On this day: February 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 23.

46 African footballers in our database were born on February 23, including Tarik Elyounoussi, Mido and Ahmed Akaïchi.

African national teams have played 26 matches on February 23 since 1964.

Footballers born on February 23 (46)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Tarik Elyounoussi	1988	Morocco	Wing half
Mido	1983	Egypt	Forward
Ahmed Akaïchi	1989	Tunisia	Forward
Cédric Makiadi	1984	DR Congo	Midfielder
Abubeker Nassir	2000	Ethiopia	Forward
Márcio Rosa	1997	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Hassen Gabsi	1974	Tunisia	Forward
Herschelle Gibbs	1974	South Africa
Yassir Zabiri	2005	Morocco	Winger
Raúl Fabiani	1984	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Issa Cissokho	1985	Senegal	Defender
Amara Baby	1989	Senegal	Full-back
Mamoutou Coulibaly	1984	Mali	Defender
Gerso Fernandes	1991	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Charles Addo Odametey	1937	Ghana	Defender
Albin Ebondo	1984	Congo	Defender
Bruce Musakanya	1994	Zambia	Midfielder
Frank Odoi	1943	Ghana	Midfielder
Sérgio Manuel Monteiro Semedo	1988	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Ibrahim Mounkoro	1990	Mali	Goalkeeper
Armand Ken Ella	1993	Cameroon	Wing half
Naïm Byar	2005	Morocco	Wing half
Mahmoud Aboul-Dahab	1970	Egypt	Defender
Akram Bouras	2002	Algeria	Midfielder
Arsène Zola	1996	DR Congo	Full-back
Osama Mohamed El Fezzani	1978	Libya
Sidnei	1986	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Casto Nopo	1973	Equatorial Guinea
Umar Zango	1994	Nigeria	Defender
George Dearnaley	1969	South Africa	Forward
Osama Abdusalam	1983	Libya	Midfielder
Adlène Boutnaf	1984	Algeria	Defender
Jonathan Spiff	2007	Nigeria
Hamdi Nouh	1955	Egypt
Ousmane Coulibaly	1969	Burkina Faso
Slim Rebai	1991	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Ali Ayari	1990	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Senam Langueh	1979	Togo	Defender
Jojo Ogunnupe	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Alain Hounsa	1988	Benin	Midfielder
Moncef Djebali	1957	Tunisia	Forward
Sofiane Ait Ali	1977	Algeria	Defender
Zakaria Ouhadda	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Louis C. de Villiers	1882	South Africa
Ousmane Tiecoura	1977	Niger
Lehlohonolo Fothoane	1997	Lesotho	Attacking midfielder