brahim Ishak Boushaki	1993	Algeria	Midfielder