On this day: July 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 22.

51 African footballers in our database were born on July 22, including Yankuba Minteh, Aubrey Modiba and Djamel Menad.

African national teams have played 18 matches on July 22 since 1974.

Footballers born on July 22 (51)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yankuba Minteh	2004	Gambia	Forward
Aubrey Modiba	1995	South Africa	Defender
Djamel Menad	1960	Algeria	Forward
Cyril Domoraud	1971	Ivory Coast	Defender
Jonathan Ayité	1985	Togo	Forward
Boukary Dramé	1985	Senegal	Defender
Sarah Michael	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Igor Lolo	1982	Ivory Coast	Defender
Josete Miranda	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Ibrahim Sunday	1944	Ghana	Wing half
Thembinkosi Lorch	1993	South Africa	Forward
Amanda Dlamini	1988	South Africa	Midfielder
Jonas Sakuwaha	1983	Zambia	Wing half
Dylan Ouédraogo	1998	Burkina Faso	Defender
Joslin Kamatuka	1991	Namibia	Midfielder
Henri Eninful	1992	Togo	Midfielder
Raphael Chukwu	1975	Nigeria	Forward
Ibrahima Dabo	1992	Madagascar	Goalkeeper
Papi Kimoto	1976	DR Congo	Midfielder
Oumar N'Diaye	1985	Mauritania	Defender
Leandra Smeda	1989	South Africa	Wing half
Mouad Dahak	2005	Morocco
Gaya Merbah	1994	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Wilson Edgar Pereira Alegre	1984	Angola	Goalkeeper
Abdelsalam Omar	1993	Libya	Forward
Junior Assoumou	1995	Gabon	Defender
Messala Merbah	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Fred Aryee	1939	Nigeria	Midfielder
Luís Miguel da Fonseca Silva	1971	Angola	Midfielder
Reagan Noble	1983	South Africa	Midfielder
Charlie Ntamark	1964	Cameroon	Midfielder
Guirone Gueguim	2004	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Oscar Ntwagae	1977	South Africa	Defender
Gary Goldstone	1976	South Africa	Defender
Francis Rasolofonirina	1986	Mauritius	Defender
Charles Nwaogu	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Brandon Chebby	2000	Burundi
Abdul Aziz Moshood	1968	Nigeria	Forward
Mostafa Galal	1989	Egypt	Midfielder
Kaitano Tembo	1970	Zimbabwe	Defender
Ahmed Walid Ferhat	1986	Algeria	Forward
Mahmoud Shawky	1995	Egypt	Midfielder
Georges Moussinga	1995	Cameroon
Salah Bouhafs	1985	Algeria	Forward
Mama Bah-Yéré	1992	Benin	Defender
Tomé Osvaldo Pedro	1998	Angola	Defender
Fadimatou Aretouyap	2002	Cameroon	Midfielder
Elina Uulumbu	1994	Namibia	Midfielder
Kisenyi Kawessa Huudu	1982	Uganda	Defender
Abdullahi Oluwadayo Fatai	2002	Nigeria	Midfielder
Richi	1995	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back