On this day: January 28

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 28.

59 African footballers in our database were born on January 28, including Ismael Saibari, Papa Bouba Diop and Richmond Boakye.

African national teams have played 41 matches on January 28 since 1967.

Footballers born on January 28 (59)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ismael Saibari	2001	Morocco	Attacking midfielder
Papa Bouba Diop	1978	Senegal	Midfielder
Richmond Boakye	1993	Ghana	Forward
Oussama Haddadi	1992	Tunisia	Full-back
Aymen Dahmen	1997	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Issam Jemâa	1984	Tunisia	Forward
Lebo Mothiba	1996	South Africa	Forward
Haris Belkebla	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Marvin Senaya	2001	Ghana	Defender
Arnold Mvuemba	1985	DR Congo	Midfielder
Hamid Merakchi	1976	Algeria	Forward
Deme N'Diaye	1985	Senegal	Midfielder
Daylon Claasen	1990	South Africa	Midfielder
Salma Amani	1989	Morocco	Midfielder
Bevic Moussiti-Oko	1995	Congo	Forward
Chioma Wogu	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Abdessalam Benjelloun	1985	Morocco	Forward
Marc Lamti	2001	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abednico Powell	1983	Botswana	Midfielder
Shomari Kapombe	1992	Tanzania	Defender
Enzo Duarte	2009	Cape Verde
Abdel Malik Hsissane	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Abdeslam Bousri	1953	Algeria	Forward
Joël Damahou	1987	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
André Senghor	1986	Senegal	Forward
Raphael Odogwu	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Aminou Bouba	1991	Cameroon	Defender
Patrick Banda	1974	Zambia	Midfielder
Alaa Ali	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Elisha Muroiwa	1989	Zimbabwe	Full-back
Bassirou Dembélé	1990	Mali	Midfielder
Samson Iyede	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Varmah Kpoto	1978	Liberia	Defender
Samir Kherbouche	1976	Algeria	Defender
Adel Bettaieb	1997	Tunisia	Forward
Sonny Laiton	2000	Madagascar	Goalkeeper
Bogy	1989	Egypt	Forward
Geoffrey Acheampong	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Gbeneme Friday	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Mohamed Mushimiyimana	1996	Rwanda	Midfielder
Jimmy Woolf	1916	South Africa	Defender
Sherif Dabo	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Edson Almeida	1994	Mozambique	Defender
Titouan Fortun	2004	Madagascar
Feyiseitan Asagidigbi	1999	Nigeria	Attacking midfielder
Isaias Andberhian	1984	Eritrea	Forward
Mohamed Ouazzani	1990	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hamza Tlili	1990	Tunisia	Centre-back
Augusto Seedorf Owusu	2005	Ghana	Defensive midfielder
Mike Bettinger	2004	Central African Republic
Maissa Ndiaye	2002	Senegal	Centre-back
Hassan Abdulkadir	1978	Somalia	Goalkeeper
Yahia Khiter	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Mame Alassane Niang	2006	Cameroon
Siyanda Nyanga	2001	South Africa
Lina Touzani	2008	Morocco	Forward
Jonathan Muiomo	1999	Mozambique	Winger
Atef Saadi	1978	Algeria	Defender
Santos Tomás Ela Abaga	1997	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back