On this day: February 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 24.

48 African footballers in our database were born on February 24, including Russell Mwafulirwa, Ayub Daud and Mahmoud Guendouz.

African national teams have played 17 matches on February 24 since 1951.

Footballers born on February 24 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Russell Mwafulirwa	1983	Malawi	Forward
Ayub Daud	1990	Somalia	Midfielder
Mahmoud Guendouz	1953	Algeria	Defender
Magdy Tolba	1964	Egypt	Midfielder
Baboucarr Gaye	1998	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Margaret Belemu	1997	Zambia	Midfielder
Adil Tahif	2001	Morocco
Hafid Abdessadek	1974	Morocco	Midfielder
Simplex Nthala	1988	Malawi	Goalkeeper
Mamello Makhabane	1988	South Africa	Midfielder
Besheer El-Tabei	1976	Egypt	Defender
Gégé	1988	Cape Verde	Defender
Brahim Thiam	1974	Mali	Defender
Salim Ben Seghir	2003	Morocco
Momar Bangoura	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Khaled Hussein	1977	Libya	Midfielder
Brahima Traoré	1974	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Haliru Alidu	1984	Togo	Midfielder
Davíd	1988	Angola	Midfielder
Bright Omokaro	1965	Nigeria	Defender
Georges Griffiths	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Andrew Oyombe	1985	Kenya	Midfielder
Abdelmadjid Tahraoui	1981	Algeria	Forward
Stacey Catherine Naris	1991	Namibia	Defender
Roger Hitoto	1969	DR Congo	Midfielder
Thabo Moloisane	1999	South Africa	Defender
Eric Kamdem Kamdem	1983	Cameroon	Defender
Faouzi Bourenane	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Dungue Lima	1983	São Tomé and Príncipe	Goalkeeper
Oscar Naasei Opong	2005	Ghana
Abdelouahad Abdessamad	1982	Morocco	Defender
Mokhtar Arribi	1924	Algeria	Forward
Soufiane Jebari	1995	Morocco	Forward
Oshwin Andries	2003	South Africa
Dieudonné Yarga	1986	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Hans Eric Ekounga	1977	Cameroon	Forward
Valentin Dah	1985	Burkina Faso	Forward
Léonard Baraka	1985	Madagascar
Hassan Daoudi	1981	Morocco	Forward
Andile Khumalo	1991	South Africa	Forward
Muhammed Bah	2007	Gambia
Rachid Baldé	2000	Guinea-Bissau
Kamohelo Sithole	1997	South Africa	Left winger
Hadji Chekal Affari	2003	Algeria	Midfielder
Andrew Kaggwa	1992	Uganda
Maungo Jessica Maponga	2004	Botswana	Defender
Youmna Zaki	2002	Comoros	Midfielder
Domingo Mba	2000	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward