On this day: June 23

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

50 African footballers in our database were born on June 23, including Simão Mate Junior, Nampalys Mendy and Sibusiso Zuma.

African national teams have played 26 matches on June 23 since 1981.

Footballers born on June 23 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Simão Mate Junior	1988	Mozambique	Midfielder
Nampalys Mendy	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Sibusiso Zuma	1975	South Africa	Forward
Nouhou Tolo	1997	Cameroon	Defender
Adolphe Teikeu	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Dele Adebola	1975	Nigeria	Forward
Ihaab Boussefi	1985	Libya	Forward
Stanley Aborah	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Ibrahim Kane	2000	Mali	Defender
Tewfik Abdullah	1896	Egypt	Forward
Narcisse Bambara	1989	Burkina Faso	Defender
Noureddine Ould Ali	1972	Algeria
Paul Keita	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Mohammed Benchrifa	1976	Morocco	Defender
Ibrahim Tall	1981	Senegal	Defender
Francis Kyeremeh	1997	Ghana	Forward
Ahmad Ghali	2000	Nigeria	Central midfielder
Hanan Ahmed Khaled	1968	Egypt
Farouk Chafaï	1990	Algeria	Defender
Mehdi Namli	1987	Morocco	Wing half
John Buana N'Galula	1968	DR Congo	Defender
Lily Niber-Lawrence	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Robert Egbeta	1989	Nigeria	Defender
Baba Traoré	1993	Mali	Defender
Athanas Tendeng	1970	Senegal	Forward
Steven Nador	2002	Togo	Defender
Terrence Mashego	1998	South Africa
Brooklyn Ezeh	2001	Nigeria	Defender
Yaya Soumaré	2000	Senegal	Wing half
Oussama Abdeldjelil	1993	Algeria	Forward
Hani Saied	1983	Egypt	Defender
Moussa Guel	1999	Ivory Coast	Forward
Omar El Said	1990	Egypt	Forward
Najib Gandi	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Laïd Madouni	1986	Algeria	Forward
Brian Badza	1979	Zimbabwe	Forward
Mandla Zwane	1973	South Africa	Forward
Hamady Tamboura	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Ahmed Sabry	1985	Egypt	Midfielder
Tarek Salim	1983	Egypt	Forward
Rogers Ochaki Torach	2003	Uganda
Mohamed Maged Onosh	1991	Egypt	Midfielder
Thato Sibiya	2006	South Africa	Full-back
Drusille Ngako	1987	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
José Albino	1975	Mozambique	Defender
Diógenes Boavida	1927	Angola	Forward
Umaro Baldé	1999	Guinea-Bissau
Hadj Abdelkader Ould El Bey	1936	Algeria	Defender
Vanessa Kalieu	2002	Cameroon	Defender
Rodgers Torach	2003	Uganda	Defender