On this day: June 27

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

42 African footballers in our database were born on June 27, including Andre Arendse, Adil Hermach and Mourad Batna.

African national teams have played 17 matches on June 27 since 1965.

Footballers born on June 27 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Andre Arendse	1967	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Adil Hermach	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Mourad Batna	1990	Morocco	Midfielder
Younes Al Shibani	1981	Libya	Defender
Elvis Kamsoba	1996	Burundi	Forward
Mohamed El Badraoui	1971	Morocco	Forward
Omar Nejjary	1972	Morocco	Midfielder
Energy Murambadoro	1982	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Franklin Sasere	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Ali El-Omari	1978	Morocco	Midfielder
Fadel Brahami	1978	Algeria	Midfielder
Mahmoud Abdel Azez	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Dawda Leigh	1986	Gambia	Wing half
Lesego Radiakanyo	1999	Botswana	Forward
Ahmad Mendes Moreira	1995	Guinea	Forward
Abdel Djaadaoui	1947	Algeria	Defender
Malik Zorgane	1965	Algeria	Midfielder
Clifford Ngobeni	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
Zachariah Simukonda	1983	Zambia	Forward
Rolamellah Nouar	1982	Algeria	Forward
Islam Merili	1998	Algeria
Billy Arnison	1924	South Africa	Forward
Adel Belal	1987	Egypt	Defender
Gerald Stober	1969	South Africa	Forward
Kiiza Arafat Usama	2004	Uganda	Midfielder
El-Sayed Eid	1966	Egypt	Defender
Isac Carvalho	1989	Mozambique
Mohammed Sannie	1986	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Joseph Ghartey	1943	Ghana	Midfielder
Outhman Khatir	1991	Chad
Rayan Nasraoui	2003	Tunisia	Defender
Schumacher Kuwali	1996	Malawi	Wing half
Sidumo Shongwe	1981	Eswatini	Forward
Jinane Hanni	1995	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Tayeb	1940	Algeria	Midfielder
Ailton Pedro Mota Pereira	1978	Guinea-Bissau
N’tji Michel Samaké	1994	Mali	Goalkeeper
Kwaku Agyabeng	2006	Ghana	Midfielder
Wandile Duba	2004	South Africa	Midfielder
Kirizestom Ntambi	1992	Uganda
Khaireddine Meddaoui	2004	Tunisia	Midfielder
Bilel Mennana	1987	Morocco	Forward