On this day: June 28

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on June 28.

44 African footballers in our database were born on June 28, including Hans Sarpei, Leon Balogun and Adama Traoré.

African national teams have played 28 matches on June 28 since 1928.

Footballers born on June 28 (44)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Hans Sarpei	1976	Ghana	Full-back
Leon Balogun	1988	Nigeria	Centre-back
Adama Traoré	1995	Mali	Midfielder
Phil Masinga	1969	South Africa	Forward
Ahmed Kantari	1985	Morocco	Centre-back
Youssef Rossi	1973	Morocco	Defender
Cyrille Makanaky	1965	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dorge Kouemaha	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Ismail Youssef	1964	Egypt	Midfielder
Sabri Jaballah	1973	Tunisia	Defender
Franculino Djú	2004	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mohammed Benkhemassa	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Hédi Berkhissa	1972	Tunisia	Full-back
Matthew Rusike	1990	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Janio Bikel	1995	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Ayoub Abou	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
Linda Buthelezi	1969	South Africa	Midfielder
Mamadou Mbaye	1998	Senegal	Defender
Samir Amirèche	1972	Algeria	Defender
Herby Fortunat	1982	Congo	Forward
Lawrence Ofori	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Sabrine Ellouzi	1997	Tunisia	Forward
César Augusto Rivas	1979	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Abdeljalil El Hajji	1969	Morocco	Midfielder
Zied Jebali	1990	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Tarek Cheurfaoui	1986	Algeria	Defender
Silas Songani	1989	Zimbabwe	Wing half
Erick Chipeta	1990	Zimbabwe	Defender
Aubrey Funga	1990	Zambia	Forward
Abdessalem Hallaoui	1989	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Zouhaier Attia	1989	Tunisia	Midfielder
Shacky Tauro	1959	Zimbabwe	Forward
Collins Makgaka	1996	South Africa
Alex Harlley	1992	Togo	Forward
Moges Tadesse	1993	Ethiopia	Defender
Francis Gomez	2006	Gambia
Enock Otoo	2004	Ghana
Abdoulaye Traoré	2003	Ivory Coast
Frankline Njiwah Mudoh	1976	Cameroon	Midfielder
Khaled Toubal	1986	Algeria	Defender
Balotlhanyi Johannes	1994	Botswana
Ramona Mibuy	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Ayabulela Maxwele	2000	South Africa	Right winger
Stephen Jude	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder