On this day: January 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 24.

66 African footballers in our database were born on January 24, including Pape Gueye, Ibrahim Mbaye and Emerse Faé.

African national teams have played 48 matches on January 24 since 1950.

Footballers born on January 24 (66)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Pape Gueye	1999	Senegal	Midfielder
Ibrahim Mbaye	2008	Senegal	Forward
Emerse Faé	1984	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Teboho Mokoena	1997	South Africa	Midfielder
Zé Luís	1991	Cape Verde	Forward
Amir Richardson	2002	Morocco	Midfielder
Samba Diakité	1989	Mali	Midfielder
Tarek Soliman	1962	Egypt	Forward
Mehdi Tahrat	1990	Algeria	Defender
Yassine Benrahou	1999	Morocco	Midfielder
Tripy Makonda	1990	Congo	Full-back
Dario Khan	1984	Mozambique	Defender
Stélvio Rosa da Cruz	1989	Angola	Midfielder
Fikru-Teferra Lemessa	1986	Ethiopia	Forward
Felix Owolabi	1956	Nigeria	Midfielder
Iyayi Atiemwen	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jackie Sewell	1927	Zambia	Forward
Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib	1960	Algeria	Midfielder
Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	1998	Egypt	Forward
Daniel Moncharé	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Claude Parfait Ngon A Djam	1980	Cameroon	Forward
Al Bangura	1988	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Azzedine Aït Djoudi	1967	Algeria	Midfielder
Ibrahim Chenihi	1990	Algeria	Wing half
Aaron Katebe	1992	Zambia	Defender
Baggio Rakotoarisoa	1994	Madagascar	Forward
Didier Kayumbagu	1983	Burundi	Midfielder
Salisu Yusuf	1962	Nigeria	Midfielder
Farez Brahmia	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Camille Oponga	1978	Congo	Defender
Reda Shehata	1981	Egypt	Midfielder
Ojembe Olatuga	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Youcef Ghazali	1988	Algeria	Forward
Mohammed Alaaeldin	1994	Egypt	Full-back
Abdul Binate	2003	Ivory Coast
James Boadu	1985	Ghana	Forward
Christopher Musonda	1986	Zambia	Forward
Imad Oumghar	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Blessing Makunike	1977	Zimbabwe	Defender
Edouard Kabamba	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Diogo Mendes	1998	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Abouba Sibomana	1989	Rwanda	Defender
Mohamadolu Abdouraman	1984	Cameroon	Midfielder
Charles Thom	1999	Malawi
Hermann Tebily	2002	Ivory Coast
Aly Badara Soumah	1990	Guinea
Mohamed Mohsen Leila	1995	Egypt	Midfielder
Mossi Issa Moussa	1993	Niger	Forward
Ibraime Cassamá	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Edmore Chirambadare	1992	Zimbabwe	Wing half
Zama Rambuwane	1997	South Africa	Midfielder
Thembela Sikhakhane	1993	South Africa	Full-back
Ismaël Sidibé	2002	Mali	Centre-back
Dinnyuy Kongnyuy	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Toufik Kabri	1974	Algeria	Defender
Che Dorasamy	1986	Seychelles
Fabrice Tamba	2004	Senegal	Winger
Tito Yormie	2002	Liberia	Midfielder
Lana Smits	2005	Algeria	Defender
Javier Mum	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Jean-Pierre Tiéhi	2002	Ivory Coast
Majed Ben Ali	1985	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Yazid Faffa	2001	Morocco	Forward
Maryame Atiq	1998	Morocco	Defender
Thato Mapepesa	2003	Lesotho
Maurine Achieng	1992	Kenya	Midfielder