On this day: July 17

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 17.

54 African footballers in our database were born on July 17, including Amadou Diawara, Jean-Philippe Krasso and Gift Orban.

African national teams have played 22 matches on July 17 since 1948.

Footballers born on July 17 (54)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Amadou Diawara	1997	Guinea	Midfielder
Jean-Philippe Krasso	1997	Ivory Coast	Forward
Gift Orban	2002	Nigeria
Jomo Sono	1955	South Africa	Midfielder
Adem Arous	2004	Tunisia	Centre-back
Marco Né	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Danny Mwanga	1991	DR Congo	Forward
Kike Boula	1993	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Hardy Binguila	1996	Congo	Midfielder
Mohamed Eisa	1995	Sudan	Forward
Iyenemi Furo	1978	Nigeria	Defender
Tapuwa Kapini	1984	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Mohammed Ouseb	1974	Namibia	Defender
Bavon Tshibuabua	1991	DR Congo	Forward
Nosh A Lody	1989	DR Congo	Defender
John Eshun	1942	Ghana	Defender
Ahmed Touré	1987	Burkina Faso	Forward
Sunny Jane	1991	Lesotho	Forward
Abdoul Ayinde	2005	Burkina Faso	Defender
Abdoul Guiebre	1997	Burkina Faso
Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh	1991	Liberia	Forward
Sula Matovu	1992	Uganda	Forward
Onome Sodje	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Yusuf Maart	1995	South Africa	Midfielder
Thibault Tchicaya	1983	Gabon	Defender
Kalombo N'Kongolo	1961	DR Congo	Defender
Fousseyni Cissé	1989	Senegal	Forward
Yahaya Adamu	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Idrissa Traoré	1990	Mali	Midfielder
Keitumetse Dithebe	2002	Botswana	Midfielder
Marlin Piana	1982	DR Congo	Forward
Edward Weng	1982	Nigeria	Midfielder
Karim Braham Chaouch	1978	Algeria	Forward
Athmane Toual	1984	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Daniel Bedemi	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Saith Sakala	1996	Zambia	Midfielder
Eduardo Joao Bunga	2000	Angola	Goalkeeper
Jawad Milani	1950	Morocco	Midfielder
Thabani Mthembu	1994	South Africa	Forward
Sarfo Gyamfi	1967	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdulkadir Said Ahmed	1999	Somalia	Midfielder
Henri Manhebo	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Moustapha Quaynor	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Joel Mutakubwa	1994	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Pius Obuya	1998	Uganda
Francis Nzaba	2002	DR Congo
Abdoulhamid El Mamoune	1985	Comoros	Defender
Oussama Khémili	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mohammed El Koubi	2007	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Jabulile Mbatha	2006	South Africa	Midfielder
Oliver Amedor	1999	Ghana	Midfielder
Simon Baligeya	2001	Uganda	Winger
Jumoke Alani	2005	Nigeria	Defender
Ouday Belhaj	1993	Tunisia	Forward