On this day: February 28

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 28.

55 African footballers in our database were born on February 28, including Ghailene Chaalali, Laros Duarte and Guy Roland Ndy Assembe.

African national teams have played 27 matches on February 28 since 1965.

On February 28 1998, Egypt won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating South Africa in the final.

Footballers born on February 28 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ghailene Chaalali	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Laros Duarte	1997	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Guy Roland Ndy Assembe	1986	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Fabien Camus	1985	Tunisia	Midfielder
Rowen Fernández	1978	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Camara	1997	Guinea	Defender
Stanley Amuzie	1996	Nigeria	Full-back
Faith Ikidi	1987	Nigeria	Defender
Ibrahima Cissé	1994	Guinea	Midfielder
Charles Amoah	1975	Ghana	Forward
Maamar Mamouni	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Uche Ikpeazu	1995	Uganda	Forward
Walid Ali Osman	1977	Libya	Defender
Charles Swini	1985	Malawi	Goalkeeper
Tarik El Taib	1977	Libya	Midfielder
Goma Genaro Awad	1982	South Sudan	Goalkeeper
Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani	1977	Libya	Forward
Elijah Tana	1975	Zambia	Defender
Mohamed Chikoto	1989	Niger	Defender
Panutche Camará	1997	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mohamed Koné	1984	Ivory Coast	Forward
Guy Lusadisu	1982	DR Congo	Midfielder
Onyekachi Nwoha	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Thomas Nyrienda	1986	Zambia	Defender
Adam Shaban	1983	Kenya	Defender
Zoubir Ouasti	1981	Algeria	Defender
Benhalima Rouane	1979	Algeria	Forward
Abdoulaye Djire	1981	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
David Louhoungou	1989	Congo	Wing half
Juma Jabu	1988	Tanzania	Defender
Gizzie Dorbor	1987	Liberia	Centre-back
Abderrahmane Boultif	1987	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Kangana Ndiwa	1984	DR Congo	Defender
Nathan Fasika	1999	DR Congo	Defender
Seydou Koné	1983	Ivory Coast	Forward
Adnane El Ouardy	1994	Morocco	Forward
Mohamed Chihani	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Dine Suzette	1991	Seychelles	Forward
Jabulani Shongwe	1990	South Africa	Midfielder
Badmus Babatunde	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Abdelkader Ghorab	1998	Algeria	Forward
Walter Ferreira	1942	Angola
Ibrahim Helal	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Hassan Isaac Korongo	1985	Sudan	Midfielder
Gideon Asante	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Prince Kwabena Owusu	1997	Ghana
Moussa Khoume Gueye	1985	Senegal	Centre-back
Dieudonné Owona	1986	Cameroon	Defender
Ameur Benali	1970	Algeria	Midfielder
Derek Tieku	1995	Ghana	Forward
Christiana Obia	2001	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Steeve Gerard Fankà	1988	Cameroon
Samuel Ndizeye	1998	Burundi	Defender
Jean-Paul Wauters	1998	DR Congo
Farah N'Ser	1988	Morocco	Defender