On this day: July 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 19.

40 African footballers in our database were born on July 19, including Manuel Akanji, Jean Seri and Darlington Nagbe.

African national teams have played 27 matches on July 19 since 1947.

On July 19 2019, Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Senegal in the final.

Footballers born on July 19 (40)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Manuel Akanji	1995	Nigeria	Defender
Jean Seri	1991	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Darlington Nagbe	1990	Liberia	Midfielder
Alexandre Oukidja	1988	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Sotigui Kouyaté	1936	Burkina Faso
Ronaldo Vieira	1998	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Given Singuluma	1986	Zambia	Forward
Haitham Mustafa	1977	Sudan	Midfielder
Sheriff Sinyan	1996	Gambia	Defender
Rudolf Bester	1983	Namibia	Forward
Zizi Roberts	1979	Liberia	Forward
Patrick Zoundi	1982	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Abdulla Koni	1979	Senegal	Defender
Ben Salime Boina	1991	Comoros	Goalkeeper
Stanley Ibe	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Mintou Doucoure	1982	Mali	Midfielder
Malamine Efekele	2004	DR Congo	Forward
Ghazi Ayadi	1996	Tunisia	Midfielder
Abi Kim	1998	Ghana	Forward
Abdellah Lahoua	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Romeu Filemón	1965	Angola
Akpe Victory	2006	Nigeria
Louey Ben Farhat	2006	Tunisia	Attacking midfielder
Trott Moloto	1956	South Africa
Omar Kaboré	1990	Burkina Faso	Forward
Colette Ndzana	2000	Cameroon	Midfielder
Adon Gomis	1992	Guinea-Bissau	Centre-back
Romario Vieira	1998	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Ruth Aturo	1995	Uganda
Kamo-Kamo	1999	Mozambique	Midfielder
Bienvenue Nnengue	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Yusuf Mukisa	1993	Uganda	Centre-back
Patrick Kanyuka	1987	DR Congo	Defender
Sarway Dollar	1988	Sierra Leone	Defender
Mohamed Ben Mansour	1988	Tunisia	Defender
Ibrahim Osman	1999	Ghana
Ngosa Sunzu	1998	Zambia
Reda Akmum	2001	Morocco	Midfielder
Chicco Molefe	1995	Botswana	Defender
Patience Adjetey	1996	Ghana	Midfielder