On this day: March 14

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 14.

53 African footballers in our database were born on March 14, including Matthew Booth, Delvin N'Dinga and Fashion Sakala.

African national teams have played 18 matches on March 14 since 1961.

On March 14 1976, Morocco won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Guinea in the final.

On March 14 1974, DR Congo won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Zambia in the final.

Footballers born on March 14 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Matthew Booth	1977	South Africa	Defender
Delvin N'Dinga	1988	Congo	Midfielder
Fashion Sakala	1997	Zambia	Forward
Mark Fish	1974	South Africa	Defender
Love	1979	Angola	Forward
Youcef Belaïli	1992	Algeria	Wing half
Desiree Ellis	1963	South Africa	Midfielder
Oussama Darragi	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Fabrice do Marcolino	1983	Gabon	Centre-forward
Nathan Ngoumou	2000	Cameroon	Midfielder
Bilal Brahimi	2000	Algeria	Forward
Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	1996	Algeria
Ben Lhassine Kone	2000	Ivory Coast	Forward
Martial Godo	2003	Ivory Coast
Charles M'Mombwa	1998	Tanzania	Midfielder
Achour Louahdi	1938	Algeria	Wing half
Ismaëlo Ganiou	2005	Burkina Faso
Yakubu Abubakar Akilu	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Edelbert Dinha	1974	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Charles Newuche	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Rabie Benchergui	1978	Algeria	Forward
Manfred Kizito	1980	Rwanda	Midfielder
Mfon Udoh	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Alexander Christovao	1993	Angola	Forward
Noel Mbo	1999	DR Congo	Forward
Haitham El-Fazani	1985	Egypt	Midfielder
Badis Lebbihi	1990	Algeria	Defender
Fahem Ouslati	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdurahman Mesaad	1996	Egypt	Defender
Mohammed Arafah	1996	Egypt	Defender
Ivan Djantou	2002	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamed Kabil	1927	Egypt
Ahmed Aboutrika	2003	Egypt
Cyril Mourgine	1975	Mauritius
Stéphane Cueni	2001	Cape Verde
Salahiddine Khlifi	1979	Morocco	Midfielder
Zakaria Kibona	1990	Tanzania
Jerjer Q. Gibson	1991	Liberia	Midfielder
Allison Dweh	1990	Liberia	Forward
Rashid Léon Harerimana	1994	Burundi	Defender
Selim Telib	2006	Egypt
Hamza Ben Abda	1995	Tunisia	Centre-back
Simon Lekumburri	1962	Angola	Goalkeeper
Pascal Eboussi	1998	Cameroon	Defender
Jude Ladouce	1977	Seychelles
Elydjah Mendy	2000	Guinea-Bissau
Kurai Musanhi	2006	Zimbabwe
Ababacar Sarr	2002	Senegal
Maxim Kouogun	1997	Cameroon	Centre-back
Yahia Djilali	1978	Algeria	Defender
Thiaba Gueye Séne	1995	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Innocent Kitimbo	1998	Uganda	Defender
Mfon Sunday Udoh	1992	Nigeria	Forward