On this day: July 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 24.

52 African footballers in our database were born on July 24, including Harrison Afful, Khalil Chemmam and Bright Edomwonyi.

African national teams have played 15 matches on July 24 since 1952.

Footballers born on July 24 (52)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Harrison Afful	1986	Ghana	Full-back
Khalil Chemmam	1987	Tunisia	Full-back
Bright Edomwonyi	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Mondli Mpoto	1998	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Toni Nhleko	1979	South Africa	Forward
Hugo Boumous	1995	Morocco	Playmaker
Saad El Haddad	2005	Morocco	Forward
Benjamin Tanimu	2002	Nigeria	Defender
Osório Carvalho	1981	Angola	Midfielder
Bruce Kangwa	1988	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Pape Hamadou N'Diaye	1977	Senegal	Defender
Alaa Ghram	2001	Tunisia	Centre-back
Siaka Bagayoko	1998	Mali	Defender
Salem Harcheche	1972	Algeria	Defender
Brian Onyango	1994	Kenya	Defender
Solomon Grimes	1985	Liberia	Midfielder
Madou Dossama	1972	Burkina Faso	Defender
Heradi Rashidi	1994	DR Congo	Midfielder
Hervé Lybohy	1983	Ivory Coast	Defender
Amir Kamal	1992	Sudan	Defender
Fikile Khosa	1996	Zambia	Defender
Christine Bongo	1988	DR Congo
Oladimeji Lawal	1971	Nigeria	Midfielder
Adamu Mohammed	1983	Ghana	Defender
Jacques Yaméogo	1943	Burkina Faso
Nordine Assami	1987	Algeria	Defender
Mokhtar Megueni	1989	Algeria	Defender
Mbaye Diop	1984	Senegal	Forward
Selim Abdel-Khalik	1993	Egypt	Defender
Amine El Kass	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Yassine El Kordy	1985	Morocco	Defender
Puso Dithejane	2004	South Africa	Right winger
Joshua Izuchukwu	1984	Nigeria	Wing half
Violah Nambi	1995	Uganda	Forward
Tarek Ziadi	1979	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Kamel Yesli	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	1998	Tunisia	Forward
Kévin Mouanga	2000	Congo
Maheta Molango	1982	DR Congo	Forward
Moustapha Mahamat-Bindi	1987	Libya	Forward
Armando Freitas	1992	Cape Verde	Defender
Soufiane Bahja	1993	Morocco	Forward
Eti Tavares	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Givestin Nsuki	1990	Angola	Forward
Salomão Coxi	2002	Angola
Zoubir Motrani	1995	Algeria	Forward
Kazeem Ogunleye	2006	Nigeria
Babacar Sarr	1997	Senegal
Shehta Al-Iskandarani	1944	Egypt	Midfielder
Fabrice Boudega	1998	Cameroon
Noah Martey	1995	Ghana
Soubane Ahmed Omar	2004	Djibouti	Goalkeeper