On this day: February 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 21.

44 African footballers in our database were born on February 21, including Riyad Mahrez, Dame N'Doye and Molla Wagué.

African national teams have played 12 matches on February 21 since 1965.

Footballers born on February 21 (44)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Riyad Mahrez	1991	Algeria	Wing half
Dame N'Doye	1985	Senegal	Forward
Molla Wagué	1991	Mali	Defender
David Addy	1990	Ghana	Full-back
Garra Dembélé	1986	Mali	Forward
Adil Chihi	1988	Morocco	Forward
Abdoulaye Traoré	1967	Ivory Coast	Forward
Moussa N'Diaye	1979	Senegal	Midfielder
Wilfried Kanga	1998	Ivory Coast	Forward
Manfred Starke	1991	Namibia	Midfielder
Steve Leo Beleck	1993	Cameroon	Forward
Rachid Daoudi	1966	Morocco	Midfielder
Sheikh Sibi	1998	Gambia
Idriss Mhirsi	1994	Tunisia	Attacker
Faouzi Abdelghani	1985	Morocco	Wing half
Bassala Touré	1976	Mali	Midfielder
Kayode Odejayi	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Jonathan Nanizayamo	1992	DR Congo	Forward
Abdul Aminu	1965	Nigeria
Abdenour Belkheir	1989	Algeria	Forward
Fatima Bara	1990	Algeria	Defender
Yassine Amrioui	1995	Morocco	Defender
Camil Mmaee	2004	Cameroon	Forward
Bobby Samaria	1970	Namibia
Mohamed Bouamira	1968	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Chunkz	1996	Somalia
Paul Jatta	1991	Gambia	Midfielder
Kgosi Ntlhe	1994	South Africa	Defender
Ernest Emako-Siankam	1981	Cameroon	Forward
Fred Dembi	1995	Congo
Zied Ben Salem	1995	Tunisia	Forward
Serge Emaleu Ngomgoue	1985	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamed Refaie	1990	Egypt	Defender
Gauthier Mahoto	1992	DR Congo	Midfielder
Herman Dzumafo	1980	Cameroon	Forward
William Twala	1990	South Africa	Midfielder
Jairson	1977	São Tomé and Príncipe	Midfielder
Zaid Tchibara	2006	Togo	Forward
Ngor Sarr	1964	Senegal	Forward
Kumbulani Banda	1989	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Beth Kaluya	2007	Uganda
Ayoub Mallouki	1995	Morocco	Forward
Yasmin Ben Houssine	2001	Morocco	Wing half
Horra Mechab	2004	Algeria	Midfielder