On this day: January 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 27.

58 African footballers in our database were born on January 27, including Karim El Ahmadi, Rani Khedira and Hamary Traoré.

African national teams have played 41 matches on January 27 since 1960.

Footballers born on January 27 (58)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Karim El Ahmadi	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Rani Khedira	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hamary Traoré	1992	Mali	Full-back
Kevin Pina	1997	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba	1992	Togo	Forward
Dipsy Selolwane	1978	Botswana	Forward
Kenny Mansally	1989	Gambia	Forward
Grégoire M'Bida	1955	Cameroon	Midfielder
Jugurtha Hamroun	1989	Algeria	Wing half
Danleigh Borman	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Rachid Maatar	1959	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdelhamid Hergal	1959	Tunisia	Forward
Lina Khelif	1997	Algeria	Midfielder
Agostinho Soares	1990	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Zaid Krouch	1991	Morocco	Forward
Aadil Assana	1993	Comoros	Midfielder
Nono Lubanzadio	1980	DR Congo	Defender
Charbel Gomez	2001	Benin	Forward
Jean-Michel M'Bono	1946	Congo	Forward
Charmaine Häusl	1996	Seychelles	Midfielder
Thierry Graça	1995	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Aubin Kouakou	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Jean-Désiré Sikely	1951	Ivory Coast	Forward
Khalil Boukedjane	1981	Algeria	Defender
Hocine El Orfi	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Diallo	1963	Senegal	Forward
Armah Akuetteh	1946	Ghana	Full-back
Alaa Nabil	1961	Egypt
Yehiel Tzagai	1983	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Thabiso Maile	1987	Lesotho	Defender
Nando Fernando Morais	1966	Angola	Goalkeeper
Saint-Cyr Ngam Ngam	1993	Central African Republic	Defender
Francis Akwaffo-Boateng	1986	Ghana	Midfielder
Brima Sesay	1981	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Mahmoud Samir	1985	Egypt	Midfielder
Giovanni Rector	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Brima Bangura	1981	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Mounir Jaouani	1968	Morocco
Moeketsi Sekola	1989	South Africa	Forward
Roscoe Pietersen	1989	South Africa	Defender
Nayiga Patricia	2008	Uganda	Midfielder
Arnaldo Salvado	1959	Mozambique
Mohamed Ouda	1974	Egypt	Defender
Yacine Djebarat	1981	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Issam Dhkilalli	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abdoulie Jarjue	2001	Sierra Leone	Defender
Mourad Haibour	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Julinho Mboane	1984	Mozambique
Osee Diboma	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Réda Ârâr	1980	Algeria	Defender
Karim Ait Mohamed	2000	Morocco	Midfielder
Ferdinand Karongee	1984	Namibia	Defender
Hassan Coulibaly	2000	Mali	Centre-back
Aurora Ngale	1992	Mozambique	Defender
Aboubakar Idris	2006	Nigeria	Midfielder
Godspower Aniefiok	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Karamba Diaby	2006	Guinea	Defensive midfielder
Mustapha Jah	2004	Gambia	Centre-forward