On this day: January 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 22.

54 African footballers in our database were born on January 22, including Vincent Aboubakar, Mohamed Sissoko and Walid Cheddira.

African national teams have played 42 matches on January 22 since 1961.

Footballers born on January 22 (54)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Vincent Aboubakar	1992	Cameroon	Centre-forward
Mohamed Sissoko	1985	Mali	Midfielder
Walid Cheddira	1998	Morocco	Forward
Achraf Lazaar	1992	Morocco	Full-back
Mohamed Amine Tougai	2000	Algeria	Defender
Charles Toubé	1958	Cameroon	Midfielder
Keagan Dolly	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Iddrisu Baba	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Ibrahima Sonko	1981	Senegal	Centre-back
Nacerdine Drid	1957	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Yared Bayeh	1995	Ethiopia	Defender
Marius Mouandilmadji	1998	Chad	Forward
Gerzino Nyamsi	1997	Cameroon	Defender
Madjer	1977	Angola	Forward
El Mehdi El Moubarik	2001	Morocco	Midfielder
Mamadou Kané	1997	Guinea	Midfielder
Mohamed Kharbouch	1977	Morocco	Midfielder
Ilyes Chetti	1995	Algeria	Defender
Abdenour Amachaibou	1987	Morocco	Midfielder
Erson Stiven Dias Costa	1993	Cape Verde	Forward
Fabrice Ngoma	1994	DR Congo	Midfielder
Herve Xavier Zengue	1984	Burkina Faso	Defender
Eleazar Rodgers	1985	South Africa	Forward
Ronaldinho Gomes	1979	São Tomé and Príncipe	Defender
Aladeen Younes	1996	Libya	Midfielder
Ismaïla N'Diaye	1988	Senegal	Midfielder
Jane Thabantṧo	1996	Lesotho	Left winger
Nabil Bechaouch	1970	Tunisia	Forward
Cédric Kisamba	1985	DR Congo	Defensive midfielder
Brandon Silent	1973	South Africa	Midfielder
Ateya El-Belqasy	1984	Egypt	Centre-back
Pathé Bangoura	1984	Guinea	Forward
Khaled Abdelfattah	1999	Egypt
Mohamed Omar	1999	Somalia
Manuel Sapunga	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Latif Mohammed	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Sékouba Camara	1997	Guinea
Sylvain Content	1971	Mauritius	Defender
Maher Magri	1986	Tunisia	Midfielder
Issouf Traoré	1998	Mali	Defender
Jacques Tabi	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Andries Mpondo	1963	South Africa	Midfielder
Hamza Hannouri	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
David Kusso	2004	Angola
Fraj Kayramani	1999	Tunisia	Attacking midfielder
Valentine Ngaham	1990	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mariama Ceesay	1998	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Omar Zekri	1995	Tunisia	Midfielder
Amara Daïf	1986	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Abdullahi Shuaibu	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Lixa	1977	Cape Verde
Emeka Basil	2001	Nigeria	Forward
Malcolm Albert Ntambwe	1993	DR Congo	Midfielder
Katleho Malebana	2009	South Africa