On this day: January 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 26.

47 African footballers in our database were born on January 26, including Jean-Charles Castelletto, Sakina Karchaoui and Mustapha Yatabaré.

African national teams have played 38 matches on January 26 since 1967.

On January 26 1992, Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Ghana in the final.

Footballers born on January 26 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Jean-Charles Castelletto	1995	Cameroon	Centre-back
Sakina Karchaoui	1996	Morocco	Defender
Mustapha Yatabaré	1986	Mali	Forward
Geny Catamo	2001	Mozambique	Midfielder
Mehdi Boukamir	2004	Morocco
Marvin Baudry	1990	Congo	Centre-back
Jean-Pierre Tokoto	1948	Cameroon	Forward
Kassim M'Dahoma	1997	Comoros	Defender
Lamine Fomba	1998	Mali	Midfielder
Alexis Guendouz	1996	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Edwin Ouon	1981	Rwanda	Full-back
Daouda Peeters	1999	Guinea	Midfielder
Alassane També	1992	Mali	Defender
Refilwe Tholakele	1996	Botswana	Forward
Pedro Xavier	1962	Mozambique	Forward
Yannick Kakoko	1990	DR Congo	Forward
Imran Nazih	2006	Morocco
Sofiane Harkat	1984	Algeria	Defender
Kévin Keben	2004	Cameroon	Defender
Fodé Bangaly Diakité	1985	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Alaa Abdel-Ghany	1979	Egypt	Midfielder
Aaron Ciammaglichella	2005	Ethiopia
Driss El Mrabet	1967	Morocco	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Diawara	1983	Mali	Midfielder
Manny Monthé	1995	Cameroon	Defender
Moulay Ali Jaâfari	1975	Morocco
Hassan Mokhtar	1944	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Loukima Tamoukini	1969	DR Congo	Midfielder
Biranna Diop	1982	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Jossias Macamo	1976	Mozambique	Midfielder
Wassim Naouara	1986	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Chikhi	1994	Morocco	Defender
Kouassi Yao Hermann	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Yusif Rahman	1993	Ghana	Forward
Phillippe Kinzumbi	1999	DR Congo
Álex Masogo	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Central midfielder
Carlos Garrocho	1974	Angola
Youssef El Gnaoui	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Jamel Khcharem	1982	Tunisia	Midfielder
Qadr Amin	1990	Zimbabwe
Trésor Salakiaku	1986	DR Congo
Husna Ayoub Mpanja	2006	Tanzania	Forward
Botsile Sakana	2001	Botswana
Didier Mugisha	2001	Rwanda
Kefilwe Tholakele	1996	Botswana	Forward
Comfort Folorunsho	2006	Nigeria	Defender
Éric Loma	1972	DR Congo	Defender