On this day: February 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 26.

57 African footballers in our database were born on February 26, including Emmanuel Adebayor, Abdoulaye Faye and Jamie Leweling.

African national teams have played 22 matches on February 26 since 1967.

Footballers born on February 26 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Emmanuel Adebayor	1984	Togo	Forward
Abdoulaye Faye	1978	Senegal	Defender
Jamie Leweling	2001	Ghana	Midfielder
Marwan Mohsen	1989	Egypt	Forward
Souleyman Sané	1961	Senegal	Forward
Oussama Idrissi	1996	Morocco	Wing half
Louis-Paul M'Fédé	1961	Cameroon	Midfielder
Kennedy Igboananike	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Lamin Samateh	1992	Gambia	Centre-back
Djibril Tamsir Paye	1990	Guinea	Defender
Shawky Gharib	1959	Egypt	Midfielder
Pascal Kalemba	1979	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Marc Mboua	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Loide Augusto	2000	Angola	Wing half
Roman Geoffrey	1982	Namibia	Forward
Essam Baheeg	1931	Egypt	Wing half
Noureddine Diwa	1937	Tunisia	Forward
Othusitse Pilane	1984	Botswana	Midfielder
Michel Souamas	1975	Gabon	Goalkeeper
Aliou Siby Badara	1971	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Soune Soungole	1995	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Talaat Mansour	1967	Egypt
Isaac Shai	1971	South Africa	Midfielder
Patrick Ntsoelengoe	1952	South Africa	Midfielder
Amir Maftah	1988	Tanzania	Defender
Patrick Etshimi	1989	DR Congo	Forward
Abdallah Gomaa	1993	Egypt	Defender
Saïd Hamrani	1962	Algeria	Midfielder
Tapiwa Gadibolae	1993	Botswana	Defender
Ousseynou Gueye	1995	Senegal
Harun Ibrahim	2003	Ethiopia
Sadissou Bako	1976	Cameroon	Forward
Rachid Bouarrata	1958	Algeria
Mohamed Yaghni	1988	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Amine Saïdoune	1989	Algeria	Defender
Zakaria Amzil	1981	Morocco	Defender
Abdeljabar Machouche	1945	Tunisia	Forward
Treika Blé	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Godfrey Taita	1986	Tanzania
Vincent Bikana	1992	Cameroon	Defender
Mohammed Mokhtar	1989	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Christelle Demba	1998	Central African Republic	Forward
Winfrida Gerald	2006	Tanzania	Midfielder
Arnaud Tattevin	2000	Central African Republic
Lamine Boutabia	1981	Algeria	Defender
Senosi Al Hadi	1994	Libya	Midfielder
Rabah Hafid	1985	Algeria	Forward
Mbhazima Rikhotso	1993	South Africa	Defender
Safouane Ben Salem	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Astria Boks	1994	South Africa
Glory Edet	2001	Nigeria	Defender
Tebogo Moroka	1987	Botswana	Defender
Eya Bellaaj	1998	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mathias Okwalinga	2000	Uganda	Midfielder
Denis Kaka Omony	2000	Uganda	Midfielder
Hassan Matovu	2000	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Francisco Cereijo	2003	Equatorial Guinea