On this day: January 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 16.

72 African footballers in our database were born on January 16, including Seydou Keita, Toti Gomes and Pierre Boya.

African national teams have played 37 matches on January 16 since 1953.

Footballers born on January 16 (72)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Seydou Keita	1980	Mali	Midfielder
Toti Gomes	1999	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Pierre Boya	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Chamseddine Dhaouadi	1987	Tunisia	Defender
Marcel Mahouvé	1973	Cameroon	Midfielder
Lalaina Nomenjanahary	1986	Madagascar	Wing half
Rayan Raveloson	1997	Madagascar	Midfielder
Manuel Keliano	2003	Angola
James Abankwah	2004	Ghana	Defender
Lina Boussaha	1999	Algeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Sowah Adjei	1998	Ghana	Defender
António Luís dos Santos Serrado	1986	Angola	Defender
Mohamed Aboul Ela	1980	Egypt	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Diakate	1988	Senegal	Midfielder
Adolphe Mendy	1960	Senegal	Defender
Ibrahim Aliyu	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Zeddy Saileti	1969	Zambia	Forward
Simon Richter	1985	Gambia	Defender
Rachid Arma	1985	Morocco	Forward
Haruna Doda	1975	Nigeria	Midfielder
Charles Léa	1951	Cameroon	Forward
Dube Phiri	1983	Zambia	Forward
Rayan Lutin	2003	Comoros
Martin Ndzie	2003	Cameroon
Itumeleng Duiker	1972	Botswana	Midfielder
Stanley Tshosane	1957	Botswana	Midfielder
Gabriel Abossolo	1939	Cameroon	Midfielder
Aboubacar Tambadou	1987	Mali	Midfielder
Pedro Moreira	1983	Cape Verde	Forward
Olive Christelle Ngo Nyepel	1995	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Luis Enrique Nsue	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Ouissem Belgacem	1988	Tunisia	Centre-back
Thubelihle Shamase	2002	South Africa	Midfielder
Geoffrey Wasswa	1999	Uganda	Centre-back
Islam Serry	1992	Egypt	Defender
Bakhit Khamis	1992	Sudan
Hamza Mouali	1998	Algeria	Full-back
Sphumelele Shamase	2002	South Africa	Midfielder
Varney Pas Boakay	1983	Liberia	Forward
Lounis Lanseur	1989	Algeria	Defender
Jonathan Solomons	1976	South Africa	Wing half
Ismaila Diarra	1992	Mali	Forward
Divine Fonjock	1984	Cameroon	Midfielder
Michael Tetteh	1989	Ghana	Defender
Jason Ngouabi	2003	Congo
Eboule Bille Samuel	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Ben Martin	1986	Liberia	Forward
Bassam Abouhadid	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Cherif Guettai	1961	Algeria	Forward
Mustapha Kiddi	1964	Morocco	Forward
Abdelaziz El Sayed	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Abdelkader Reguig	1938	Algeria
Noah Wafula	1990	Kenya	Forward
Mayssa Baha	2011	Morocco	Forward
Saïd Imigene	2005	Mauritania
Adramane Cassamá	2004	Guinea-Bissau
Rachid Soualhi	1949	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Youba Dramé	1998	Mali
Arezki Kouffi	1949	Algeria	Forward
Mukoko Tonombe	1996	DR Congo
Hedi Khalfa	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Salim Baroudi	1988	Algeria	Defender
Toufik Chaïb	1984	Algeria	Forward
Ramzi Toujani	1977	Tunisia	Centre-back
Francisco do Nascimento	1983	São Tomé and Príncipe	Midfielder
Hamza Khadhraoui	1999	Tunisia	Left winger
Rethabile Senkoto	1998	Lesotho	Full-back
Ivone Kooper	1999	Namibia	Midfielder
Alejandro Hernández	2008	Equatorial Guinea
Hakizimana Assoumani Fati	2004	Burundi
Marcelo Asumu	1992	Equatorial Guinea
Limakatso Matibi	2000	Lesotho