On this day: June 17

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on June 17.

57 African footballers in our database were born on June 17, including Chadi Riad, Roberto Lopes and Apoula Edel.

African national teams have played 55 matches on June 17 since 1950.

Footballers born on June 17 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Chadi Riad	2003	Morocco	Centre-back
Roberto Lopes	1992	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Apoula Edel	1986	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Abdallah Sima	2001	Senegal	Forward
Didier Ibrahim Ndong	1994	Gabon	Midfielder
Emmanuel Agbadou	1997	Ivory Coast	Defender
Dramane Traoré	1982	Mali	Forward
Abdul Naza Alhassan	1990	Ghana	Forward
Demba Savage	1988	Gambia	Wing half
Zakaria Alaoui	1966	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Rinsola Babajide	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Djamel Amani	1962	Algeria	Midfielder
Emile Baron	1979	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Venance Zézé	1981	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Rofiat Imuran	2004	Nigeria	Defender
Malaly Dembélé	1997	Mali	Forward
Emmanuel Boateng	1997	Ghana	Forward
Youness Bellakhder	1987	Morocco	Full-back
Samuel Wowoah	1976	Liberia	Forward
Ryan Fosso	2002	Cameroon
Noha Lemina	2005	Gabon	Forward
Kofi Amoako Atta	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Christopher Chizoba	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Aziz Tafer	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Souleymane Demba	1991	Mali	Midfielder
Yakubu Issahaku	1994	Ghana	Full-back
Charles Asampong Taylor	1981	Ghana	Forward
Stephane Emaná	1994	Cameroon	Forward
Hamada Tolba	1981	Egypt	Midfielder
Tarik Tnibar	1986	Morocco	Forward
Mabhuti Khenyeza	1982	South Africa	Forward
Ahmed Mghirbi	1946	Tunisia	Sweeper
Daniel Nii Adjei	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Mehdi Ouertani	1990	Tunisia	Midfielder
Junior Petrus	2000	Namibia
Yousfou Sawadogo	1975	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Kosta Papić	1960	Eswatini
Kgakgamotso Pharo	1982	Botswana	Forward
Fred Dabanka	1993	Ghana	Defender
Amri Kiemba	1983	Tanzania	Midfielder
Domingos Macandza	1998	Mozambique	Defender
Sabirou Bassa-Djeri	1987	Togo	Goalkeeper
Doddy Édouard	1981	Mauritius	Forward
Charles Banga	1981	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Bamba Gaoussou	1984	Ivory Coast	Forward
Skander Medelgi	1933	Tunisia
Hervé Bodiong	1997	Cameroon	Midfielder
Zinedine Catraio	1998	Angola	Midfielder
Monbo Bokar	1993	Liberia	Defender
Rufin Yambe	1981	Chad	Midfielder
Sageby Sandaka	1985	Zimbabwe
Joel Osikel	1998	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kemo Ceesay	1972	Gambia	Midfielder
Abebayehu Achiso	2002	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Ayoub Ferhat	1987	Algeria	Forward
Daniel Adjei	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Angelina Obono	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Defender