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On this day: July 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 16.

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31 African footballers in our database were born on July 16, including Bruno Ecuele Manga, Azubuike Egwuekwe and Amath Ndiaye Diedhiou.

African national teams have played 35 matches on July 16 since 1950.

Footballers born on July 16 (31)

PlayerBornNationPosition
Bruno Ecuele Manga1988 GabonDefender
Azubuike Egwuekwe1989 NigeriaCentre-back
Amath Ndiaye Diedhiou1996 SenegalForward
Richard Daddy Owubokiri1961 NigeriaForward
Taofeek Ismaheel2000 NigeriaForward
Gary Anderson1959 South AfricaPlacekicker
Moussa Sanogo1983 Ivory CoastMidfielder
Johnny McKinstry1985 Rwanda
Moussa Djoumoi1999 ComorosForward
Yousef Ramadan1992 EgyptDefender
Adel Gafaiti1994 AlgeriaDefender
Yasmine Zouhir2005 Morocco
Lone Gaofetoge2001 BotswanaDefender
Samir Si Hadj Mohand1982 AlgeriaMidfielder
Mohamed abdelghany1993 EgyptDefender
Hakim Khoudi1989 AlgeriaDefender
Fatawu Safiu1994 GhanaForward
Moses Simwala1949 ZambiaMidfielder
Mohamed Awadallah2002 Sudan
Aubrey Mathibe1980 South AfricaGoalkeeper
Ahmed Galal1985 EgyptForward
Charles Kokougan1982 TogoMidfielder
Francis Koumba1974 GabonDefender
Tosin Otubajo1984 Nigeria
Daouda Kanté1978 MaliDefender
Youssef Belkhouja1975 MoroccoDefender
Ahmed Homos1991 EgyptMidfielder
Yonas Fesehaye1983 EritreaMidfielder
Leroy Coralie1989 SeychellesMidfielder
Dotto Evarist2002 TanzaniaDefender
Patience Kalu1996 NigeriaForward

Matches played on July 16

  • Ivory Coast 6–0 Niger2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Congo 5–1 Rwanda2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Zimbabwe 5–0 Seychelles2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mauritius 3–2 Tanzania2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Angola 4–1 Equatorial Guinea2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Malawi 2–3 Kenya1989 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mali 4–0 Botswana1995 · AFCON Qualification
  • Malawi 1–3 Cameroon1995 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mali 2–2 Ivory Coast1989 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mozambique 2–1 Angola1995 · AFCON Qualification
  • Senegal 3–0 Tunisia1989 · AFCON Qualification
  • Zambia 3–0 Gabon1989 · AFCON Qualification
  • Nigeria 3–0 Zimbabwe1989 · AFCON Qualification
  • Guinea 2–0 Gambia2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • DR Congo 2–0 Central African Republic2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Egypt 2–0 DR Congo1989 · AFCON Qualification
  • Kenya 2–0 Sudan1972 · World Cup Qualification
  • Mozambique 1–0 Lesotho2000 · AFCON Qualification
  • Uganda 1–0 Malawi1988 · World Cup Qualification
  • Namibia 0–0 Guinea1995 · AFCON Qualification
  • Niger 0–0 Somalia1980 · World Cup Qualification
  • Malawi 2–3 Angola2013 · COSAFA Cup 2013
  • Senegal 2–2 Eswatini2021 · COSAFA Cup 2021
  • South Africa 3–0 Mozambique2021 · COSAFA Cup 2021
  • Lesotho 0–1 Zambia2023 · COSAFA Cup 2023
  • Namibia 0–1 Mozambique2013 · COSAFA Cup 2013
  • South Africa 0–0 Malawi2023 · COSAFA Cup 2023
  • Burkina Faso 3–3 North Korea2017 · King's Cup 2017
  • Egypt 10–1 Tanzania1973 · International Friendly
  • Libya 4–6 Sudan1971 · International Friendly
  • Madagascar 6–4 Réunion1953 · International Friendly
  • Zambia 3–2 Zimbabwe1950 · International Friendly
  • Benin 1–2 DR Congo1981 · International Friendly
  • Réunion 1–1 Mauritius1983 · International Friendly
  • Botswana 1–0 Zimbabwe2012 · International Friendly

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