On this day: June 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on June 21.

49 African footballers in our database were born on June 21, including Gaël Kakuta, Cheick Tioté and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.

African national teams have played 40 matches on June 21 since 1961.

Footballers born on June 21 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Gaël Kakuta	1991	DR Congo	Wing half
Cheick Tioté	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	1991	Tunisia	Wing half
Isaac Vorsah	1988	Ghana	Centre-back
Knowledge Musona	1990	Zimbabwe	Forward
Telmo Arcanjo	2001	Cape Verde
Pape Diakhaté	1984	Senegal	Centre-back
Hussein El Shahat	1992	Egypt	Midfielder
Taleb Tawatha	1992	Sudan	Defender
Moulay Khanousi	1939	Morocco	Defender
Nizar Khalfan	1988	Tanzania	Midfielder
Inès Belloumou	2001	Algeria	Defender
Amadou Soukouna	1992	Mali	Forward
Faridi Mussa	1996	Tanzania	Midfielder
Jan Mak	1945	Seychelles
Jackie Botten	1938	South Africa	Wing half
Amadou Diallo	1994	Guinea	Midfielder
Mohamed Rahem	1970	Algeria	Forward
Kévin Boli	1991	Ivory Coast	Defender
Roben Obama	1993	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Anthony Dennis	2004	Nigeria
Taariq Fielies	1992	South Africa	Defender
Arona Sané	1995	Senegal	Wing half
Yonas Solomon	1994	Eritrea
Yves Baraye	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Felix Irorere	2002	Nigeria
Ludovick Takam	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Yahya Zayd	1996	Tanzania	Forward
Faed Arsène	1985	Madagascar	Forward
Nader Ouarda	1974	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ibrahim Yaro	1996	Ghana	Defender
Saïd Hammouni	1981	Morocco	Forward
Mattar M'Boge	1980	Gambia
Ritah Kivumbi	1995	Uganda	Forward
Kersley Levrai	1981	Mauritius	Defender
Kenmoe Anuk Aime Takam	1979	Cameroon	Midfielder
Johan Candassamy	1982	Mauritius	Defender
Betu Adolphe Tshimanga	1980	DR Congo	Midfielder
Abdelhak Mohamed Rabah	1981	Algeria	Midfielder
Edward Kangwa	1977	Zambia	Forward
Ansumane Faty	1991	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Lloyd Chitembwe	1971	Zimbabwe	Defender
Christian Intsoen	1999	Cameroon
Stamili Mbonde	1990	Tanzania
Souhalio Toure	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Abdoulaye Toungara	1999	Mali	Forward
Shokhoe Motsoai	1983	Lesotho	Goalkeeper
Emmanuel Yezzoat	1986	Central African Republic	Goalkeeper
Elliot Foucault	2006	Ivory Coast	Centre-back