On this day: July 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 23.

42 African footballers in our database were born on July 23, including Cheikh M'Bengue, Walid El Karti and Chibuike Nwaiwu.

African national teams have played 14 matches on July 23 since 1950.

Footballers born on July 23 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Cheikh M'Bengue	1988	Senegal	Defender
Walid El Karti	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Chibuike Nwaiwu	2003	Nigeria
Brice Mackaya	1968	Gabon	Forward
Michael Odibe	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Edward Acquah	1935	Ghana	Forward
Jimmy Tau	1980	South Africa	Defender
Stephen Armstrong	1976	South Africa	Forward
Reg Osborne	1898	South Africa	Full-back
Emad Soliman	1959	Egypt	Forward
Pieter Mbemba	1988	DR Congo	Defender
Ahmed Bushara Wahba	1943	Sudan	Midfielder
Sanaa Altama	1990	Chad	Midfielder
William Akio	1998	South Sudan	Forward
Cynthia Shilwatso	1999	Kenya	Midfielder
Phillip Ssozi	1982	Uganda	Midfielder
Noui Laïfa	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Yassin Maouche	1997	Algeria	Midfielder
Said Arroussi	1991	Algeria	Defender
Abdul-Hafeedh Arbeesh	1963	Libya	Defender
Mustapha Isah	2004	Nigeria
Sidique Mansaray	1980	Sierra Leone	Forward
Parfait Ndong	1973	Gabon	Defender
Saïd Arab	2000	Algeria
Unisa Bangura	1987	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Monduone N'Kama	1960	DR Congo	Forward
Luky James	1992	Niger	Defender
Ibrahim Usman	1999	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed Khaldane	1997	Morocco	Defender
Sofiene Hidoussi	1970	Tunisia
Khalid Meghraoui	1948	Morocco
Salimata Dosso	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Houssem Dagdoug	1998	Tunisia	Defender
Sekhana Koko	1983	Botswana	Midfielder
Gifty Assifuah	2000	Ghana
Víctor Manguire	1989	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Khouloud Ournani	2003	Algeria	Forward
Aye Diop	2002	Senegal	Forward
Sad'eeq Yusuf	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Grant Matsiko	1996	Uganda	Defender
David Ebuka Odenigbo	2001	Nigeria	Forward
Ronaldo Raúl Abaga	1998	Equatorial Guinea