On this day: February 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 22.

52 African footballers in our database were born on February 22, including Siaka Tiéné, Hamer Bouazza and Yan Valery.

African national teams have played 21 matches on February 22 since 1935.

Footballers born on February 22 (52)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Siaka Tiéné	1982	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Hamer Bouazza	1985	Algeria	Left winger
Yan Valery	1999	Tunisia	Defender
Parfait Guiagon	2001	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Robert Ndip Tambe	1994	Cameroon	Forward
Yann Mabella	1996	Congo	Forward
Antar Osmani	1960	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Abdelghani Mouaoui	1989	Morocco	Forward
Ayman El Hassouni	1995	Morocco	Wing half
Muna Katupose	1988	Namibia	Midfielder
Mohamed Sylla	1971	Guinea	Forward
Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi	1985	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Nimfasha Berchimas	2008	Burundi	Forward
Ike Ibenegbu	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Daniel Wansi	1982	Cameroon	Forward
Daniel Mushitu	2000	DR Congo	Forward
Redouane Cherifi	1993	Algeria	Defender
João Jaquité	1996	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Arnaud Monkam	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Shola Ogundana	2005	Nigeria
Abdoulaye Ousmane	2000	Mauritania
Nathaniel Asamoah	1990	Ghana	Forward
Dean Solomons	1999	South Africa	Defender
Esme Mends	1986	Ghana	Midfielder
Djelika Coulibaly	1984	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Musa Bilankulu	1985	South Africa	Defender
Eugene Fomumbod	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Rabe Al Msellati	1983	Libya	Midfielder
Gobonyeone Selefa	1987	Botswana	Defender
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed	1980	Somalia	Defender
Zakaria Gueye	1986	Senegal	Midfielder
Ibrahima Sory Soumah	1995	Guinea	Midfielder
Mouad Hadded	1997	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Sesay	1984	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Emeka Ogbugh	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Lewis Macha	1992	Zambia	Forward
Marouane Troudi	1990	Tunisia
Mohamed Griche	1952	Algeria	Forward
Zoumana Simpara	1998	Mali	Midfielder
Edward Mashinya	1984	Zimbabwe	Forward
Muyaya Kayembe	1979	DR Congo	Defender
Amadou Morou	1983	Togo	Midfielder
Michael Kwong	1993	South Africa
Nnamdi Ahanonu	2002	Nigeria
Gianluca Lorenzoni	2001	Mozambique	Left winger
Djallal Achacha	1979	Algeria	Midfielder
Diane Sindjie	2002	Cameroon	Defender
Felix Noge	1998	South Africa	Full-back
Keneilwe Tshwenyego	1997	Botswana	Defender
Derrick Kigundu	1997	Uganda	Midfielder
Alex Mandera	1997	Uganda	Defender
Warren Buule	1998	Uganda	Defender