On this day: January 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 21.

58 African footballers in our database were born on January 21, including Reinildo Mandava, Hannibal Mejbri and Ronwen Williams.

African national teams have played 37 matches on January 21 since 1955.

On January 21 1968, DR Congo won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Ghana in the final.

On January 21 1962, Ethiopia won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Egypt in the final.

Footballers born on January 21 (58)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Reinildo Mandava	1994	Mozambique	Full-back
Hannibal Mejbri	2003	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ronwen Williams	1992	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Jamel Saihi	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Bradley Carnell	1977	South Africa	Midfielder
Aldo Kalulu	1996	DR Congo	Forward
Mamadou Fofana	1998	Mali	Defender
Férébory Doré	1989	Congo	Forward
Mohamed Chibi	1993	Morocco	Defender
Kwame Karikari	1992	Ghana	Forward
Mulopo Kudimbana	1987	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Danny Munyau	1987	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Billel Dziri	1972	Algeria	Midfielder
Mamadou Diabang	1979	Senegal	Forward
Yannick Bapupa	1982	DR Congo	Midfielder
Yvon Goujon	1937	Congo	Midfielder
Ali Benhalima	1962	Algeria	Defender
Komlan Assignon	1974	Togo	Midfielder
Olisa Ndah	1998	Nigeria
Kabiru Akinsola	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Ben Idrissa Dermé	1982	Burkina Faso	Defender
David Coulibaly	1978	Mali	Midfielder
Ali Attoui	1942	Algeria	Defender
Mourad Gharbi	1966	Tunisia	Midfielder
Reda Bellahcene	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Judikael Magique Goualy	1993	Ivory Coast	Forward
Lakhdar Bouyahi	1946	Algeria	Defender
Mbayang Sow	1993	Senegal	Defender
Bede Amarachi Osuji	1996	Nigeria	Wing half
Charles Herrmann	2006	Ghana
Kamal Anis	1987	Morocco	Midfielder
Georges Ba	1979	Ivory Coast	Forward
Loïc Gagnon	1991	Togo	Defender
Giovanni Vemba-Duarte	1991	Angola	Forward
Jasmine Demraoui	2004	Morocco
Talaat Youssef	1955	Egypt
Mohamed Zaouche	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Jawad Issine	1991	Morocco	Forward
Nadia Ramadan	2005	Egypt	Forward
Kokouvi Pedomey	1982	Togo	Goalkeeper
Wayne Matle	1988	South Africa	Defender
Abass Mohamed	1995	Ghana	Defender
Abdessamad Ouarad	1979	Morocco	Midfielder
Jeffrey Otoo	1998	Ghana	Forward
Ahmed Elmsmari	2006	Libya
Benoît Tardieu	1986	Benin	Goalkeeper
Roy Boateng	1996	Ghana	Defender
Alfred Ndyenge	1983	Namibia	Midfielder
Stephen Manu	1985	Ghana	Forward
Joel da Silva Kiala	2004	Angola	Centre-back
Dominic Okanu	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Ibrahim Bohari	1978	Central African Republic	Forward
Kabwe Kamuzati	1984	Zambia
Langelihle Phili	2005	South Africa	Left winger
Kingsford Adjei	1999	Ghana
Skander Khesrani	1976	Algeria	Defender
Bongumusa Nkosi	2000	South Africa	Attacking midfielder
Patty Badjoko Kuba	1977	DR Congo	Forward