On this day: January 20

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 20.

69 African footballers in our database were born on January 20, including Pierre Webó, Elderson Echiéjilé and Arnaud Kalimuendo.

African national teams have played 41 matches on January 20 since 1962.

Footballers born on January 20 (69)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Pierre Webó	1982	Cameroon	Forward
Elderson Echiéjilé	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Arnaud Kalimuendo	2002	DR Congo	Forward
Karim Haggui	1984	Tunisia	Full-back
Ayo Akinola	2000	Nigeria	Forward
Bonke Innocent	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Papa Waigo	1984	Senegal	Forward
Stéphane Nater	1984	Tunisia	Midfielder
Kévin Gomis	1989	Senegal	Defender
Fatima Tagnaout	1999	Morocco	Attacking midfielder
Élodie Nakkach	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Adama Sawadogo	1990	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Khalifa Jabbie	1993	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Ifeanyi Mathew	1997	Nigeria	Midfielder
Eloge Koffi Yao	1996	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Osama Nabih	1975	Egypt	Forward
Anthony Moura-Komenan	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mustapha Bettache	1931	Morocco	Defender
Tumelo Nhlapo	1988	South Africa	Defender
Emily Nakalema	1994	Uganda
Abdul Sule	1975	Nigeria	Forward
Yacoub Ba	1984	Mauritania	Midfielder
Savio Kabugo	1995	Uganda	Defender
Steven Cann	1988	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Salah Soliman	1990	Egypt	Defender
Karim Azizou	1985	Morocco	Full-back
Djamel Ibouzidène	1994	Algeria	Defender
David Moses	2004	Nigeria
Alagie Saine	2003	Gambia
Pape Cabral	2007	Senegal	Midfielder
Yannick Makota	1992	Cameroon
Jean Charles Fernandez	1998	Guinea	Midfielder
Mohamed Brahimi	1970	Algeria	Midfielder
Alexis N'Gambi	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Bright Gyamfi	1996	Ghana	Defender
Abdelilah Galal	1986	Egypt	Defender
Kamel Gabsi	1960	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Mduduzi Shabalala	2004	South Africa	Midfielder
Richard Manu	1974	Ghana	Full-back
Maano Ditshupo	1985	Botswana	Midfielder
Belkacem Brahimi	1994	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Ahmed kamatcho	1998	Egypt	Defender
Karim Benarif	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Vamouti Diomande	1991	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohamed Ameur Hizem	1972	Tunisia	Centre-back
Iddrisu Abdallah	1996	Ghana	Forward
Fidelis Irhene	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Carol Howes	1996	Zambia	Forward
Kelvin Bossman	1991	Ghana	Forward
Moussa Diarra	2002	Mali
Duval Wapiwo	2000	Cameroon	Midfielder
Sherif Medhat	1988	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Marlon Costa	1995	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Harrison Muranda	1982	Kenya	Forward
Violet Wanyonyi	2000	Kenya
Bob Nii Armah	2004	Ghana
D'Ávila Messi Kessie	2000	Ivory Coast
Amer Belakhdar	1980	Algeria	Defender
Sylvain Komenan	1982	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Ahmed Kamatsho	1998	Egypt	Defender
Djamal Msaidié	1992	Comoros	Midfielder
Matar Niang	1944	Senegal	Forward
Rúben Pina	2000	Cape Verde
Dembo Saidykhan	2004	Gambia
Soiyir Sanali	2002	Comoros
Judicaël Agbéci	2002	Benin
Lionel Samba	1999	Congo
Katlego Monageng	2001	South Africa	Attacking midfielder
Violet Nanjala Wanyonyi	2000	Kenya	Forward