On this day: January 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 19.

63 African footballers in our database were born on January 19, including João Mário, Moussa Sow and Ilaix Moriba.

African national teams have played 33 matches on January 19 since 1963.

Footballers born on January 19 (63)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
João Mário	1993	Angola	Midfielder
Moussa Sow	1986	Senegal	Forward
Ilaix Moriba	2003	Guinea	Midfielder
Lauren	1977	Cameroon	Defender
Marvelous Nakamba	1994	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Rami Bedoui	1990	Tunisia	Centre-back
Mohamed-Ali Cho	2004	Morocco	Forward
Amadou Moutari	1994	Niger	Midfielder
Felix Afena-Gyan	2003	Ghana	Forward
Ahmed Ammi	1981	Morocco	Full-back
Jimmy Kébé	1984	Mali	Wing half
Cheikh Niasse	2000	Senegal	Midfielder
Bilal Bari	1998	Morocco	Forward
Lamine Diaby-Fadiga	2001	Guinea	Forward
Rayane Aabid	1992	Morocco	Forward
Orji Okwonkwo	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Mamadou Tounkara	1996	Senegal	Forward
Sadney Urikhob	1992	Namibia	Forward
Augustine Ejangue	1989	Cameroon	Defender
Leïla Maknoun	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abdulsamed Abdullahi	1997	Somalia	Midfielder
Seïd Khiter	1985	Algeria	Forward
Jackson Mabokgwane	1988	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Gabriel Mutombo	1996	DR Congo	Defender
Edith Agoye	1976	Nigeria	Midfielder
Theo Lewis Weeks	1990	Liberia	Midfielder
Joazhifel Soares	1991	São Tomé and Príncipe	Midfielder
Abebaw Butako	1992	Ethiopia	Full-back
Mohamed Abdel Wahed	1981	Egypt	Defender
Fikile Magama	2002	South Africa	Defender
Youssef Idrissi	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Zakaria Naidji	1995	Algeria	Forward
Makadji Boukar	1984	Cameroon	Defender
Aristode N'Dongala	1994	DR Congo	Full-back
Sewram Gobin	1983	Mauritius	Forward
Nader Kara	1980	Libya	Forward
Oussama Essabr	1989	Morocco	Forward
Hicham Louissi	1976	Morocco	Defender
Fakhreddine Rajhi	1959	Morocco
Haifa Guedri	1989	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mounkaïla Idé Barkiré	1972	Niger
Micium Mhone	1992	Malawi
Mohamed Moustapha N'diaye	1984	Senegal	Forward
Isma Ouadah	1983	Algeria	Defender
Anes Saad	1996	Algeria	Defender
Obie Etie Ikechukwu	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Guillano Édouard	1979	Mauritius	Defender
Pape Fall	1960	Senegal	Defender
Mugahid Mohamed	1976	Sudan	Midfielder
Bismarck Appiah	1995	Ghana	Forward
Abdelmajid Shaita	1954	Morocco	Wing half
Bandile Shandu	1995	South Africa
Sabri Zaidi	1996	Tunisia	Midfielder
Thulani Ngcepe	1990	South Africa	Forward
Cyrille Ndaney	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Eugène Kangulungu	1976	DR Congo	Defender
Henri Ewane-Elong	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Moise Pouaty	1996	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Alaa Ben Dahnous	1991	Tunisia	Defender
Fayçal Ziouar	1985	Algeria	Defender
Helena Ngueve Nachiuíssa Sassoma	1999	Angola	Defender
Yazid Aït Moujane	2001	Morocco	Full-back
Matarr Ceesay	2000	Gambia	Midfielder