On this day: July 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on July 27.

49 African footballers in our database were born on July 27, including Naïm Sliti, Magdi Abdelghani and Babanco.

African national teams have played 37 matches on July 27 since 1952.

Footballers born on July 27 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Naïm Sliti	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Magdi Abdelghani	1959	Egypt	Midfielder
Babanco	1985	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Mohamed Bangura	1989	Sierra Leone	Forward
Nelson Munganga	1993	DR Congo	Midfielder
Joseph Kizito	1982	Uganda	Full-back
Nicholas Wadada	1994	Uganda	Defender
Morlaye Sylla	1998	Guinea	Inside forward
Abdel Lamanje	1990	Cameroon	Defender
John Felagha	1994	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Thamsanqa Gabuza	1987	South Africa	Forward
Kelvin Ofori	2001	Ghana
Ahmed Trabelsi	1973	Tunisia	Defender
Bagaliy Dabo	1988	Senegal	Forward
Franchel Ibara	1989	Congo	Forward
Milton Karisa	1995	Uganda	Forward
Anita Amenuku	1985	Ghana	Forward
Adeleke Adekunle	2002	Nigeria	Defender
Papa Idris	1989	Nigeria	Defender
Jasser Khmiri	1997	Tunisia	Defender
Godfred Yeboah	1980	Ghana	Defender
Frédéric Bong	1987	Cameroon	Defender
Youssouf Ahamadi	1982	Comoros	Wing half
Jonah Abutu	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rafik Boujedra	1993	Tunisia	Forward
Arakaza MacArthur	1995	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Jean Lomami	1982	Rwanda	Forward
Makabi Lilepo	1997	DR Congo	Winger
Shadi Ahdy	1993	Egypt
Sylia Koui	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Issa Zongo	1980	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Jan Lechaba	1960	South Africa	Midfielder
Issaâd Dhomar	1933	Algeria
Wilf Waller	1877	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Abdenour Zemmour	1952	Algeria	Defender
Sandros Kumwenda	1976	Zambia	Midfielder
Aboubakar Abdel-Aziz	1990	Chad	Midfielder
Amadu Baldé	2005	Guinea-Bissau
Mfundo Cecil Mathonsi	1982	South Africa	Forward
Kenneth Nkweta Nju	1978	Cameroon
Cristián Nzang	1990	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Ridha Bach Hamba	1927	Tunisia
Sankhani Nyirenda	1987	Malawi	Midfielder
Mle Collins	1971	Liberia	Midfielder
Joseph Malish Manese	2002	South Sudan
Sid Ali Amar	1944	Algeria	Defender
Oumou Tangara	1994	Mali	Defender
César Bonafé	2006	Equatorial Guinea	Right winger
Noa Mupemba	2002	DR Congo	Centre-forward