On this day: January 15

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 15.

77 African footballers in our database were born on January 15, including Essam El-Hadary, El Hadji Diouf and Joshua King.

African national teams have played 25 matches on January 15 since 1976.

Footballers born on January 15 (77)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Essam El-Hadary	1973	Egypt	Goalkeeper
El Hadji Diouf	1981	Senegal	Wing half
Joshua King	1992	Gambia	Forward
Caleb Yirenkyi	2006	Ghana	Midfielder
Mohamed Timoumi	1960	Morocco	Forward
Rafidine Abdullah	1994	Comoros	Midfielder
Anuar Tuhami	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Matthieu Epolo	2005	DR Congo
Ebou Adams	1996	Gambia	Midfielder
Mohsen Labidi	1954	Tunisia	Defender
Papa Demba Camara	1993	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Sulayman Marreh	1996	Gambia	Midfielder
Abdellah Ouazane	2009	Morocco
Mokhtar Belkhiter	1992	Algeria	Forward
Stephen Odey	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Bandiougou Fadiga	2001	Mali	Midfielder
Franklin Tebo Uchenna	2000	Nigeria
Patrick Nyarko	1986	Ghana	Wing half
Salim Fago Lawal	2003	Nigeria
Hugo Marques	1986	Angola	Goalkeeper
Thabo Cele	1997	South Africa	Midfielder
Said Fettah	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Pierre Ekwah	2002	Cameroon
Lucas Noubi	2005	Cameroon	Centre-back
Willard Katsande	1986	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Mike Poto	1981	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Habib Majri	1954	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mavis Chirandu	1995	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Allan Kyambadde	1996	Uganda	Midfielder
Anatole Ngamukol	1988	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Abdoulaye Diallo	1996	Senegal	Forward
Ahmed Abd El-Zaher	1985	Egypt	Forward
Sofiane Daham	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Mossad Awad	1993	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Canisius Bizimana	1984	Rwanda	Defender
Lamá	1985	Mozambique	Goalkeeper
Julio Donisa	1994	Madagascar	Forward
Bacar Baldé	1992	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Junior Osagie	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Niko Kata	1993	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Kylie Ann Louw	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Jordan Semedo	2003	Cape Verde
Redouane Akniouene	1982	Algeria	Defender
Keanu Cupido	1998	South Africa	Defender
Emilio John	1950	Nigeria	Forward
Jules Tchimbakala	1971	Congo	Full-back
Golden Mafwenta	2001	Zambia	Defender
Ibraima Baldé	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Boniface Okafor	1966	Nigeria	Forward
Félix Mathaus	1995	Cape Verde	Defender
Rémi Adiko	1982	Congo	Midfielder
Hoàng Vissai	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Haile Goitom	1986	Eritrea	Defender
Dennis Chembezi	1997	Malawi	Defender
Idris Nuradeen	2002	Nigeria
Didi	2001	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Motaz Kabier	1980	Sudan	Forward
Nana Eshun	1969	Ghana	Forward
Francis Zé	1982	Cameroon	Midfielder
Oussama El Gharib	1987	Morocco	Defender
Angueran Edjekpan	1985	Benin	Defender
Grace Buoadu	2002	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Sadou Boukari	1966	Togo	Forward
Abderrahmane Baâboura	1985	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Nidhal Saied	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Constantin Bakaki	1991	Congo
Mabuti Potloane	1986	Lesotho	Midfielder
Moro Alhassan	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Madiodio Dia	2004	Senegal	Defender
Zakaria Ayeb	2003	Tunisia	Midfielder
Lucas Kikoti	1995	Tanzania
Khalid Kerkich	1991	Morocco	Defender
Amor Amri	1941	Tunisia
Fodil Oulkhiar	1944	Algeria	Defender
Emmanuel Owusu	2001	Ghana
Samalie Nakacwa	2003	Uganda	Right-back
Micheal Stephen Gopey	2000	Nigeria	Forward